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From Kentucky Downs news release Posted: 8/2/16 With one month to go until Kentucky Downs’ unique five-date race meet boasting America’s most lucrative purses, fans can order tickets online to ensure their place in the Finish Line and Turf Club tents. The two distinctive trackside venues allow patrons to enjoy the best of both worlds: [...]
Open to anyone working in a supporting role in racing and breeding, TIEA recognize and reward the dedicated, hard-working people who are the backbone of the industry. The August 1st deadline is less than a week away for the first-ever Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA) here in the U.S. Sponsored by Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin, awards [...]
Blame Angel (Photo by Coady Photography) From Ellis Park news release Posted: 7/23/16 “Divine intervention in the nightcap,” Ellis Park announcer Jimmy McNerney told the crowd after Blame Angel captured Friday’s eighth race by 2 3/4 lengths over Batten the Hatches. Blame Angel previously ran on Father’s Day at Churchill Downs, winning at [...]
Ain't In No Hurry (Photo by Coady Photography) From Ellis Park news release Posted: 7/23/16 Ain’t In No Hurry certainly proved appropriately named when it came to getting to the races. But the 7-year-old gelding wasted no time getting to the winner’s circle, leading most of the way in his first start ever [...]
From Ellis Park news release Posted: 7/20/16 Ellis Park is teaming with the Kentucky HBPA to provide the public with a behind-the-scenes look at preparing horses for the races. “Making of a racehorse: Let’s get started!” will be held Saturday, July 30 from 7:30-9 AM Central at Ellis Park. The free event will give racing [...]
Seneca Destiny (No. 8, white blinkers, green silks) winning a starter-allowance race last Sept. 16 at Kentucky Downs. Seneca Destiny went on to finish second in the Claiming Crown Tiara at Gulfstream Park. Photo by Reed Palmer/Kentucky Downs. From Kentucky Downs news release Posted: 7/19/16 Kentucky Downs, in its never-ending mission of enhancing [...]
From Claiming Crown news release Posted: 7/19/16 Claiming Crown Limited announced on Monday that Kentucky Downs and Laurel Park will host automatic qualifying races for the 2016 Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park on December 3, 2016. The host tracks will pay nomination fees and provide a travel stipend for the winners to compete in the [...]
Miner's Escape, who ran in the 2009 Belmont Stakes and upon his retirement was retrained for a second career as a pleasure horse. (Courtesy Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance) From Ellis Park News Release Posted: 7/13/16 Ellis Park is teaming with the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance to promote the industry-wide venture that provides funding for rehabilitation [...]
Eddie Olczyk (Photo by Anne E. Eberhardt) Thoroughbred owner and NBC Sports horse racing and hockey analyst Eddie Olczyk will deliver the keynote address at OwnerView’s third Thoroughbred Owner Conference at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Wednesday, November 2, 2016. OwnerView, the Thoroughbred owner resource developed by The Jockey Club and [...]
National HBPA CEO Eric Hamelback penned an op/ed in the July 7 edition of Thoroughbred Daily News. The article begins: Everyone wants what is best for horse racing and especially for the Thoroughbred racehorses that make our industry possible. That is why many of us are stunned by The Jockey Club leadership’s latest attempt to [...]