Arapahoe Park (Photo by Denis Blake) A recently announced $2,000 bump for all open-company overnight races is designed to reward loyal horsemen supporting the Bally’s Arapahoe Park 2021 meet set to open Wednesday. The Aurora, Colo., racetrack pushed back the season from its usual midsummer dates to allow the simulcast-driven purse fund to [...]
Frost Or Frippery (#1) has been named Claiming Crown Horse of the Year. (Coglianese/Derbe Glass photo) Steve Landers calls Frost Or Frippery “as hard-hitting a horse” as he’s ever owned. There’s no better example than the gelding’s nose victory in the $75,000 Claiming Crown Kent Stirling Memorial Iron Horse. That day, the 7-year-old [...]
OwnerView announced today that registration is now open for an in-person Thoroughbred Owner Conference, which will be held Wednesday, November 3, in Del Mar, Calif., to coincide with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 5-6. “Our monthly virtual Thoroughbred Owner Conference series has been enthusiastically received this year with more than 1,100 registrations, so [...]
Dr. Doug Daniels Horse owner and equine veterinarian Dr. Doug Daniels has been elected president of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association, North America’s largest organization representing thoroughbred racing owners and trainers. Daniels, who was unopposed for the National HBPA presidency, has been vice president of the Virginia HBPA and a member [...]
Owner and trainer Kim Oliver was named the new President of the Colorado Horsemen’s Association (CHA) at the organization’s regular monthly board meeting Tuesday, July 13. The CHA’s Board of Directors appointed Oliver to replace previous president Kent Bamford, who resigned at a Special Meeting of the Board last week. “I am honored to serve [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Summer 2021 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of the printed magazine, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: Where You Bet Matters As handicappers and racing enthusiasts across America look forward to a big [...]
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will feature several new and returning special exhibitions this summer for the upcoming Saratoga racing season. All summer exhibitions will debut on Thursday, July 1. New Exhibitions Muybridge and Motion: Selections from the Tang Teaching Museum Collection (On display in the Link Gallery through Jan. 2, [...]
Photo by Coady Photography More than 100 attendees representing approximately 70 tracks, training centers and farms convened at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino for the 20th renewal of Track Superintendents’ Field Day on June 14-15. The event was cancelled last year due to COVID-19, and this year’s gathering turned into one of [...]
Amplify Horse Racing, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to amplify education and careers in the Thoroughbred industry, has launched a mentorship program aimed at pairing young adults with Thoroughbred industry professionals. The objectives of the program are to improve accessibility into the Thoroughbred industry, and develop understanding of what it is like to work in the sport [...]
Nominations for the 2021 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA) open today, Monday, June 7th, and will close on Monday, August 2nd. TIEA was held in America for the first time in 2016. Godolphin, the global racing stable founded by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is the principal sponsor of the awards in [...]