Articles posted July 9, 2002

Dickinson Suit Against Voss Gets Underway

• July 9, 2002

A Baltimore County (Maryland) Circuit Court jury was scheduled to begin hearing testimony Tuesday in a $4-million lawsuit filed by a trainer against another trainer over the design of an artificial track.

War Emblem Continues on Road to Haskell

• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing, Triple Crown

War Emblem continued his preparation for the Aug. 4 Haskell Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Monmouth Park, working five furlongs Tuesday morning at Santa Anita in 1:01 4/5 under regular exercise rider Dana Barnes.

Foreverness Brings $102,000 To Top Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Auction

• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Sales

Foreverness, a 3-year-old winning son of Island Whirl, brought the top price of $102,000 Tuesday during the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic July sale of 2-year-olds in training and older horses of racing age.

Fire at The Thoroughbred Center Kills Two Horses

• July 9, 2002

A barn fire late Monday night killed two horses at The Thoroughbred Center near Lexington. The fire, which was contained to two stalls of a 20-stall barn adjacent to the training track, is suspected to have started near an electric fan being used to cool one of the horses.

Pay TV: NTRA Channels Energies Into Controlling Small Picture

• By Lenny Shulman
• July 9, 2002

The Thoroughbred industry today is still paying for a bad decision made more than 40 years ago. Not only did its popularity plummet as a result of being off television during that medium's original boom time, but more recently the struggle to get possession of the sport's archives and control and coordinate its television presence has cost the industry millions of dollars.

Calder Riders Race for Good Cause

• July 9, 2002

Calder Race Course will feature a race of a different kind on Saturday, when the leading riders at the South Florida track take the gate without the aid of any horses.

Here and There

• July 9, 2002

Bits and pieces from around the industry...

Sunday Silence Tops After Half-Year

• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Sunday Silence, Japan's leading sire, finished atop the sire list by progeny earnings for the first half of the year.

Strike Gold Relocated to Hideaway

• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

California sire Strike Gold will stand the 2003 season at Gary and Marlene Howard's Hideaway Farms near San Jacinto, Calif.

Winners Federation Names Executive Director

• July 9, 2002

Don Clippinger has been named executive director of the Winners Federation, an umbrella group of organizations and individuals offering lifestyle services to workers in racetrack stable areas across North America.

Sakhee Tunes Up For Diamond Stakes

• By Ron Mitchell
• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping

Godolphin Racing's Sakhee, runner-up in last year's Breeders' Cup Classic, turned in a strong workout Tuesday at England's Sandown Park Racecourse in preparation for the July 27 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot.

Eighth Pole Founders Win Dogwood Dominion Award

• July 9, 2002

New England's Jim Greene and Shirley Edwards, founders and mainstays of the "Eighth Pole" have been named winners of the 2002 Dogwood Dominion Award, presented annually to an unsung hero in the Thoroughbred industry.

Betting on Television

• By Ray Paulick
• July 9, 2002

By Ray Paulick -- Personal experience confirms that people would rather bet on races they can watch on television.

Deep Into the Wells

• July 9, 2002

By Christy Grassick -- It has been both a pleasure and a privilege to have been involved with Sadler's Wells. He is without doubt the best sire Europe has ever seen. The fact he has sired 200 stakes winners is proof enough of that.

Penn National May Expand Casino Operation

• By Eric Mitchell
• July 9, 2002

Racetrack and casino operator Penn National Gaming is reportedly in talks to buy one of its smaller casino rivals, Hollywood Casino Corp.

Sunday Silence Colt Brings Nearly $2.8 Million In Japan

• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Sales

A full brother to Japanese champions Dance Partner and Dance in the Dark brought the top price of 335 million yen (approximately $2,791,667) as the Japan Racing Horse Association select foal sale ended its two-day run on Tuesday.

Act One to Stand at Shadwell's Nunnery Stud in England,

• July 9, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Group I winner Act One, who recently was retired from racing after suffering a hairline fracture of a cannon bone, will enter stud at Shadwell's Nunnery Stud in England in 2003.

Flying Dash Tops Virginia Derby Lineup

• July 9, 2002

Fusao Sekiguchi's Flying Dash was installed as the 7-5 morning line favorite when seven horses were entered for Saturday's $500,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs.