The Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association will hold its annual Nominating Meeting/Awards Dinner Dec. 8 at the Sport of Kings at Gulfstream Park. In addition to nominating candidates for FHBPA's Board of Directors, horsemen and their guests will gather to recognize the achievements of Florida's horsemen and “backstretch” leaders. Awards to be handed out [...]
This weekend, Saturday, December 3, is opening weekend of the Gulfstream Park Championship meet. It is also Claiming Crown weekend and TOBA’s Ownership Seminar. The TOBA Thoroughbred Ownership Seminar includes breakfast at 8 a.m. during morning workouts to begin the conference. Following that, attendees will spend time with industry professionals as they discuss racing business [...]
The 18th running of the $1.1 Claiming Crown, to be hosted by Gulfstream Park for the fifth consecutive year, received 279 nominations for the nine-race event that will highlight the opening of the Championship Meet on Saturday, Dec. 3. "We appreciate the participation of all the horsemen and we're delighted to be hosting this great [...]
Gulfstream Park West's Claiming Crown Preview Day Sunday was to showcase horses who could run Dec 3 on Opening Day of Gulfstream's Championship Meet in the $1.11 million Claiming Crown. One horse who could be tough to beat come Opening Day is Edward Short's Class and Cash, who won the $50,000 Al's Dearly Bred gate-to-wire [...]
From Claiming Crown news release Posted: 9/19/16 Nominations for the Dec. 3 Claiming Crown at Gulfstream Park will close Nov. 6. Scheduled to be hosted by Gulfstream for the fifth consecutive year, the 18th Claiming Crown will offer nine starter stakes for a total of $1.11 million in purses for horses (3-year-olds and up) that [...]
From RCI news release Posted: 5/4/16 The Association of Racing Commissioners International's next "town hall" focus group will be held in Ocala, Fla., at noon May 25. These meetings represent the ARCI's effort to build consensus within the U.S. racing industry and identify paths to improve the policing of the sport and advance uniform regulatory [...]
From Gulfstream Park news release Posted: 4/7/2016 A spectacular 2015-2016 Championship Meet concluded Sunday at Gulfstream Park, highlighted by undefeated Nyquist’s commanding triumph in Saturday’s $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) and yet another season of record-setting wagering activity. The rare East vs. West clash of undefeated Triple Crown candidates, Nyquist and Mohaymen, in the [...]
(from Florida HBPA news release) Posted: 3/28/16 Re-elected on March 24, 2016 to a second term as President of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association was William P. “Bill” White, who led the organization this past year to defeat what would have been a major overhaul of state pari-mutuel statutes to the detriment of [...]