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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, [...]
From Remington Park news release Posted: 6/17/16 The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby headlines the 2016 Remington Park stakes schedule, as it usually does. The entire derby day has been elevated in status for a second consecutive year. The Oklahoma Derby program on Sunday, Sept. 25 now boasts 10 stakes events on a planned card [...]
From University of Arizona RTIP news release Posted: 6/15/2016 Horse racing's premier pitch competition, Innovators’ Circle, is now accepting entrants at InnovateRacing.com. Innovators’ Circle, inspired by the TV show Shark Tank, was created to bring new technology and business concepts to the horse racing industry. The process of bringing innovation to a sport steeped in [...]
From TCA news release Posted: 6/15/16 Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) announced today the appointment of Bob Beck, Terry Finley, Leslie Howard, Dr. J. David Richardson, and Jaime Roth to its Board of Directors. “We are very pleased that Bob, Terry, Leslie, David and Jaime have joined the TCA board,” said Mike McMahon president elect [...]
Creator (green cap) wins the Belmont Stakes * Photo by NYRA/Coglianese Photography From Kentucky HBPA news release Posted: 6/12/2016 As Steve Asmussen awaits induction into horse racing’s Hall of Fame in August, Creator’s victory in Saturday’s 148th Belmont Stakes is the perfect illustration of the team behind the record-setting trainer. Creator, owned by [...]
The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen's Journal's Summer 2016 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of our Summer issue, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: *SPEAKING FOR HORSEMEN ON CAPITOL HILL An update on the Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015 from the [...]