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Laissez les bons temps rouler! The National HBPA will hold its 2018 convention at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel New Orleans at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets from Tuesday, March 13, through Saturday, March 17. Registration and hotel reservations are now open! A tentative agenda and complete information is available at www.hbpa.org/convention and [...]
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will launch an innovative new project called Foal Patrol, a one-of-a-kind collection of live web cameras where people can view real-time streams of several in-foal mares during their pregnancy through the actual foaling. The live camera feeds will be available beginning Dec. 19 from 7 a.m. [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Winter 2017 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of our Winter issue, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: STILL RISING The Claiming Crown’s profile and handle continue to trend up at Gulfstream Park LENDING A HELPING [...]
In times of need, horsemen have always reached out to help their fellow horsemen. This is one of those times, as you have probably seen the devastation caused by the wildfires in California, and in particular what transpired at the San Luis Rey Training Center where many horses were saved through the heroic efforts of [...]
Having dominated the event like no trainer in its history, Mike Maker can add to his record 15 career Claiming Crown victories when he sends out both Capital Letters and Flashy Jewel in Saturday’s $200,000 Jewel at Gulfstream Park. The 1 1/8-mile Jewel for 3-year-olds and up that have started for a claiming price of [...]
Well-traveled Gianna’s Dream, whose 17-race career has taken her to 10 tracks in eight states, is set to make her Gulfstream Park debut attempting to extend her recent win streak in Saturday’s $125,000 Claiming Crown Tiara on Opening Day of the 2017-18 Championship Meet. The Tiara, contested at 1 1/16 miles on the grass, is [...]
Clay Whitham When Eric Hamelback, the National HBPA’s chief executive officer, sought a keynote speaker for the organization’s 2018 convention in New Orleans, he wanted someone to follow in the steps of other recent headliners who offered inspiration mixed with constructive insight on how to improve the sport. So he asked Clay Whitham. [...]
Four defending champions are among 294 nominations to the 19th running of the $1.11 million Claiming Crown set for Saturday, Dec. 2, opening day of Gulfstream Park’s 2017-2018 Championship Meet. This year marks the sixth consecutive year Gulfstream Park will serve as host to the nine-race Claiming Crown, created in 1999 by the National Horsemen’s [...]
The fourth Thoroughbred Owner Conference, co-hosted by OwnerView and BloodHorse, concluded today with presentations on the experiences of turf writers, the claiming game, and veterinary issues. Approximately 235 people attended the three-day event, including both longtime horse owners and new or prospective owners. The conference took place at the Hilton San Diego/Del Mar in Del [...]
The $1.1 million Claiming Crown is set for December 2, 2017, at Gulfstream Park, and the nomination deadline is fast approaching! The deadline for regular nominations for the nine Claiming Crown races is November 5. Regular nominations are just $100, compared to the supplemental nominations due November 29 that range from $2,500 to $5,000 depending [...]