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From HRRN News Release Posted: 4/18/16 Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY will partner with NBC Sports Group, the home of horse racing, to provide live radio coverage of all three Triple Crown races through 2018 it was announced today. For each race, NBC Sports Radio will [...]
From Bloodhorse.com Posted 4/14/16 In wrapping up work from a busy Association of Racing Commissioners International conference last month in New Orleans, the organization formally posted revisions to its regulatory standards April 13 including a change that acknowledges two types of methamphetamine positives. The change will see a footnote added to the methamphetamine penalty recommendation [...]
Tornado damage at Will Rogers Downs (Photo courtesy TRAO) From National HBPA news release Posted: 4/11/16 The recent tornado damage to the barn area at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla., illustrates the benefit for racetracks and training centers to participate in the National HBPA’s fire and disaster insurance policy. Because of its [...]
From Bloodhorse.com Posted 4/11/16 Keeneland will begin its spring meet with a bump in overnight purses, but track officials hope it's the start of steady growth made possible by revenue from Lexington's historical race wagering facility. Historical racing machines, which are regulated by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and considered pari-mutuel, began operating last September [...]
Posted: 4/7/16 Statement from Eric Hamelback, CEO of the National HBPA, on the passing of Ogden Mills Phipps: Today is a day of sorrow expressed by the entire Thoroughbred racing world. Mr. Phipps and his family are icons within the sport, and at this time of grieving we all should reflect on the influence he [...]
From Churchill Downs news release Posted: 4/7/2016 Reddam Racing LLC’s reigning 2-year-old champion Nyquist (#16), who extended his record to seven wins without a loss with his emphatic victory in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (Grade I), stood as the strong 3-1 favorite to win the $2 million-guaranteed Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) [...]
From Gulfstream Park news release Posted: 4/7/2016 A spectacular 2015-2016 Championship Meet concluded Sunday at Gulfstream Park, highlighted by undefeated Nyquist’s commanding triumph in Saturday’s $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) and yet another season of record-setting wagering activity. The rare East vs. West clash of undefeated Triple Crown candidates, Nyquist and Mohaymen, in the [...]
From Jockey Club news release Posted: 4/7/16 Ogden Mills (Dinny) Phipps, a prominent American financier, Thoroughbred owner and breeder, and former longtime chairman of The Jockey Club, died Wednesday night April 6, 2016, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He was 75 years old. Under his direction, Phipps Stable campaigned numerous winners of [...]
From RCI news release Posted: 3/31/16 The Association of Racing Commissioners International has scheduled three additional town hall meetings in an effort to unify the racing industry and develop a consensus path to improve the policing of the sport and advance uniform regulatory policies. The next public meeting will take place at 10:30 a.m., April [...]
Gulfstream Park, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) and National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) announced today the $1.1 million Claiming Crown will continue to be held at Gulfstream through 2018. This December will mark the fifth consecutive year that the Claiming Crown will be held at Gulfstream Park. It will also mark [...]