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 [...]

Paulick Report Many of the 350 horses recently moved into temporary stalls from barns on the former Calder race course backstretch were standing in water Tuesday morning after a torrential rainstorm hit South Florida Monday night. Phil Combest, president of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, said a pump is being used and another [...]

Blood-Horse Fasig-Tipton Kentucky has cataloged 534 entries for this year's winter mixed sale and will again offer two days of selling. over two days. The sale will be held Sunday and Monday, Feb. 8-9, at the company's headquarters on Newtown Pike near Lexington. The first session, which will offer Hips 1-200, will begin at 3 [...]

Blood-Horse Keeneland's January sale, which runs Jan. 12-15 this year and features 2010 champion Blind Luck, could look similar to last year's edition, right down to the wintry weather. Cold weather is in the forecast again this year (though probably not at 2014's extreme polar vortex levels), but sale executives and consignors are hoping the [...]

Blood-Horse Emerald Downs has announced several incentives for horsemen for the 70-day meet that runs April 18 through Sept. 27, complementing last month's announcement that daily purse distribution would increase approximately 20%. The Trainer Participation Incentive Program includes Early-Bird Move-In Bonus (February-May), reduced start-up costs (first eight bags of bedding per stall provided), and lower [...]