Blood-Horse A race-day medication-free race proved so popular at the entry box July 15 that the over-subscribed field of 2-year-old fillies was split into two divisions for the July 18 program at Gulfstream Park. The only race-day medication allowed at Gulfstream is the diuretic furosemide (brand name Salix but also commonly called Lasix), which is [...]

Paulick Report Trainer Steve Asmussen found himself in hot water at the end of June when the United States Department of Labor brought suit against him for the second time in three years. The department alleges Asmussen violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by not paying overtime to hot walkers and grooms when [...]

Blood-Horse Midwest trainer Jerry Balo reached a significant career milestone July 12 when Go Patti Wagon captured the third race at Belterra Park. The New York-bred Silver Wagon colt represents the 1,000th winner for Balo, according to Equibase Co., which began keeping detailed racing statistics in 1976. Since that time, runners trained by Balo have [...]

Blood-Horse A push to develop a new commercial casino in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York was ordered to slow down by an appeals court, which determined local officials did not not follow procedures involving an environmental review of the project. The New York state's Appellate Division in the Fourth Judicial District ruled [...]

Paulick Report The 12th annual New Vocations Charity Horse Show was a huge success with over 1,250 entries and $60,000 raised to support racehorse aftercare. The Indiana HBPA was the title sponsor of the event, which drew a record attendance. Many of the exhibitors came simply to show off their former racehorses in both the [...]

National HBPA Lexington, KY - The National HBPA Foundation will be joining many others in providing assistance to jockey Alyssa Selman. Our support will go towards a fund set up to assist Alyssa and her family with medical bills following her racing accident. The incident occurred on June 27 at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [...]

Blood-Horse Gainesway sire Tapit dominated last year's select yearling sale season, and he got off to a good start again Thursday with a season-opening sale-topper at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky's July selected yearling auction in Lexington. The $500,000 Tapit filly out of stakes winner French Dip, by Speightstown, the only Tapit yearling on offer at the one-day [...]

Blood-Horse Gerald Dixon, a Thoroughbred owner and breeder from Guymon, Okla., died July 7 at the age of 92. He is best known as the owner of 2012 Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Highland Ice. Highland Ice won 16 of 48 races from 1995 to 2001, including a record nine stakes wins at [...]

Blood-Horse One of the reasons Dr. Larry Bramlage believes trainers are handling cases of lameness better than ever before is because they realize that rather than being the problem, it signals a problem. Bramlage, the renowned equine surgeon and partner at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, talked about that progress during a one-on-one talk with [...]

Blood-Horse Officials that crunch the numbers for the Equine Injury Database believe there is now a 65% predictability model when it comes to fatal injuries on the racetrack. The percentage can increase, however, with additional information—but that will require cooperation from the Thoroughbred racing industry, according to Dr. Tim Parkin of the University of Glasgow [...]