Blood-Horse Gulfstream Park West reported a 19% increase in daily average pari-mutuel handle during its 40-day fall turf festival meet that concluded Nov. 28, as well as an 8% increase in total handle. The increases came despite four fewer days of racing compared with the 2014 meet. Daily average handle on Gulfstream West was up [...]

TB Racing Commentary In the second part of Karen M. Johnson’s interview with Mark Casse, the trainer, winner of two Breeders’ Cup races and nearly $13 million in prize money this season, gives his views on one of the most controversial subjects in North American racing today. The first part of the interview was published [...]

Blood-Horse Four men were fined and suspended by stewards at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course in connection with a Nov. 4 race in which the wrong horse not only ran, but won, and paid $222.40. The race in question was the ninth and final race, for $5,000 filly and mare maiden claimers, at [...]

Blood-Horse The first phase of an Ohio study into the effects the mineral cobalt has on horses showed that intravenous administration at high doses has detrimental effects on body systems. Dr. James Robertson, consulting veterinarian to the Ohio State Racing Commission, Nov. 23 outlined the progress of the study, which came about through a partnership [...]

Lincoln Journal Star For the first time in years, Nebraska horse tracks in 2016 are expected to host more live race days than they did the prior year. Nebraska horse racing has been on a steady decline since peaking in 1988 when there were 233 racing days and $214.6 million wagered ($474.3 million in today’s [...]

Star Tribune Kellyn Gorder is a well-regarded thoroughbred trainer. Bourbon Warfare won a maiden race for him at Churchill Downs on Nov. 22, 2014. The horse was drug tested and came back for a trace of methamphetamine. “Trace” should be taken literally. A picogram is one-­trillionth of a gram. Split samples are taken in drug [...]

American Racehorse The Indiana Horse Racing Commission hosted Indiana’s first Horse Racing Summit November 20 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. The open-invitation public meeting provided participants an opportunity to share their thoughts, concerns and suggestions with members of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission. There were over one-hundred individuals in attendance representing all [...]

Blood-Horse Turfway Park has submitted an application for historical race wagering, according to an agenda for the Dec. 1 Kentucky Horse Racing Commission meeting. If the application is approved, Turfway would become the fifth Kentucky racetrack to install the machines, which resemble video lottery terminals but are considered pari-mutuel under KHRC rules. Historical race wagering [...]

Blood-Horse Trainer Doug O'Neill earned his 2,000th victory of his career Nov. 22 at Del Mar, when Formally Wild crossed the wire first in a seven-furlong, $8,000 claiming event at the Southern California racetrack. Jockey Tyler Baze punctuated the 1 1/2-length win, ahead of second-place finisher and stablemate Ultimate Luck, with a fist pump just [...]

Blood-Horse With the Virginia Racing Commission recently denying Colonial Downs' efforts to host a limited Thoroughbred meet of 20 dates next year, the Virginia Equine Alliance updated its members Nov. 20 on its efforts to find a home for Thoroughbred racing in the state and other initiatives. Colonial Downs has not offered live racing in [...]