Horse Racing Headlines
2 Fair Grounds barns quarantined(AP)
Two connected barns at New Orleans Race Course were quarantined Friday because a 3-year-old filly tested positive for equine herpes. It may take 10 days to clear other horses trained by Dallas Stewart, who trains the filly, and Neil Howard, said Dr. Tom David, the equine medical director of the Louisiana State Racing Commission. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:01:54 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Gemswick Park hangs on to win Old Hat Stakes (AP)
Posted Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:18:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Tizfiz wins Santa Anita feature (AP)
Posted Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:19:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Justwhistledixie wins Big A's Ruthless Stakes (AP)
Posted Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:55:59 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Santa Anita Park Notes - Sunday, January 4 (PA SportsTicker)
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Posted Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:01:50 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Gulfstream Park Notes - Sunday, January, 4 (PA SportsTicker)
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Posted Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:19:17 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Jibboom wins Santa Anita feature (AP)
Posted Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:46:16 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Notonthesamepage wins Spectacular Bid Stakes (AP)
Notonthesamepage beat You Luckie Man by 8 lengths and just missed a track record in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes for 3-year-olds on Saturday, the first day of Gulfstream Park's 79-day meeting. Ridden by Elvis Trujillo, Notonthesamepage covered the six furlongs in 1:08.48, missing the record by 0.02 seconds. [read full article]
Posted Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:22:56 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Haynesfield wins Big A's Count Fleet Stakes (AP)
Posted Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:52:08 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Victorina wins Santa Anita feature (AP)
Posted Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:39:59 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Ocean Downs suspends simulcasting (AP)
Ocean Downs Racetrack has suspended simulcast wagering at the track and its off-track betting location until it resolves differences with horsemen. The track said in a statement on Thursday that the horsemen have refused to continue contract negotiations and have withdrawn their consent for the simulcasting. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:27:48 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Awesome I Am wins Big A's Restored Hope Stakes (AP)
Posted Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:07:53 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
In Summation wins El Conejo Handicap for 2nd year (AP)
Posted Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:21:14 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Gulfstream Park Notes - Thursday, January, 1 (PA SportsTicker)
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Posted Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:20:44 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Zada Belle wins Big A's Interborough Handicap (AP)
Posted Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:34:15 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Gomez barely falls short of Bailey's record (AP)
Posted Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:06:02 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Delosvientos romps in Big A's Gallant Fox (AP)
Posted Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:45:39 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Lucky J.H. wins at Santa Anita (AP)
Posted Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:36:04 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Deweycheatumnhowe among top harness horses honored (AP)
Hambletonian winner Deweycheatumnhowe was voted 3-year-old colt trotter of the year, record-setting earner Somebeachsomewhere was voted top 3-year-old colt pacer and 10 other horses earned Dan Patch awards as divisional champions Monday. Mister Big, who won 11 of 14 races, was voted top older male pacer for the second year in a row in balloting by the U.S. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:52:40 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Santa Anita Park Notes - Sunday, December 28 (PA SportsTicker)
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Posted Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:38:15 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Proudinsky wins San Gabriel at Santa Anita (AP)
Posted Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:08:44 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
R Clear Victory wins Robb Handicap at Aqueduct (AP)
Posted Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:55:21 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Indian Blessing wins at Santa Anita (AP)
Indian Blessing beat Ginger Pop by 1 1/2 lengths to take the $250,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies Saturday at Santa Anita. Bsharpsonata was a nose back in the field of seven. Under John Velazquez, Indian Blessing recorded her sixth victory of 2008 in 1:20.59. The winning purse of $150,000 increased her career earnings to $2,437,200. [read full article]
Posted Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:50:58 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Fabulous Strike wins Gravesend at Aqueduct (AP)
Posted Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:52:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Bob Black Jack wins Malibu Stakes (AP)
Bob Black Jack, who set the pace in the Kentucky Derby last May, led all the way in winning the $250,000 Malibu Stakes by 2 lengths Friday over Into Mischief on opening day of Santa Anita's 72nd thoroughbred racing season. Bob Black Jack, ridden by David Flores, covered seven furlongs in 1:20.20 and, as the fourth choice in a field of seven, paid $12, $5.20 and $3.60. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:16:55 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Jockey dies 5 days after thrown from horse (AP)
Jockey Sam Thompson Jr. died Christmas Day, five days after he was thrown from a quarter horse following a race at Los Alamitos. The 36-year-old rider had been on life support at Los Alamitos Medical Center since the Dec. 20 accident. Thompson's family had him taken off life support Thursday, medical center spokesman Orlando Gutierrez said. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:04:54 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
2 Fair Grounds barns quarantined (AP)
