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Photo courtesy Churchill Downs (from Churchill Downs news release) Miguel Mena, one of the winningest jockeys in Churchill Downs history and a two-time winner of the prestigious Stephen Foster Stakes, was killed in a pedestrian accident on westbound I-64 between Blakenbaker Parkway and Hurstbourne Lane in Louisville on Sunday night. He was 34, [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen’s Journal’s Fall 2021 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of the printed magazine, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: One Lucky Filly Thanks to some caring horsemen, 2-year-old Bold and Bossy is safe after first running [...]
Photo by Coady Photography Another successful Colonial Downs race meet was highlighted by a dedication to Thoroughbred Aftercare. After the sixth race on the Virginia Derby card Aug. 31 at Colonial Downs, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance accepted a check for $50,000 from Colonial Downs and the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. Initiated [...]
The finalists for the 2021 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards have been announced, including three finalists in six of the seven categories, as well as the winner and runner-up of the Thoroughbred Industry Community Award. This year’s Community Award winner is Nick Caras of the New York Racetrack Chaplaincy, with Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association’s Diana Pinones [...]
Photo by Coady Photography Jockeys and Jeans, which has raised over $1.6 million for former jockeys supported by the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, has made Brian Elmore, the Executive Director of the Indiana HBPA, its 2021 Man of the Year. "We can think of no one who is more deserving," said Barry Pearl, [...]
Attendees at the 2021 Track Supers Field Day at Indiana Grand (Photo by Coady Photography) The 2022 edition of Track Superintendent Field Day will be held June 12-14 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. This will mark the first time the event, which debuted in 2002 at Philadelphia Park (now Parx Racing), [...]
(from NMHA news release) A District Court Judge in New Mexico gave the New Mexico Horsemen’s Association (NMHA) an initial victory in the organization’s legal action against the New Mexico Racing Commission (NMRC). The action for now blocks the racing commission from ordering New Mexico’s tracks to withhold owners’ contributions to the horsemen’s association, [...]
Arapahoe Park (Photo by Denis Blake) A recently announced $2,000 bump for all open-company overnight races is designed to reward loyal horsemen supporting the Bally’s Arapahoe Park 2021 meet set to open Wednesday. The Aurora, Colo., racetrack pushed back the season from its usual midsummer dates to allow the simulcast-driven purse fund to [...]
Frost Or Frippery (#1) has been named Claiming Crown Horse of the Year. (Coglianese/Derbe Glass photo) Steve Landers calls Frost Or Frippery “as hard-hitting a horse” as he’s ever owned. There’s no better example than the gelding’s nose victory in the $75,000 Claiming Crown Kent Stirling Memorial Iron Horse. That day, the 7-year-old [...]
OwnerView announced today that registration is now open for an in-person Thoroughbred Owner Conference, which will be held Wednesday, November 3, in Del Mar, Calif., to coincide with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 5-6. “Our monthly virtual Thoroughbred Owner Conference series has been enthusiastically received this year with more than 1,100 registrations, so [...]