Daily Racing Form After a year-over-year dip in November, all-sources average daily handle at Fair Grounds rebounded nicely in December and as of Jan. 1 was up 5 percent compared with a similar period in 2013. For the 24 cards during November and December at this meet, Fair Grounds averaged $2,379,516 from all betting sources [...]

NHBPA The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) will hold its Winter Convention in Carefree, AZ at the Carefree Resort & Conference Center from Wednesday February 4th to Sunday February 8th with the Arizona HBPA as the host affiliate. Scheduled on the agenda are multiple panels that will be of interest to NHBPA convention [...]

Paulick Report Jerre Paxton, owner of Northwest Farms, died from an apparent heart attack Sunday night, his wife Debbie said. Paxton, who maintained residences in Seattle and Yakima, was at his Seattle condominium when he suffered the suspected heart attack. Earlier Sunday, Paxton had attended simulcast racing at Emerald Downs. “We’re all in shock because [...]

Blood-Horse The New York Racing Association's inaugural Claiming Championship Series will offer 10 stakes worth $710,000 when it debuts at Aqueduct Racetrack March 21. Named after some of the most familiar claiming horses to run at Aqueduct, the 10 races—one-half at six furlongs and one-half at 1 1/16 miles, all on the inner track—are open [...]

Blood-Horse A record field of 606 entrants will compete for more than $2.36 million, the largest purse in handicapping tournament history, and an Eclipse Award as "Horseplayer of the Year" at the 16th Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Jan. 23-25. The three-day event, offering a first-place prize of $800,000, is presented by Racetrack Television [...]

ARCI LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) and the Association of Official Racing Chemists (AORC) will jointly hold a major racing industry roundtable and conference on equine welfare and medication policy on April 21-23, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt Resort in Tampa, Florida. “The ARCI is the only umbrella organization encompassing [...]

Blood-Horse Rillito Park Race Track in Tucson will be extending its reach to the classroom through newly developed cooperation with the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program. Interested students have the opportunity to learn about the industry through working at the track and in the classroom with projects related to the local racetrack. Program [...]

Blood-Horse A series of helmet tests conducted by the Jockeys' Guild have revealed the dangers of riding with a helmet that previously has been involved in a spill and also offered initial evidence that a thin skull cap could help reduce impact to the head during a fall. The Guild talked Tuesday, Jan. 19, at [...]

Blood-Horse Florida breeder and trainer Elliott Fuentes, who played a key role in the development of 1985 Horse of the Year Spend a Buck, died Jan. 18 of natural causes. He was 86. Fuentes helped his friend Dennis Diaz get involved in horse racing. Their families were so close that Diaz named his adopted son [...]

NHBPA Philip Hanrahan, Chief Executive Officer of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association (NHBPA), will step down mid February 2015, after the conclusion of the NHBPA Winter Convention in Carefree, Arizona. “Phil has been an invaluable asset to the National HBPA” said Robin Richards, President of the organization. “He has always demonstrated a willingness [...]