A former regulatory veterinarian at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero, Illinois, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that personnel at the track and Illinois Racing Board conspired to overrule her determinations that some horses were unfit to race, according to a copy of the lawsuit.
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Robert Hutt, president of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, has filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of seven directors from the organization’s board, alleging that the directors have stymied efforts to investigate actions undertaken by the group’s preceding management.
Hutt, who also is a board member of the Pennsylvania THA, was joined in the lawsuit by fellow board member John Julia. The suit, which was filed in a Bucks County Civil Court, names seven board members as defendants, including the current executive director, Jeff Matty.
Chuck Simon, a former trainer who was perhaps best known for his outsized and unsparing presence on social media, died on Sunday at a hospital in Saratoga. Simon, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer, was 57.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Kazushi Kimura did not sleep well on Saturday night.
He blamed the excitement of a memorable afternoon at Del Mar when, for the first time in his career, Kimura won two graded stakes on the same day in the United States.
“I had too much adrenaline,” Kimura said.
Kimura won his first Grade 1 in the United States aboard Tenma in the $301,000 Del Mar Debutante for trainer Bob Baffert, and later in the day won the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes on turf with Hang the Moon for Phil D’Amato.
Jockey Angel Cruz reached a career milestone in Sunday's sixth race at Laurel Park when he notched his 1,000th lifetime victory aboard Molly of Stratford.
Cruz, 29, rode his first winner on April 8, 2014, at Charles Town aboard Texas Glitz, and was a finalist for that year's Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey. He bested Irad Ortiz Jr. by two wins to capture the 2015 Aqueduct Spring meet title.
Godolphin again swept a series of honors as the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association recognized breeders around the country and other various industry participants at its national awards dinner Sept. 7 at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky.
Godolphin was named the winner of the 2023 national owner of the year and breeder of the year awards. This is the third consecutive year Godolphin has swept both awards from TOBA, to go along with sweeping the Eclipse Awards for owner and breeder, respectively, in each of the last three years.
The Road to the Kentucky Derby Series that determines preferences for horses getting into the Derby starting gate has been tweaked this year to award a lower total number of points in races that do not have at least six runners, Churchill Downs announced on Friday.
Under the change, any race that has five horses will award 75 percent of the total points available. Any race with four or fewer horses will award 50 percent of the total points.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Late on the evening of Sunday, July 21, Paul Blanchard, the owner of The Downs at Albuquerque, glanced at his phone, noticing a call from Johnny Trotter, his counterpart at Ruidoso Downs in southern New Mexico.
The conversation focused on the devastating flash floods that forced Ruidoso Downs to cancel the final five races the preceding day.
The Ruidoso meeting could not go forward. The flooding was too severe. During their conversation, Blanchard and Trotter swiftly developed plans to move the remainder of the Ruidoso Downs meeting to Albuquerque.
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 11:45
The first time Idaho trainer Mark Hanson saw Weston he was visiting his brother Ryan’s offtrack stable in California in early 2020. Mark Hanson was not impressed.
“He was kind of scrawny,” Hanson recalled last weekend. “I thought, how is this thing going to win on the Southern California circuit?”
Hanson’s first impression was a little off the mark. Not only did Weston win a maiden race at 21-1 in his debut at Santa Anita in June 2020, but in his second start he won the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar that August.