HEADLINES

The 22nd edition of the Claiming Crown, a nine-race event offering $835,000 in purses to the blue-collar horses that are the backbone of the Thoroughbred industry’s day-to-day racing schedule, will return to Gulfstream Park for [...]

Statement from the National HBPA Board of Directors On September 9, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (HISA) with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The bill takes regulatory [...]

The finalists for six of the seven prestigious Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards have been announced. The winner of the Thoroughbred Industry Community Award, which has one first-place prize, has been decided. This year's recipient is [...]

Equibase Company has rebranded and relaunched its popular Today’s Racing app with a contemporary look and several new features, including a simplified betting tool, it was announced today by Equibase Company President and Chief Operating [...]

OwnerView announced today that the seventh Thoroughbred Owner Conference, scheduled to be held July 19-22, 2020, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will be rescheduled. “We were greatly looking forward to bringing the Owner Conference to [...]

In late May, news broke that two of Bob Baffert’s trainees, Charlatan and Gamine, who won races at Oaklawn on May 2, had unconfirmed post-race identifications (positive tests) for lidocaine on that day. Social [...]

Photo courtesy Churchill Downs Churchill Downs Racetrack announced that after consultation with Gov. Andy Beshear and state public health officials the 146th runnings of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Longines [...]

Amplify Horse Racing, an initiative to promote education and careers in the Thoroughbred industry, has released its 2020 virtual education schedule. Registration is open for the first event on June 16. Amplify Horse Racing Hangouts [...]

Chester Thomas is a businessman and entrepreneur from Madisonville, Ky. His Allied Racing stable ranks No. 7 this year in North American purse earnings at $1,013,208. The following first appeared as a letter to the editor [...]

The 19th annual Track Superintendents Field Day, originally scheduled for this coming September 14-16, has been rescheduled for March 2021. The event will still be held at Remington Park in Oklahoma City and hosted by [...]

(from Wanamaker's news release) Amidst an evolving sales landscape, the launch of Wanamaker’s, an online auction house for Thoroughbreds is sure to garner interest from industry stakeholders. By hosting a sale each month, Wanamaker’s will [...]

(from NTRA news release) The NTRA has made a major financial commitment to a newly created national advertising campaign focused on the thrill of watching and wagering on horseracing. The campaign, titled “Still. Running. Strong.”, launched today [...]

The Florida Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association has joined the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance as an industry stakeholder committed to supporting accredited aftercare. The organization has pledged a monthly contribution to the TAA to further the [...]

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that the ninth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, which was scheduled to be held in the Keeneland sales pavilion in Lexington, Ky., on June 23, 2020, has [...]

Keeneland today announced Nourish the Backstretch, powered by Keeneland, Nourish Lexington and Blue Grass Farms Charities (BGFC), which will provide weekly meals and groceries to stable area workers at Keeneland and The Thoroughbred Center [...]

The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred horse racing’s most prestigious international events, today launches the Breeders’ Cup T-Shirt Design Contest, a charitable initiative designed to support industry workers in need while simultaneously building momentum [...]

Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) will host an online auction of halters worn by Triple Crown and Kentucky Derby winners during the upcoming virtual “Kentucky Derby: Triple Crown Showdown”. The halter auction is set to [...]

Pam Morrison, executive director of the Marion County Therapeutic Riding Association, with Larry Cundiff at Oxford Mower and Repair. During this unprecedented time when the entire planet is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, people [...]

Photo by Coady Photography The National HBPA — using effective policies in place at Gulfstream Park, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs and in consultation with other authorities — has assembled a list [...]

(from Finish Line Horse Products news release) Finish Line’s commitment to the Thoroughbred industry is decades deep and far exceeds the average. One of the unique ways Finish Line Horse Products strives to show their [...]

The public health threat presented by COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus, is impacting all of the United States. The equine industry is not immune and we all need to take the proactive steps for our [...]

The National HBPA has canceled its annual conference scheduled for March 24-28 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, another casualty of the COVID-19 outbreak and the need for America to eliminate crowds of any size. “We are [...]

The news today of the indictment returned against racehorse trainers, veterinarians and others involved is extremely troubling. The National HBPA focus has always been, and remains, the health and safety of the horse, the [...]

Horsemen’s Track and Equipment and SCTrailers have joined forces to create the most advanced equine ambulance in the world. The Equine Medical Transport unit offers several unique features that set it apart from other equine [...]

Showing why her trademark is #EarsUp, Bloom Racing's 2019 older filly or mare champion Midnight Bisou trained under exercise rider Carlos Rosas at King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh for Saturday's $20 million Saudi Cup. [...]

