Racing Biz Five public hearings are scheduled for the November 17 meeting of the Virginia Racing Commission in Richmond, four of them concerning the future of Colonial Downs. Commission meetings have been brief in recent months, but don’t expect that to be the case next Tuesday. Two of the applications concern live racing, and two [...]

Paulick Report Coming on the heels of having launched the first successful Triple Crown bid in 37 years and with record purses for the eighth straight year, it is not a surprise that Oaklawn received a large number of stall applications for the 2016 race meet that begins Friday, Jan. 16. For the second consecutive [...]

Blood-Horse The Keeneland November sale's Book 5 ended Nov. 11 with large session gains that kept the gross and average ahead of last year's overall numbers. One day after surpassing the 2014 November sale's total gross at its ninth session, the 2015 auction padded that lead on day 10. Wednesday's tenth of 12 sessions sold [...]

Blood-Horse Maria Borell has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Runhappy, who she trained to victory in the TwinsSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), seeking money from purses the colt earned under her care and also alleging defamation. According to the lawsuit, filed in Kentucky's Fayette Circuit Court, Borell is seeking $122,752 in purse [...]

Blood-Horse Anthony Oppenheimer's homebred Golden Horn was honored as Europe's 2015 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt during ceremonies for the Cartier Racing Awards, Europe's equivalent of the Eclipse Awards, Nov. 10 in London. Trained by John Gosden, Golden Horn placed in all eight start this year, winning six races, including four group [...]

Paulick Report Suffolk Downs will host the final of three Racing and Food Truck Festival Days this Saturday, October 31 which will coincide with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships from Keeneland in Lexington, KY. There will be a special early first post time of 11:05 a.m. As it did for the live racing card on [...]

Blood-Horse Churchill Downs will open its 21-day fall meet on Sunday, Nov. 1 with a 10-race program. First post time is 12:40 p.m. (ET). The meet covers a four-week stretch through Sunday, Nov. 29, and starts Sunday with the 11th annual "Stars of Tomorrow I" program, which is entirely devoted to 2-year-old with an eye [...]

pennlive.com State officials and stakeholders continue to hash out a deal to keep horse racing running in Pennsylvania, but the threat of a shutdown is still looming. The Wolf administration last week said the State Racing Fund is operating in the red and leaving the commonwealth without the money to operate the sport throughout six [...]

Charles Town HBPA Posted: 10/24/15 President: Raymond (Randy) Funkhouser Owner Raymond (Joe) Funkhouser Naomi Long James Miller Mark Russell Tony Stehr Trainer-Owner/Trainer Leslie Condon Jeff Runco John McKee Lee Couchenour James H. Starkey Owner Alternates Harry (Joe) Painter Richard Knapp Tracy Willis Trainer-Onwer/Trainer Alternates Victor Espinosa Tim Grams James Casey

Blood-Horse Led by Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and two-time Breeders' Cup champion mare Beholder a total of 200 horses, including 32 from overseas, have been pre-entered for the 2015 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The 32nd Breeders' Cup, consisting of 13 grade one races with purses and awards totaling $26 million, will be held for [...]