When it comes to enforcing racing rules regarding anti-doping and medication control, the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit is emphasizing new standards while working with established experts in the field to ensure integrity.
It is believed the ATC approached the government about selling Rosehill in an unsolicited offer after initially exploring the possibility of re-zoning a parcel of the precinct where the local bowling club and circus site is situated.
Two horses outrun on the Breeders' Cup Future Stars Friday program—Repole Stable's Noted and Three Diamonds Farm's Buttercream Babe—return to action Dec. 9 at Gulfstream Park in the Pulpit Stakes and Wait a While Stakes, respectively.
The final day of the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program Global Symposium on Racing held perhaps one of the most important sessions over the three-day event.
Online bidders having a significant impact on trade has been one of the running themes of this year's December Mares Sale. The trend was in evidence Dec. 6 when broodmare prospect Mufeeda was knocked down to an internet player signing as Lucky Vega.
Tom Blain, managing director of Barton Stud, has reflected on a "surreal" evening that saw the Bury St Edmunds farm sell two of the top 10 lots during Day 2 of the Sceptre Sessions, including the US$5.9M+ top lot Teona.
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2024 racing dates at Colonial Downs were approved at the Virginia Racing Commission meeting Dec. 6. The 27-day season will be held over nine weeks from July 11 through Sept. 7. The Arlington Million (G1T) will be Aug. 10.
Enjoying one of the best seasons of his highly decorated career, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. has made his way back to South Florida with the mission of ending the year as strongly as it began.
The HISA and Oaklawn Park have launched a new pilot program under which a designated area will be available for veterinarians to administer any intra-articular corticosteroid injections at the racetrack during Oaklawn's 2023-24 race season.
Sam Houston Race will kick off its 2024 live racing season Jan. 5 and is in final preparations for the 43-day Thoroughbred meet, which will continue through April 7.
Finalists Junior Alvarado, Alex Birzer, Julien Leparoux, Edwin Maldonado, and Rodney Prescott await the vote of jockeys nationwide.
In a release issued Dec. 6, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul expressed excitement that the 2024 Belmont Stakes (G1) will be held at Saratoga Race Course to allow for the uninterrupted construction at Belmont Park.
The panel agreed that CAWs are an expanding part of the betting scene but that more can be done to give everyday horseplayers confidence in pari-mutuel wagering.
The Arizona Racing Commission, during the Dec. 5 session, approved by a unanimous 4-0 vote a conditional opening of Turf Paradise's request for a race meet in 2024.
Speaking Dec. 5 during a panel of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program's Global Symposium on Racing, horse racing executives said they anticipate more racetrack closures in 10 years.
The length of time that a stallion can potentially stand at stud can lead to tremendous variation in generational intervals.
Katherine (Katie) Garrett, shareholder and director of diagnostic imaging at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, was installed as president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners Dec. 2.
New owner Dan Kjorsvik hopes the new racinos at four racetracks will boost the state's breeding industry. He sees grade 2 winner Favorable Outcome as the perfect fit for Nebraska racing.
How much for a group 1-winning filly? On Day 2 of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, we got the answer. In the case of Teona, the answer was 4,500,000gns (US$5,767,650, 1gn=US$1.2817), after a tussle among Coolmore, Godolphin, and Juddmonte.
The final live sale of the year for Fasig-Tipton, the Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale, concluded Dec. 5 with a Ghostzapper weanling topping the day at $82,000.
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Bob Baffert filed a motion for default judgment against Justin Wunderler in a lawsuit the trainer filed in a California federal court.
After nearly 40 years of service, Tom Biederman will be stepping away from Fasig-Tipton auctions at the end of 2023.
This event has become the highlight of Louisiana-bred racing as the best runners in the state compete for nearly $1 million in purse money.
At the Global Symposium on Racing HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus discussed the development of a data-enabled tool, in partnership with Palantir Technologies, to assist industry stakeholders in identifying horses at risk for injury before they race.
