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From RTIP news release Posted: 10/27/16 The University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program today released the agenda for the 2016 Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming to be held December 5 – 7, 2016 at Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Scheduled topics focus on racing’s core products and include: Racing’s Identity Crisis: Who [...]
Kentucky Downs, Ellis Park, the Kentucky HBPA and JockeyTalk360.com are partnering to provide media coverage of the Breeders’ Cup Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita, with an emphasis on Kentucky-based horses and horsemen competing in racing’s championship weekend. Jennie Rees, the award-winning journalist who was turf writer for The (Louisville) Courier-Journal for 32 years, will write [...]
L-R: Olga Aguilar, Jaime Roth, Larry Roth, Nanci Roth, and Flavien Prat. From OwnerView news release Posted: 10/27/16 OwnerView announced today that the Long Island-based LNJ Foxwoods stable owned by Larry, Nanci, and Jaime Roth has been chosen as the 2016 New Owner of the Year, which honors a new Thoroughbred owner who [...]
Brererton Jones From KEEP news release Posted: 10/13/16 The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) has announced former governor and founding KEEP member, Brereton Jones, and Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farm as recipients of the inaugural Industry Vision Award during the KEEP Equine Industry Conference on October 18 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in [...]
From left to right: Volunteers Carolyn, Elizabeth, and Stephanie, Carolyn Drover, Catherine Flowers, Volunteer Kristen, Sarah Matl, and Erin Anuzis. (Photo by Susanna Thomas) From MMSC news release Posted: 10/8/16 Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center (MMSC), a premier non-profit re-schooling facility for adoptable Thoroughbreds located at the Kentucky Horse Park, hosted a movie night [...]
The 2016 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Award winners were announced Oct. 7. From left to right: Jill Byrne, Victor Espinoza, Izzy Vega, Melissa Cohen, D. Wayne Lukas, James Sebastian, and Vinny Castaneda. (Photo by Coady Photography) Sponsored by Godolphin, the inaugural edition of The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards was just concluded this afternoon with [...]
From DRF news release Posted: 10/5/16 Daily Racing Form (DRF) in conjunction with the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) will publish a second annual edition of theTAA Magazine. The goal of the TAA Magazine is to increase awareness of the TAA’s mission and its ongoing efforts to support Thoroughbred aftercare in the United States and Canada. [...]
From Ownerview news release Posted: 10/5/16 When television journalist Nick Clooney serves as the moderator for a session entitled, “Racehorses in Hollywood,” at OwnerView’s third Thoroughbred Owner Conference Oct. 31-Nov. 3 at Santa Anita Park, he is expected to have two leading ladies of the Thoroughbred industry on hand. Penny Chenery, who owned 1973 Triple [...]
From RTCA news release Posted: 10/4/16 Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 White Horse Awards. The selection committee had a difficult decision to make, as this was a record year for nominations of deserving individuals. The Community Service Award will be presented to Mr. William Gotwals [...]
From left, Shanley Jackson, Malcolm Franklin, Eddie Perez, Kaylia Albright and Leandro Goncalves visited with children at Riley Hospital for Children in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (Photo courtesy Indiana Grand) From Indiana Grand news release Posted: 9/30/16 Five jockeys from Indiana Grand Racing & Casino visited Riley Hospital for Children in [...]