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Photo of Impacts of Weather Panel. (Courtesy The Jockey Club) The eighth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, held Wednesday, June 27, at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky., featured insightful discussions on topics ranging from disaster preparedness, jockey injuries, and equine injuries to racing integrity, Thoroughbreds as sport horses, and [...]
Photo courtesy Arizona Downs Friday, July 13th will be a lucky day for those in Arizona wanting a new place to bet on horse racing as well as another entertainment venue. The new Arizona Downs is bringing back wagering on racetracks across the country to the site of the old Yavapai Downs on [...]
Registration is now open for a Special Owners’ Groom Elite Workshop in Lexington, KY on July 29-August 1 and the 5th annual Remington Park Trainers’ Exam Prep class on August 13-15 in Oklahoma City. Interested participants are encouraged to sign up early at www.purplepowerracing.com or www.groomelite.com as spots are limited to 8 and 12 participants [...]
By T.D. Thornton, Thoroughbred Daily News You only get one chance to make a good first impression. So which side’s message resonated most effectively at last Friday’s Congressional subcommittee hearing on HR 2651, the federal bill that would implement a uniform anti-doping and medication control framework upon horse racing in the United States? Neither side [...]
The eighth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, scheduled to be held on Wednesday, June 27, will be available via livestream at grayson-jockeyclub.org/WelfareSafety/includes/2018Wss_agenda.asp. A link to the livestream will also be available at jockeyclub.com. The summit is underwritten and coordinated by The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and hosted by the [...]
EquiSport Photos It’s post time at Kentucky Downs! While the 2018 live meet isn’t until September, America’s most unique racecourse has launched a social-media contest where fans can earn a trip to Kentucky Downs by posting on Facebook and/or Twitter about the track. The #LiveAtKyDowns Post Time Contest is free. Simply post on [...]
By T. D. Thornton, Thoroughbred Daily News Thoroughbred industry witnesses representing both pro and con sides of a federal bill requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program testified before a Congressional subcommittee on Friday, marking the first time that proponents and opponents of HR 2651 have been able to voice arguments while facing questioning [...]
Jockey Rolando Aragon provides a demonstration on an Equicizer during Grand Mornings at the track. (Photo courtesy Indiana Grand) Indiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association’s (HBPA) popular Saturday morning program “Grand Mornings at the Track” returns to Indiana Grand Saturday, June 23. The interactive program is free and open to guests of [...]
Photo courtesy Arizona Downs The former Yavapai Downs horse track will reopen with a new name: Arizona Downs. The new ownership of the horse track in Prescott Valley has changed Yavapai Downs’ name to Arizona Downs. That was the name of a former racetrack in Phoenix that opened in 1951 at one site [...]
The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), Kentucky's equine economic advocate, announced today that it has partnered with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center's statewide Talent Pipeline Management™ (TPM) initiative. As one of three state chambers of commerce chosen by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation to pilot this initiative, the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center project will [...]