A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who is alleged to have defrauded two horsemen by selling horses for slaughter is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 6, according to news reports.
The woman, Kelsey Lefever, has been charged with one count of deceptive business practices and four counts of theft by deception. Three of the counts are felonies.
On Monday night, he was named the Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey for 2011. He won 153 races last year, and his mounts earned more than $4 million in purses. He was interviewed immediately following the awards dinner at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Birthdate: Jan. 3, 1992, in Tracy, Calif.
Family: Single
1. Union Rags
Consistently fast and fits the classic Derby profile[bc_video_id:236241:]
2. Hansen
Undefeated; little between the top two at this point
Cold Cash 123, the winner of major stakes at Ruidoso Downs, Lone Star Park, and Sunland Park in 2011, was named World Champion Racing American Quarter Horse for 2011 at a ceremony in Oklahoma City on Wednesday evening.
Racing for Carolyn and Walter Bay of Clare, Mich., Cold Cash 123 won six of eight starts and $818,447 in 2011 to secure the top title as well as divisional honors as champion 3-year-old and champion 3-year-old gelding.
Cold Cash 123’s major stakes wins of 2011 were the Rainbow Derby, Texas Classic Derby, and Championship at Sunland Park.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo intends to support legislation this year that would merge the state’s racing and wagering board with the lottery commission, according to a 2012 budget proposal he submitted to the legislature on Tuesday.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Trainer Juan Carlos Guerrero disputed claims that he inappropriately touched a Parx Racing employee last November and his attorney further argued that the track was looking for any reason to evict Guerrero, the leading trainer at that track in 2011 during a hearing Tuesday before the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – With the Eclipse Awards being held in California, two of the most popular winners on Monday night were from the home team. There were rousing cheers in the ballroom at the Beverly Wilshire hotel when both Acclamation and, especially, Amazombie were announced as champions.
Both horses are California-breds, and both provided rewards for people who have been participating in the game for decades.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A study paid for by the Kentucky racing industry has estimated that casinos at the state’s eight racetracks would produce $1.1 billion a year for casino operators, the state, and racing interests, such as breeders and owners.