Two connected barns at New Orleans Race Course were quarantined Friday because a 3-year-old filly tested positive for equine herpes. It may take 10 days to clear other horses trained by Dallas Stewart, who trains the filly, and Neil Howard, said Dr. Tom David, the equine medical director of the Louisiana State Racing Commission. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:01:54 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Noble Sound wins Big A feature (AP)
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:04:33 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Jockey Thompson dies after accident (PA SportsTicker)
Jockey Sam Thompson passed away Thursday morning due to injuries sustained in a racing accident at the Los Alamitos Race Course. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:15:03 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Kauto Star wins 3rd straight King George VI Chase (AP)
Kauto Star became the second horse to win the King George VI Chase title three years in a row, beating Albertas Run by eight lengths in the three-mile jump race on Friday. Kauto Star, the 10-11 favorite again ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Paul Nicholls, survived a shaky start to ease in front and hold off a challenge by Albertas Run in the final stretch. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:56:20 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Vacare wins $150,000 feature at Hollywood Park (AP)
Posted Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:12:03 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Pioneer of the Nile wins feature at Hollywood Park (AP)
Posted Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:37:23 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Miss Singhsix wins at Hollywood Park (AP)
Posted Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:35:13 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Hambletonian champ, co-owner unhurt in Pa. crash (AP)
Standout trotter Deweycheatumnhowe and award-winning trainer and co-owner Ray Schnittker were unhurt when their pickup and trailer flipped on an icy road in north-central Pennsylvania. Schnittker told The Associated Press that his truck hit an icy patch near Jersey Shore, Pa., Wednesday morning. The truck and horse trailer carrying the Hambletonian champion flipped and slid about 30 feet down an... [read full article]
Posted Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:10:11 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
One Track Mind wins at Hollywood Park (AP)
Posted Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:46:39 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Breeders' Cup reverses decision to cut purses (AP)
The Breeders' Cup has reversed its decision to cut funding for stakes races as a cost-saving move. A news release Wednesday announced the change, citing complaints from the breeding industry about the loss of funding. Breeders' Cup chairman William S. Farish said in the release that the organization will use a portion of its reserve funds to pay for the stakes programs. [read full article]
Posted Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:48:09 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Kentucky officials hear grim finance report (AP)
Kentucky woefully trails other major horse racing states in the money dedicated to regulating the sport, and a report released Monday suggests its claim as the horse capital of the world could be at risk without more cash soon. The sobering report underscores what many backers of the horse industry, Kentucky's top agricultural interest, have been saying for years. [read full article]
Posted Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:37 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Star Nicholas wins Hollywood Park feature (AP)
Posted Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:18:54 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Peppers Pride runs to 19th straight victory (AP)
Peppers Pride extended her North American Thoroughbred record for consecutive wins Sunday with her 19th victory in as many starts in the $125,000 New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap at Sunland Park. Racing as the 4-5 favorite, Peppers Pride won by over five lengths in the six furlong stakes race for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares. [read full article]
Posted Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:32:34 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Borrowing Base wins Big A's Ladies Handicap (AP)
Posted Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:49:28 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Laragh wins Hollywood Starlet (AP)
Posted Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:14:11 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Researcher wins Big A's Queens County Handicap (AP)
Posted Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:56:09 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Informed wins at Hollywood Park (AP)
Posted Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:40:40 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Wealthy horse owners also feeling economic crunch (AP)
Horse racing has long been a sport for the rich, but lately even those who can spend more on a horse than most people spend on a house have been struggling with the bottom line. Racehorses are selling at auction for a fraction of what they did a year ago, if at all. Breeding operations are slashing thousands of dollars off the fees they charge to mate with their top stallions. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:00:36 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Are We Dreamin wins feature at Aqueduct (AP)
Posted Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:15:05 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Breeders' Cup to cut $4.5 million of stakes purses (AP)
The Breeders' Cup will slash $4.5 million in co-funding of stakes races at North American tracks in 2009 because of the economic downtown. The cutback will affect 121 stakes races for Breeders' Cup-nominated horses at about 40 racetracks, spokesman Jim Gluckson said Friday. The Breeders' Cup kicked in extra purse money to what a track already offered for those races. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:25:23 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Serra Song wins at Hollywood Park (AP)
Posted Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:49:35 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Tetrick, Schnittker named driver, trainer of year (AP)
Tim Tetrick was chosen harness racing's driver of the year and Ray Schnittker was voted trainer of the year Thursday by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. Tetrick won a record $19.7 million in purses this year in winning the award for the second straight year. He broke his own record of $18.3 million set in 2007. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:55:19 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
NTRA Thoroughbred Notebook - Thursday, Decmeber 11 (PA SportsTicker)
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Posted Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:26:23 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
Accredit wins Big A's Parlay Me Stakes (AP)
Posted Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:54:58 PST - via Yahoo! Sports
