Blood-Horse Average fields of just over eight horses per race might be enough for right now, but Gulfstream Park has the potential for fields larger than that during future summer meets, officials said. That's the feeling of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association as it joins Gulfstream in a stepped-up effort to increase field [...]

Tidewater Review Colonial Downs is out of the horse races this year, said Stan Guidroz, president of the New Kent race track. "I can probably say with a high level of confidence that there won't be racing at the track this year. I think it's just too late, and the season is too organized for [...]

Blood-Horse The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council will advise the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to adopt rules on the mineral cobalt in line with a Racing Medication and Testing Consortium recommendation. The KEDRC voted May 26 at the Kentucky Horse Park to recommend a Class B penalty when horses test above 50 parts per billion [...]

Blood-Horse Industry participation in the effort to win pari-mutuel tax withholding modernization has helped push the number of comments submitted to the federal government to about 9,500 as of May 26, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association said. Only a week ago less than 2,500 comments had been submitted, NTRA chief operating officer Keith Chamblin said. [...]

Blood-Horse Gulfstream Park will offer horsemen a $250 starter bonus tied to field size beginning July 1. Trainers will receive a $250 bonus in any races in which the field leaves the paddock with eight or more horses. The bonus will be in place until the summer meet ends Oct. 3 at the Florida track. [...]

Blood-Horse Richard Mulhall, a former trainer and racing manager of The Thoroughbred Corp., died May 25 at his home in Monrovia, Calif., following a lengthy illness, officials with Santa Anita Park publicity department said. He was 76. During his career as a trainer, which began in 1959, Mulhall became widely known as a top developer [...]

Daily Racing Form Horseplayers are accustomed to dealing with tough losses and cruel tricks of fate, knowing that they’re an inescapable part of the game. But most bettors cannot abide a rule that was issued by the Treasury Department in 1978 and has tormented them ever since. Treasury mandated that bettors fill out a tax [...]

Idaho Statesman Marta Loveland hardly thinks twice about returning to the site of perhaps the toughest moment of her life. Fearless as a jockey for 30 years, Loveland was paralyzed in an accident during a 2003 race at Les Bois Park. But she’s still a fixture at the track, helping her husband, Jerry, who breeds [...]

Blood-Horse The management of Suffolk Downs, which announced last September that live racing had come to an end at the historic East Boston, Mass., facility and the 2014 meet would be its last, intends to bring back the Thoroughbreds for three days this year and operate the meet. The track submitted an application to the [...]

Blood-Horse Colorado's live racing season is scheduled to begin May 22 when Arapahoe Park opens a 39-day mixed meet. The track is launching the theme of "Where Horses Come First" to reflect the growth of the Aurora, Col. track. There will be more coverage of Arapahoe Park's races, improvements to the fan experience at the [...]