Virginia Equine Alliance Announces Immediate and Long Term Plans for Live Racing

(from Virginia Equine Alliance news release) Posted: 3/22/2016 The Virginia Equine Alliance (VEA) today announced immediate and longer term plans for Thoroughbred and standardbred racing in the Commonwealth, and introduced a new website that will cater to all aspects of Virginia horse racing. From an immediate thoroughbred standpoint, pari-mutuel flat races will be held in-state as part of both [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:00+00:00

Equine Industry Database: Fatal Injuries Decline by 14 Percent

(from The Jockey Club news release) Posted: 3/22/2016 An analysis of data from the Equine Injury Database, comparing 2015 statistics with figures from 2014, has shown a 14 percent decrease in the frequency of fatal injury, it was announced today by The Jockey Club. Across all surfaces, ages, and distances, the fatality rate dropped from [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:00+00:00

The Interactive, Electronic Edition of The Horsemen’s Journal Spring 2016 Issue is Now Available

The interactive, electronic version of The Horsemen's Journal's Spring 2016 issue is now available online. It is an enhanced version of our Spring issue, which is currently being mailed. To view it, click here. Features in the issue include: *TOGETHER IN TAMPA Horsemen from across North America meet in Florida to discuss a variety of issues *PAPER [...]

2016-03-16T17:33:20+00:00

Tampa Bay Downs Sets All-Time Handle Record

(from Tampa Bay Downs news release) Posted: 3/15/2016 A few years from now, and even further down the road, many in Saturday's Festival Day 36 Presented by Lambholm South crowd of 10,206 will begin discussions with “I was at Tampa Bay Downs that day. …” The memories will carry an even brighter glow if Grade [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:00+00:00

National Museum of Racing Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Finalists

(from National Museum of Racing news release) Posted: 3/10/2016 Four jockeys, four Thoroughbreds and two trainers comprise the 10 finalists on the National Museum of Racing’s 2016 Hall of Fame ballot, as selected by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are: jockeys Ramon Dominguez, Victor Espinoza, Garrett Gomez and Craig Perret; Thoroughbreds [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:00+00:00

Quarantine lifted at Sunland Park

(from New Mexico Livestock Board news release) Posted: 3/10/2016 The New Mexico Livestock Board has lifted the quarantine at Sunland Park Racetrack, following containment of a contagious horse-specific virus there. Outside racehorses can now enter the racetrack – and the more than 1,600 horses that have been on site since the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) outbreak [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:00+00:00

Kentucky Derby Launches Official Ticket Resale Marketplace

(from Churchill Downs news release) Posted: 3/10/2016 The Kentucky Derby has partnered with Ticketmaster to launch the Kentucky Derby Ticket Exchange as the official fan to fan resale marketplace for Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Churchill Downs Racetrack tickets. As the Derby's only authorized resale platform, the legitimacy of tickets purchased through the Kentucky Derby [...]

2016-03-10T16:49:56+00:00

National HBPA Sets Convention Agenda

NHBPA release, The Blood-Horse Posted: 2/1/2016 Medication, legislation, aftercare, and the importance of media awareness are among the topics to be discussed during the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association winter convention Feb. 3-7 in Clearwater, Fla. Stella Thayer, president and treasurer of Tampa Bay Downs, is the keynote speaker for the convention. The event [...]

2016-11-03T12:43:00+00:00
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