The Breeders' Cup issued a reminder Dec. 5 that all North American stallion nominations to the Breeders' Cup program for 2024 are due by Friday, Dec. 15, at 11:59 p.m. ET. A $100 initial payment must accompany the nomination form.
The growing BBN Racing partnership has been enjoying its best year yet in 2023.
Keeneland has cataloged 1,401 horses for the 67th January Horses of All Ages Sale, which will cover four sessions Jan. 8-11, 2024.
The National Thoroughbred Writers and Broadcasters have announced that the organization will assist racing media outlets in funding internships for the second year in a row.
The Jockeys' Guild and its board of directors have taken the position that the United States should remain under Category 2 approach to adjudicating potential interference during Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing.
In this monthly BH interview, Karen M. Johnson profiles young racing personalities.
The New York State Gaming Commission Dec. 4 upheld a hearing officer's recommendation of a 10-day suspension and $1,000 fine for trainer Todd Pletcher for Forte's failed post-race test following the colt's win in the 2022 Hopeful Stakes (G1).
Day 1 of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale may have been more of an hors d'oeuvre before Tuesday's group 1-winning main course, with high achievers Cachet, Poptronic, and Via Sistina among those on the menu on Day 2.
As 2023 comes to a close, Horseshoe Indianapolis is distributing funds from a special option utilized by guests on the casino floor. The NRT Technology kiosks provide an option for guests when cashing out to earmark any winnings to charity.
During the 52-day stand, the Winter/Spring Meet at Turfway Park will showcase a total of 19 stakes races.
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Fasig-Tipton's final live sale of the year, the Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age Sale, Dec. 5, will see 187 horses head through the ring starting at 11 a.m. ET.
Group 1-winning trainer and colorful Newmarket character Neville Callaghan died Dec. 2 at 77 after a long battle with illness.
The Chris Hartman-trained 4-year-old Tejano Twist is coming off a sharp win in the Bet on Sunshine Stakes Nov. 4 at Churchill Downs and shoots for his fourth victory of 2023 and ninth win overall.
The 5-year-old son of Into Mischief will stand for $2,500.
In a move that will allow more breeders to access the horse at a price more than competitive in the marketplace, the previously announced 2024 stud fee for Violence has been lowered from $60,000 to $40,000.
Surge Capacity stayed so close to the rail she scraped it at least twice before continuing up the inside to win the Matriarch (G1T) by a neck, topping a Chad Brown-trained superfecta that also included Fluffy Socks, Beaute Cachee, and Whitebeam.
Stay Hot rebounded from a 10th-place finish in last month's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) to land the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) in late-running fashion Dec. 3 at Del Mar.
Conglomerate, the most overlooked of trainer Mark Casse's three entries in the CA$150,000 Valedictory Stakes (G3) finished on top in Woodbine's final graded stakes of the season Dec. 3.
Jockey James Graham reached the 3,000 career-win milestone Dec. 3, piloting Big Chief Racing and Rocker O Ranch's Vortex to victory for trainer Keith Desormeaux in the second race at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced Dec. 3 that America's Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast produced by NYRA in partnership with FOX Sports, will expand its coverage of the 2023-24 meet at Oaklawn Park.
Through their Central Florida-based Eico Ventures, Barry and Shari Eisaman are the breeders of Dr B, who drew away in the Go for Wand Stakes (G3) Dec. 2 as the 5-year-old Liam's Map mare defended her '22 victory in the one-mile dirt race at Aqueduct.
Joe R. Peacock Jr.'s multiple graded stakes winner Senor Buscador will be pointed to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park following his runner-up finish in the Dec. 2 Cigar Mile Handicap (G2).
At the conclusion of his racing career stakes-winning sprinter and Coolmore Stud Stakes (G1)-placed stallion prospect I Am Unstoppable (AUS) will stand at Widden Stud, which recently reached a deal to purchase the talented 3-year-old.
