A bill that seeks to ban horse slaughter in the United States is unlikely to be voted on in the Senate this year, a spokesman for the bill's chief supporter, Sen. John Ensign, said Wednesday.
"Unfortunately, it doesn't look promising to get it done this year," said Jack Finn, the communications director for Ensign, a Republican from Nevada who is the co-sponsor of the Senate version of the legislation.
Keeneland has cataloged 5,026 horses and one stallion season to Afleet Alex, the 2005 Preakness and Belmont winner, to its November breeding stock sale, which will run in Lexington, Ky., from Nov. 6 to 19. Catalogs for the sale, which will include 2,495 broodmares and 2,106 weanlings, will be available online Oct. 3 and in printed form Oct. 13. . . . Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 252 horses for its Nov. 5 select fall mixed sale at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Ky. Catalogs, for the sale ?
Barbaro's left hind hoof, 80 percent of which was surgically removed in July after he developed the hoof disease laminitis, is regrowing.
The 2006 Kentucky Derby winner's left hind hoof has grown about 18 millimeters in the heel area, according to a release issued Tuesday by the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center equine hospital.
"It has to grow at least three times that, which could take more than six months," noted the center's chief surgeon, Dr. Dean Richardson. "It's a very gradual process; the bottom of his foot has to completely heal as well."
The New York committee evaluating proposals to operate the racing and casino franchise held by the New York Racing Association has pushed back the date by which it will release its recommendations, the committee announced late Friday.
Patrick Barrett, the chairman of the committee, said in a statement that the committee would not be able to meet its Sept. 29 deadline, and that a new date to release its recommendations "is expected to be determined in the very near future."
Keeneland's 2006 September yearling sale was a record-breaker before it even started, setting a mark for horses offered, with 5,161 yearlings in its catalog. When it ended Monday afternoon, the 14-day auction had set five more records, for gross, top price, average, median, and number sold.
Racing industry groups said Friday that they would strongly oppose a bill introduced to the House of Representatives earlier in the week to provide insurance for jockeys and track workers from simulcasting proceeds.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Republican from Kentucky, and Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat from Michigan, was introduced with only one week left in the legislative session.
Racing industry groups said Friday that they would strongly oppose a bill introduced to the House of Representatives earlier in the week to provide insurance for jockeys and track workers from simulcasting proceeds.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Republican from Kentucky, and Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat from Michigan, was introduced with only one week left in the legislative session.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Keeneland September Sale, which ends Monday, already has set a world record for gross sales.
Helped by a record 5,161-yearling catalog, the company had sold 2,601 yearlings for $385,707,000 through Thursday, the 10th of 14 sessions. That figure topped last year's record for the entire sale, when 2,640 lot sold for $384,349,900.
Two U.S. representatives introduced a bill on Wednesday to the House floor that would redirect at least half of all horsemen's simulcasting revenue to state racing commissions in order to pay for insurance for jockeys and other track workers.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Republican from Kentucky, and Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat from Michigan.
By one measure, simulcasting currently provides approximately $900 million a year - or 90 percent of all purse monies - to horsemen's groups.
On a day when $20,000 to $60,000 prices were common, a $330,000 purchase at the Keeneland September yearling sale's 10th session Thursday reminded sellers that big money was still available in the open market.
Southern Equine Stables paid $330,000 late Thursday for the Claiborne Farm agency's Pulpit filly out of Audrey Paulina. The filly is a full sister to 2006 Canadian stakes-placed Pulpit's Treasure. At 5 p.m., she was Thursday's session leader in terms of price.