Gary's new No. 2: Sackatoga Stable's Barclay Tagg-trained Tiz the Law won Gulfstream Park's Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes. (Photo by Coglianese Photography) Tiz the Law turned heads, dropped jaws and dazzled the [...]

Gary's new No. 2: Sackatoga Stable's Barclay Tagg-trained Tiz the Law won Gulfstream Park's Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes. (Photo by Coglianese Photography) The Kentucky Derby will be run May 2 at Churchill [...]

Albaugh Family Stables' manager Jason Loutsch (pink shirt) looked at yearlings at the Keeneland sale. His father-in-law Dennis Albaugh, is at the far right. (Gwen Davis/Davis Innovation photo) Whether an owner, trainer or [...]

Basin winning Saratoga's Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes under Jose Ortiz. (Photo by Chelsea Durand/Coglianese Photography) On the road to Kentucky By Gary West Have you ever won the Kentucky Derby? That’s the [...]

Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs: Sackatoga Stable's Tiz the Law (#3) was stuck down on the inside on a sloppy, sealed track while finishing third under Manuel Franco. (Photo by Coady [...]

Gary's top-ranked Derby Prospect: Dennis' Moment, impressive winner of Churchill Downs' G3 Iroquois (shown here with Ira Ortiz up) before stumbling badly a the start of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He's currently in [...]

A new media service is being launched to supplement coverage of thoroughbred racing during the run-up to the Triple Crown. The Thoroughbred News Service will provide print and video content free of charge to media [...]

The Elite Program Inc. and Dr. C. Reid “Mac” McLellan, well known national instructor of Groom Elite classes around the country, is offering an updated version of his Trainers’ Exam Prep class at Sam [...]

New Holland has formed a sales alliance with Equine Equipment, a Georgetown, Kentucky company offering dedicated equipment discounts to participants in the equine industry in the U.S. and Canada. Equine Equipment programs provide direct [...]

Donna Barton Brothers interviews Victor Espinoza on horseback after 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah won the Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland. Photo courtesy Donna Brothers Donna Barton Brothers — the accomplished [...]

Thoroughbred Charities of America announced today that the planning and preparations for the 30th Annual Stallion Season Auction are underway. The auction, held Wednesday, January 8 – Sunday, January 12, 2020, is the largest annual [...]

NTRA Advantage, the equine purchasing program available to member organizations, individuals and affiliates, has surpassed the billion-dollar threshold in sales, the NTRA announced today. Advantage sales have resulted in an estimated $180 million in [...]

Leitone (Photo by Coglianese Photos/Lauren King) Ara Aprahamian’s Leitone made an already great day even better for trainer Jason Servis Saturday while scoring a convincing 2 ½ -length triumph in the $200,000 [...]

Maryland Jockey Club photo Shirley Lojeski's Forest Fire will bring stakes credentials into Saturday's $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel, which will highlight the $1.1 million, nine-race event for horses that have raced for a [...]

We do not need to reinvent the wheel. How do we as an industry fight negatives cast against us when most are not true? There is no doubt we all wanted to celebrate a [...]

Today we saw several of the nation's leading Thoroughbred racetracks and the Breeders' Cup announce the creation of an effort to unify the industry in enhancing existing protections and working together to develop new reforms [...]

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced today that $3,420,000 will be awarded as grants to 74 Thoroughbred aftercare organizations that currently hold TAA accreditation. Since inception in 2012, the TAA has now awarded more than $17.2 [...]

The Elite Program Inc., through its Groom Elite Education programs, is sponsoring Dr. C. Reid McLellan’s Owner/Trainer Racehorse Training Prep Class on November 21-24 at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. This is an expanded version of [...]

Eric Hamelback (Photo by Denis Blake/National HBPA) Eric Hamelback, the CEO of the National HBPA, has penned a commentary in Thoroughbred Daily News addressing the rights and representation of racehorse owners in the [...]

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA), in partnership with the National HBPA and Equine Equipment, is pleased to announced a fundraising raffle to help the organization further its goal of serving the racing industry. [...]

Registration is now open for the upcoming 2020 Track Superintendents Field Day at Remington Park. Please visit www.tracksupers.com to learn more or call 877-905-0004 to register. The event is open to all Track Superintendents and [...]

Photo by John Engelhardt “Lasix has proven to be an effective and benign therapeutic remedy for bleeding and is more humane than taking away a horse's access to water. The current, well-regulated [...]

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s 34th Annual National Awards Dinner was held at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Ky. on Saturday, September 7. Seth Klarman of Klaravich Stables was named TOBA’s National Owner of the Year, [...]

Aztec Sense sewed up 2018 Claiming Crown Horse of the Year honors in an 8-for-8 season capped by winning the $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Gulfstream Park. (Kenny Martin photo) Joseph Besecker’s Aztec [...]