When Richard Grunder calls the upcoming Tampa Bay Derby, it will mark the 36th straight year he has been high atop the Tampa Bay Downs grandstand in the announcer’s booth.

And even at age 67, he is hoping to call quite a few more.

“I still feel good and I still love the sport,” said Grunder, a Runyonesque character whose current tenure is believed to be the longest among race-callers at a major American track. Indeed, with a number of tracks having replaced their veteran announcers in recent times, Grunder is one of the mainstays in a fickle business.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The 2019 juvenile champion Storm the Court, the unbeaten stakes winner Nadal, the promising 3-year-olds Honor A. P. and Royal Act, and the top older horses Gift Box and Midcourt were among prominent workers at Santa Anita on Sunday.

All are scheduled to start in stakes in coming weeks.

Nadal worked six furlongs in 1:11.80, his first workout since a win in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs in his stakes debut on Feb. 9. The time was the fastest of 12 recorded works at the distance.

“He always works great,” trainer Bob Baffert said.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita will launch a bonus program in April designed to lure horses from other circuits and boost field size in the final months of the current meeting.

The Santa Anita Sunshine Bonus will be put in place at a time the track is planning to run three days per week from Friday through Sunday through closing day on June 21, according to Steve Lym, the track’s vice president of racing. The exception will be the Memorial Day program on Monday, May 25.

The track has largely run three days per week since the meeting began on Dec. 28.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Retired trainer Henry Moreno died early Sunday at an assisted living facility near Santa Anita, according to his daughter, Elizabeth Stellwagen.

Moreno was 90. He had been suffering from dementia in recent years, his daughter said.

Through his career, Moreno won 886 Thoroughbred races. His stable earned $24.09 million.

Moreno, who was a visitor to morning training at Santa Anita in recent years, kept in close contact with friends in racing as recently as last week.

Jockey Luca Panici, the regular rider for Kentucky Derby contenders Sole Volante and Ete Indien, will be sidelined at least four weeks after sustaining a fractured collarbone as a result of a riding mishap in Friday's final race.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita, tracks owned by The Stronach Group, will launch a $5 double linking the final race at both venues on each racing day beginning Feb. 29, the company announced on Saturday.

Known as the Golden Hour Double, the wager will have a reduced 15 percent takeout. Currently, the takeout on daily double bets in California is 20 percent. The Stronach Group is guaranteeing that the Golden Hour Double will have a pool of $50,000.

Jockey Jose Ortiz fractured his right wrist after being unseated by his mount Atone during the post parade prior to Saturday's third race at Gulfstream Park. Ortiz ultimately got back on Atone and rode the 3-year-old first time starter to a sixth-place finish in the maiden special weight event.

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Ortiz took off the remainder of his mounts on the card and went to the hospital where X-rays revealed the extent of his injury.

A 60-day suspension handed to jockey David Cohen last spring at Oaklawn Park for allegedly striking another rider with his crop during the running of a race has been reduced to five days by the Arkansas Racing Commission, an agency official said Saturday.

Cohen had appealed the original suspension to the commission, which made its decision on a 3-1 vote following a two-hour hearing Saturday. Cohen will have 30 days from the time the order is drafted to appeal to the court system if he chooses. The order will be drafted Monday, said Byron Freeland, attorney for the commission.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Santa Anita announced on Saturday that marketing director Nate Newby has been promoted to senior vice president and assistant general manager and that longtime vice president Amy Zimmerman will have the new title of senior vice president and executive producer.

Shotgun Kowboy, an 8-year-old who established himself as one of the top horses from Oklahoma, has been retired from racing, his breeder, owner and trainer, C.R. Trout, confirmed to Daily Racing Form on Friday. 

Oaklawn publicity on Friday reported the retirement due to a fractured sesamoid.