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 [...]

Blood-Horse Anthony Joseph Hamilton Sr., 58, died Jan. 3 at the Bourbon Community Hospital in Paris, Ky. A native of Louisville, Ky., Hamilton was the son of the late Ham Hamilton and the late Patricia Ann Seaman. He was owner of Two Hearts Farm in Paris, where he trained and bred Thoroughbreds. Survivors include son [...]

Paulick Report For a second consecutive year, Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey topped the individual breeders list in North America in 2014 with $10,412,411 in earnings, according to statistics released today by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. The Ramseys bred the winners of 264 races from 1,771 starts. Adena Springs finished second [...]

Blood-Horse Trainer Ronnie Warren, who saddled Coax Me Chad to a runner-up finish in the 1984 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and set records at Keeneland during a long career, died Dec. 31 in Little Rock, Ark. Warren, 79, of Hot Springs, Ark., died at a Little Rock hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm, according to [...]

Blood-Horse The Association of Racing Commissioners International said Jan. 5 it is taking steps to ensure regulatory agencies have adequate authority to sanction licensees who violate existing federal restrictions limiting the use of illegally compounded medications. An already approved model rules policy would outlaw the possession or use of a drug, substance, or medication not [...]