From TOBA news release Posted: 7/7/16 The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced the launch of a new www.toba.org, a website that has been re-designed to deliver a more personal and informative experience to owners and breeders and fans with greater information and functionality across all digital devices. “Digital and social media with real [...]
From Bowling Green Daily News Posted: 7/6/16 After 26 years of being the only European-style race course in North America, Kentucky Downs owners and management have decided to upgrade the Franklin attraction. The construction project plans to make dramatic changes to the facility through expansion and renovations of the exterior and interior designs to create something [...]
From RTIP news release Posted: 7/5/16 The University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program today announced that registration is open for the 43rd Annual Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming to be held December 5-7, 2016. The event will again be at the popular Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, which recently completed an extensive [...]
Chance Moquett (son of 2016 Derby trainer Ron Moquett) and Bailey Romans (daughter of 2016 Derby trainer Dale Romans) on WHAS-11 last Kentucky Oaks Day with prominent Louisville radio and TV personality Tony Vanetti. (Photo by Jennie Rees) From Kentucky HBPA news release Posted: 6/29/16 #KyDerbyKids - the acclaimed social-media initiative where the [...]
From Jockey Club news release Posted: 6/29/16 The seventh Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit concluded late Tuesday afternoon at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky., following 12 reports on topics ranging from racing surfaces, equine injuries and rider safety to nutrition, biosecurity, and respiratory health for horses. There were also reports on [...]
From New England HBPA news release Posted: 6/22/16 The New England Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association Inc. (“NEHBPA”) has commenced litigation in the United States District Court in Massachusetts against Middleborough Agricultural Society (“MAS”) and the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Inc. (“MTHA”) seeking to protect the rights of owners and trainers of Thoroughbred horses in [...]
From Jockey Club news release Posted: 6/21/16 The seventh Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, scheduled for Tuesday, June 28, will be streamed live at grayson-jockeyclub.org/WelfareSafety/default.asp?section=50. (A link to the live stream will be available at jockeyclub.com.) The summit, underwritten and organized by The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, is being hosted [...]
From Prairie Meadows and Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission news releases Posted: 6/21/16 Racetracks in Iowa and Oklahoma have announced updated EHV-1 policies in response to a recent positive at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. Following is the information regarding both states: Oklahoma: Due to serious concerns based on a recent confirmation of the neurologic strain [...]
From Keeneland news release Posted: 6/20/16 Keeneland will offer 17 graded stakes worth $5.275 million during its 2016 Fall Meet, to be held Oct. 7-29, which kicks off with nine graded stakes presented as part of the track’s prestigious Fall Stars Weekend. Eight Fall Meet stakes are Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” events [...]
Corey Lanerie (Photo by Coady Photography) From Ellis Park news release Posted: 6/17/16 With the return of 10-time Churchill Downs leading rider Corey Lanerie, Ellis Park features its most accomplished jockey colony as the 94-year-old western Kentucky track runs its 2016 meeting July 2-Sept. 5. Lanerie, also a two-time meet leader at Keeneland, [...]