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April 5, 2021 10:01 AM
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Woodbine Entertainment has announced that live Standardbred racing at Woodbine Mohawk Park will be temporarily suspended following this Friday's (April 2) card due to the Government of Ontario imposing a province-wide “emergency brake” of COVID-19 restrictions, effective Saturday, April 3 at 12:01 a.m. Live horse racing, without spectators, is not currently permitted during the Government […]
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March 29, 2021 3:01 PM
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An analysis of data from the 12th year of reporting to the Equine Injury Database (EID) shows a decrease in the rate of fatal injury in 2020 (1.41 per 1,000 starts) compared to 2019 (1.53 per 1,000 starts), The Jockey Club announced today. The 2020 rate of fatal injury is the lowest number since the EID […]
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March 17, 2021 10:36 AM
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Trainer Joe Herrick and race horse Lovely Finish, both of whom suffered burns during the 2017 Lilac Fire in California, celebrated a win last month.
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March 3, 2021 2:43 PM
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Gordon Elliott, a prominent trainer, was temporarily barred from British racing after a photograph emerged showing him sitting on a dead horse, talking on his cellphone.
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March 2, 2021 3:50 PM
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The commission that oversees horse racing in New Mexico announced Monday that live racing is set to resume in April now that public health restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic are being eased in some places around the state.
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February 12, 2021 10:26 AM
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Breeders' Cup has banned Lasix from the World Championships and associated qualifying races.
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February 4, 2021 12:29 PM
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A total of 12 races comprise the stakes schedule for Golden Gate's winter/sprint meet. The 40th running of the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby, which offers its winner 10 GI Kentucky Derby qualifying points as well as a free berth into the GI Preakness S., is set for Saturday, Feb. 13. Other highlights include the
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February 4, 2021 12:18 PM
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Pat Lamberty, former Suffolk Downs on-air TV handicapper, pedigree expert, bloodstock agent, and syndicate manager known throughout the New England racing community for his convivial personality, died Dec. 16, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Fla. He was 43.
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December 21, 2020 1:49 PM
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Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races was able to again establish a new annual record for wagering volume per race—the sixth consecutive year it has done so.
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December 10, 2020 7:30 AM
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November 24, 2020 2:33 PM
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Godolphin's undefeated $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) winner Essential Quality is the 10-1 individual favorite among 24 betting interests in Pool 1 of the 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
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November 24, 2020 2:31 PM
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The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission approved 2021 race dates during its Nov. 17 meeting largely in line with the state's racing schedule following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.
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November 24, 2020 2:28 PM
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Indiana Grand Racing & Casino capped a meet of broken records with a single-season all-sources handle record of $198,960,722. The 2020 figure was up 31% from the 2019 handle of $123,635,376. There were 26 fewer days in the 2020 meet, which concluded last Thursday. Also during its 2020 season, Indiana Grand recorded its highest single
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April 2, 2021 10:16 AM
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Zenden turned in a brilliant performance in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1), leading the way and drawing clear of his rivals. But the 5-year-old went wrong just after the wire with an injury to his front left leg, and was humanely euthanized.
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March 22, 2021 9:26 AM
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Jockeys Dylan Davis and Jorge Vargas Jr. were transported to a local hospital and the first-time starter Kiss Me Dave perished in a ninth-race incident involving three horses on Saturday at Aqueduct racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. Vargas was aboard Kiss Me Dave for trainer Carla Morgan in the six-furlong maiden race for New York-breds […]
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March 8, 2021 3:59 PM
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A possible tragedy was avoided on Saturday after a woman drove her car onto a Perth racing track before later refusing to get out of the vehicle.
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March 2, 2021 5:00 PM
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First Tracks Investments puts non-racino plans in motion to replace the loss of Scarborough Downs in Maine with a pari-mutuel meet at at Cumberland Fairgrounds. by Melissa Keith When Scarborough Downs held its final live races last November, there was ... Read more
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February 19, 2021 3:20 PM
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Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino horse racing meet officially cancelled
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February 5, 2021 2:58 PM
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A bill that would seek to interrupt the slaughter pipeline for Thoroughbreds in New York has passed the state's senate and gained bipartisan support, according to a report by the Thoroughbred Daily News. Senate Bill 1442, which is sponsored by Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. (D-15th District), would prohibit the slaughter of racehorses and breeding […]
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February 4, 2021 12:19 PM
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It's anything but a surprise to find Overtook among the entries for a graded Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) prep.
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December 23, 2020 10:18 AM
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Santa Anita has announced a group of five finalists for the 2021 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, with the winner to be announced in February. One of the most prestigious awards for American jockeys, the Woolf Award, which is determined by a vote of jockeys nationwide, can only be won once. Jockeys Alex Birzer, Jorge
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December 16, 2020 11:43 AM
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Rickelle Nelson is one of those remarkable individuals whose life revolves around helping others. She can also speak in heartwarming terms about the way multiple grade 1 winner Authentic added joy to her life when she needed it most.
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December 8, 2020 5:02 PM
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Jockeys will be prohibited from using the riding crop more than two consecutive times before being required to wait three full strides in order to give the horse a chance to respond under an expanded Model crop Rule adopted by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) last week. The modified rule tightens restrictions already
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November 24, 2020 2:32 PM
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Numerous jockeys have tested positive for COVID-19 at Parx Racing in recent days, resulting in the backstretch being closed to riders there as a safety measure, according to Terry Meyocks, president of the Jockeys' Guild.
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November 24, 2020 2:30 PM
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With its traditional Winter/Spring Meeting set to begin Saturday, December 26, Santa Anita Park has announced a lucrative Sunshine Bonus, which is intended to attract out-of-state horses throughout the meet, which concludes on June 20.
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