Two suspected cases of the equine herpes virus have caused officials at Pimlico Race Course to isolate five horses in the track's detention barn and to quarantine another 40-horse barn, track officials said Friday. The precautions are in place as Maryland officials await results of tests to determine if a horse euthanized on Monday had been sick from the virus.
Skip to main content
Create Your DRF Account
New to DRF?
Everything you could possibly
need in one place
need in one place
Register
Don't have an account?
Register Here
DRF Past Performances
MIAMI - The 2005-2006 Tropical at Calder session that ended Monday boasted some outstanding stakes performances, as well as races for trainer and jockey titles that went down to the final day of the meet. But the most lasting memory of the 55-day meet can be summed up in two words: Hurricane Wilma.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - In an era when horses are routinely given weeks, if not months, between starts, Golden Man appears to be a throwback. At least trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. treats him as such.
Dutrow entered in Sunday's $60,000 Brutally Frank Stakes at Aqueduct, just three days after he finished second in an optional claiming race here on Thursday. That race came five days after Golden Man finished third in a $75,000 claiming race on New Year's Eve. Thus, he would be running three times in nine days.
Canterbury Park will host the eighth running of the Claiming Crown on July 15, 2006, the track announced Friday, ending speculation that the event might not be renewed this season.
The seven-race event showcases claiming horses in a series of starter allowance races that will offer $600,000 in purses. Since its inception, the Claiming Crown has been Canterbury Park's biggest day of its summer meet, providing the largest single-day attendance and handle.
The Louisiana Racing Commission on Friday approved a request from Delta Downs in Vinton, La., to transfer the remaining dates of its 2005-2006 meet to Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La. Delta is in the process of rebuilding 20 barns lost to Hurricane Rita on Sept. 24 and had hoped to have the facility ready to receive horses by Jan. 11.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Trainer Cole Norman was out and about at Louisiana Downs on Friday morning for the first time since fracturing his neck in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Dec. 19. He could start as many as four sprinters in the $250,000 Duncan F. Kenner Breeders' Cup on Saturday, one of four stakes that will make up the "Road To The Derby" Kickoff Day at the Fair Grounds meet at Louisiana Downs.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - Fifty thousand dollars is a hefty investment in any horse, but trainer Cliff DeLima hopes it was money well spent when he claimed My Captain on Nov. 5.
The 7-year-old makes his second start for DeLima in the Sunday feature at Bay Meadows, a $62,500 optional claimer at six furlongs. My Captain drew the outside post in the field of five older runners.
DeLima knew what he was getting when he made the claim of the one-time stakes winner.
"He tries," DeLima said. "He's going good right now."
AUBURN, Wash. - Emerald Downs has released a schedule of 36 stakes worth $2,205,000 to be contested at its 2006 meeting, which will stretch 91 days from April 21 through Oct. 1.
The purse total is a 3 percent increase from last year. Much of the new funds will be used to boost the Barbara Shinpoch Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Its purse will rise from $75,000 to $100,000. Nine other stakes received increases of $5,000.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - The last two winners of Gulfstream Park's Aventura Stakes spent their 2-year-old campaigns based at nearby Calder Race Course. That trend will likely continue Saturday with In Summation.
The one-mile, $125,000 Aventura, which drew 14 3-year-olds, is now the traditional opening leg of Gulfstream's Florida Derby series, which culminates with the $1 million Florida Derby on April 1. It is also the highlight of Saturday's 10-race program, which includes the Grade 3 Hal's Hope and Mr. Prospector handicaps for older horses.