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December 21, 2016 9:24 AM
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On Tuesday, December 20, Standardbred Canada announced the finalists for the 2016 O’Brien Awards, which honor Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.
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December 19, 2016 9:59 AM
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California Chrome, the 5-year-old chestnut champion whose 2016 stellar season catapulted him to be North American racing's all-time leading earner, again has been selected to receive the 2016 Secretariat Vox Populi, or “Voice of the People,” Award. The award recognizes the horse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the American public and gained …
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December 18, 2016 9:59 AM
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The Ontario driver recently retired from driving after a 35-year career in which he won over 4,200 races and more than $20 million. Now he has time to further develop a kinder, gentler whip. by Dave Briggs Now that Ontario’s Gord Brown has retired from driving after a successful 35-year career, the 55-year-old has the …
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December 18, 2016 9:48 AM
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Jockey Luis Angel Belmonte, 40, is being held in Dauphin County Prison in Harrisburg, Pa., after being charged with one count of attempted homicide and two counts of aggravated assault on Thursday. Bail was set at $1 million after a preliminary arraignment before Magisterial District Judge William C. Wenner. Belmonte, who has ridden 1,891 winners …
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December 18, 2016 9:41 AM
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California Chrome, the California-bred with an unpretentious pedigree who captured so many hearts during his four seasons of racing, romped in the race that was designed for him to romp in.
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December 16, 2016 4:21 PM
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Duncan Taylor, President and CEO of Taylor Made was elected to the board of directors of Horse Country by the members of the organization at the annual business meeting December 14. Taylor Made was an early member of Horse Country, which was incorporated in June of 2014. Taylor also serves on Keeneland's Board of Directors …
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December 16, 2016 4:04 PM
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Hurricane Run, winner of the 2005 Group 1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, died Wednesday due to complications from routine surgery. He was 14. According to the Racing Post, the champion son of Montjeu had been standing at his breeder Dietrich von Boetticher's Gestut Ammerland. Hurricane Run had returned to Germany in 2013, after having stood at Coolmore …
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December 16, 2016 3:59 PM
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Talented but troubled jockey Garrett Gomez, 44, a two-time Eclipse Award winner and father of four who rode his last race at Keeneland in October 2013, has died. Daughter Shelby Gomez confirmed her father's passing with Bloodhorse.com's Jeremy Balan. Circumstances about his passing were unclear. According to several sources, Gomez had left his Duarte, Calif., …
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December 16, 2016 3:51 PM
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December 16, 2016 3:47 PM
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December 14, 2016 12:29 PM
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Retired multiple graded stakes-winning gelding Game On Dude underwent surgery for colic in early November, according to Old Friends founder Michael Blowen. Although it's not entirely unusual for cases of colic to pick up as the weather gets colder, veterinarians found something unexpected when they began the operation at nearby Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital. …
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December 14, 2016 12:16 PM
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The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) announced Dec. 14 the election of eight new members to its board of directors, including a new board president, to take effect the first of the year.
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December 14, 2016 12:12 PM
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Louisiana Champions Day Recap
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December 21, 2016 9:19 AM
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Always B Miki, the Dan Patch Award winner for best older male pacer, beat out Wiggle It Jiggleit
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December 18, 2016 10:02 AM
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An overnight fire that destroyed one of three training barns at Mercury Equine Center on Russell Cave Pike near Lexington, Ky., has killed an unspecified number of Thoroughbreds, according to various media reports on Sunday morning. Operated by Eric and Kay Reed, Mercury Equine Center is a 60-acre facility with a five-eighths-mile training track and …
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December 18, 2016 9:56 AM
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The horses' post-racing lives are often bleak, but with the likely closure of Scarborough Downs, advocates for 'aftercare' see a possible solution.
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December 18, 2016 9:44 AM
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Horse Racing news: California Chrome sets track record in Winter Challenge.
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December 18, 2016 9:38 AM
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To the cheers of an enthusiastic crowd at Los Alamitos, champion California Chrome and jockey Victor Espinoza galloped five-wide around the track to easily defeat nine rivals by 12 lengths in the $180,000 Winter Challenge. The 5-year-old son of Lucky Pulpit set a new track record for 1 1/16 miles, shattering the old one by …
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December 16, 2016 4:09 PM
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Regional tracks and horsemen's groups are trying to make backstretch workers' holidays a little brighter. Here's what they're doing, and how you can help.
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December 16, 2016 4:02 PM
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The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) announced today the election of eight new members to its board of directors, including a new board president, to take effect the first of the year. Going into its fifth year of operation, this is the first election of new board members since the TAA's inception. The TAA's new members …
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December 16, 2016 3:55 PM
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New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program announced today that leading harness racing owner Burke Racing Stable and an anonymous Thoroughbred donor have become the newest $50,000 Foundation Donors for the New Vocations Capital Campaign. To date the campaign has raised over $1.6 million of the $2 million goal needed to build the country's premier racehorse aftercare …
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December 16, 2016 3:48 PM
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December 16, 2016 3:34 PM
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Jose Alvarez demonstrated the heightened level of athleticism required of a jockey Thursday at Gulfstream Park, where the South Florida-based rider's strength and horsemanship – against all odds – kept him from falling to the track after being unseated by his mount following the start of the third race. After misbehaving in the No. 6 …
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December 14, 2016 12:19 PM
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The Jockeys' Guild held its 2016 Annual Assembly in Las Vegas Dec. 12-13 with a program focusing on a variety of health, safety, and welfare topics for riders. The following is a list of a few takeaways from the series of informational sessions: Unsurprisingly, head injuries are a major source of concern among jockeys, and …
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December 14, 2016 12:14 PM
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