The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen's Journal's Winter 2016 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of our Fall issue, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: ALL GROWN UP The 18th running of the Claiming Crown proves how far the event has come THE [...]
Corey Johnsen (Reed Palmer photo) Corey Johnsen, president and part-owner of Kentucky Downs, will give the keynote address at the National HBPA’s 2017 convention March 8-11 at Las Vegas’ South Point Hotel and Casino. Johnsen heads the management team that has taken Kentucky Downs from novelty to industry leader, offering some of the [...]
Royal Posse (Photo by Coglianese Photos) The Claiming Crown celebrated its 18th renewal on December 3 at Gulfstream Park, and just like a young adult, the event for the sport’s blue-collar horses seems to have reached maturity after debuting in 1999 at Canterbury Park in Minnesota. Hosted for the fifth time at the [...]
To all trainers, horse owners and farm owners/managers: On Monday, we need to light up the phone lines to Congress. We must rally our forces to make sure that Congress re-instates the Returning Worker Exemption that allows our temporary migrant work force to be in the U.S. legally for 10 months a year, return [...]
Mahoning Valley track superintendent R. J. Moore with his track crew (Photo courtesy Mahoning Valley) Innovative Equine Marketing, which provides manufacturer discounts to the horse world through its Equine Equipment program, is launching America’s first internships for college students interested in the field of racetrack maintenance and getting on course to being a [...]
A Place to Shine (Laurel Park photo) From Gulstream news release Posted: 12/2/16 When last seen at Gulfstream Park, A Place to Shine won a $12,500 claiming race in March. The 3-year-old daughter of Tale of Ekati will return as a graded stakes-placed performer in the $110,000 Glass Slipper in Saturday’s nine-race $1.1 [...]
Daddy's Boo (Photo by Reed Palmer Photography) From Kentucky Downs news release Posted: 12/2/16 Kentucky will be well-represented among the 118 horses entered in Saturday’s nine Claiming Crown races at Gulfstream Park, including the impressive winners of Kentucky Downs’ pair of $75,000 automatic-qualifier preps in Cammack and Daddy’s Boo. The $1.1 million Claiming [...]
From TOBA news release Posted: 12/2/16 The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association today presented its listing of U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes Races for 2017, the results of its annual grading session conducted November 30 in Lexington. The Committee reviewed 790 unrestricted U.S. stakes races with a purse of [...]
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 [...]
The claiming of John Jones couldn’t have worked out more perfectly for trainer Lacey Gaudet and owner Matthew Schera. The 4-year-old gelding has been undefeated since being claimed for $25,000 at Laurel Park July 17 and will bring a four-race winning streak into Saturday’s $200,000 Jewel at Gulfstream Park on the 11-race Opening Day program [...]