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April 17, 2020 7:56 AM
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Scott Chaney, an attorney with an extensive background in racing as an assistant trainer and steward at Southern California tracks, has been named the executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, the regulatory body announced in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
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April 16, 2020 4:01 PM
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As the COVID-19 crisis rages around the world, members of the Breeders' Cup are joining together to do their part in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
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April 15, 2020 9:42 AM
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Tom Sage, executive director of the Nebraska Racing Commission, has been named the newest chairman of the Association of Racing Commissions International (ARCI). Sage began his career in the horse racing in 1988 as a security officer at Ak-sar-ben Racetrack in Omaha. In 1991, Sage graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a […]
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April 10, 2020 8:40 AM
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April 10, 2020 8:36 AM
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Edited Release, courtesy Gulfstream Park Calling it “the biggest challenge of my life,” popular Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano has overcome being diagnosed with the coronavirus. Castellano, 42, spent 14 days in quarantine at the South Florida home of his 64-year-old mother, where Gulfstream’s five-time Championship Meet leading rider had been since testing positive
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April 8, 2020 1:00 PM
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NYRA still plans to begin the Saratoga meet July 14, but has delayed the opening of the Oklahoma Training Track and Saratoga stabling area, which were scheduled to open Apr. 15, due to the coronavirus, NYRA announced Wednesday. NYRA is working with the New York State Gaming Commission and public health agencies to determine an
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April 8, 2020 12:58 PM
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Six-time highest-level winner Tepin (Bernstein) will be among five Thoroughbred inductees into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame for 2020, it was announced Tuesday. Other Thoroughbred inductees are longtime industry fixture Sue Leslie, jockey Gary Boulanger, trainer Michael Keogh and Play the King (King of Spain {GB}). Tepin, trained by 2016 Canadian Hall of
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April 7, 2020 2:12 PM
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The first four Classic races on the English calendar have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced Tuesday.
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April 3, 2020 10:51 AM
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April 3, 2020 10:47 AM
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In a video meeting of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on April 2, Churchill Downs president Kevin Flanery said the track would consider conducting spectatorless racing this spring if COVID-19 health restrictions in Kentucky are eased.
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March 13, 2020 12:33 PM
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March 12, 2020 12:18 PM
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March 12, 2020 12:14 PM
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April 16, 2020 4:02 PM
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April 16, 2020 3:58 PM
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The New York Racing Association has pushed back the planned resumption of racing at Belmont Park and is working toward finding a new date for opening the Elmont, N.Y., racetrack.
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April 10, 2020 2:17 PM
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April 10, 2020 8:37 AM
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Will Rogers Downs, located 32 miles outside of Tulsa, Okla., and Fonner Park, about 6 1/2 hours up Interstate 135 in Grand Island, Neb., are two small tracks that usually fly under the radar of horseplayers nationwide. But both have had significant increases in business recently owing to the coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered tracks across the country.
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April 8, 2020 1:00 PM
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Monmouth Park Racetrack will delay the opening of its stabling area until June 1 with live racing scheduled to commence July 4th weekend. “We want to keep our horsemen and fans as informed as possible,” said Dennis Drazin, Chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of Monmouth Park.
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April 8, 2020 12:59 PM
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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino announced Tuesday that the Stanley E. Fulton Family Foundation is making a commitment of $2,000,000 to assist New Mexicans. The Stanley E. Fulton Family Foundation was endowed by the long-time owner of Sunland Park, the late Stanley E. Fulton. The gift will go
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April 7, 2020 2:14 PM
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Stage Magic (Ghostzapper-Magical Illusion, by Pulpit), dam of champion Justify (Scat Daddy), produced a half-sister by Curlin to the Triple Crown winner in the early hours Tuesday at John Gunther’s Glennwood Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. “We are quite excited to have a filly,” Gunther’s daughter Tanya said Tuesday morning. “We don’t fetal sex our mares,
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April 7, 2020 2:11 PM
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Churchill Downs has once again delayed the opening of its stable area at both its Louisville track and its nearby training center, the track announced Tuesday.
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April 3, 2020 10:49 AM
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April 2, 2020 3:49 PM
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Pursuant to guidance issued Thursday morning by the Alameda County Public Health Officer, Golden Gate Fields in Albany, CA, will shut down temporarily effective immediately as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A release from the track reads: “At Golden Gate Fields, the health, safety and welfare of every person and every horse in
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March 12, 2020 3:23 PM
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Local, state, and national policies regarding the spread of COVID-19 and how they are shaping current and future events; Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields are to be closed to the public immediately.
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March 12, 2020 12:15 PM
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Despite a rash of breakdowns at Santa Anita Park in 2019, the overall number of catastrophic breakdowns during racing fell 8.9% in 2019 compared with 2018.
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