Articles posted January 23, 2012

Sci Fi Kin Tops Barretts Jan. Sale

• By Tracy Gantz
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Sales, West Region

Sci Fin Kin, dam of grade II winner Pretty Unusual, tops the Jan. 23 Barretts January mixed sale. The auction's average rises 14.2% over last year's figure.

OK of NY Jock Blood Alcohol Tests Expected

• By Tom Precious
• January 23, 2012
• Northeast Region

State racing regulators in New York are expected to give final approval to a new rule requiring race-day blood alcohol content testing of Thoroughbred jockeys at the board's Jan. 25 meeting.

Turfway Drops Some Stakes to Maintain Purses

• By Tom LaMarra
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, Kentucky

The ability to fill a greater number of higher-level races in December has led Turfway Park to trim some stakes toward the end of its 2012 winter/spring meet to meet the purse budget.

Hutton Named to Prairie Meadows' Position

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, Midwest Region

Prairie Meadows announced Jan. 23 the appointment of Fred Hutton as racing secretary for the 67-day meet that runs April 20-Aug. 11.

OTTB Spotlight: Xantra

• January 23, 2012
• Off Track Thoroughbreds

Shannon Hahn of Double L Equine Rescue and Sanctuary tells the story of Xatra, aka "Officer Isaac." From needing the law to becoming the law, Xantra overcame injuries due to neglect and now serves as a New York police horse. read blog

NYTB Donates $10,000 to the TRF

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• Northeast Region

The board of directors of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders voted to donate $10,000 to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.

HRRN to Broadcast Charles Town Classic

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

Lexington-based Horse Racing Radio Network will offer live broadcast of the $1 million Charles Town Classic April 14 from Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.

Golden Gate Will Not Become Educational Site

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• West Region

Golden Gate Fields has been passed over for selection as the preferred site for a second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the Bay Area.

World Cup Nominees Include American Champions

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, International

Four Eclipse Award winners are among the international cast of horses nominated to the $27.25 million Dubai World Cup card at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, March 31.

NBC Takes Over Breeders' Cup Coverage

• By Lenny Shulman
• January 23, 2012
• Breeders' Cup

NBC Sports Group picked up the contract to televise the Breeders' Cup beginning in 2012 in a four-year deal that gives it a monopoly on coverage of all major racing events.

Tale of the Cat Filly Shines at Inglis Sale

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• International, Thoroughbred Sales

A daughter of Tale of the Cat became the highest-priced horse sold so far at the William Inglis & Son Sydney Classic yearling sale when she brought Aust$120,000 ($125,725 in U.S. funds) Jan. 23.

CDI, Jockeys' Guild Reach Agreement

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, Kentucky

A dispute between the Jockeys' Guild and Churchill Downs Inc. has been resolved with the racetrack operating company agreeing to a contract with the jockeys' organization.

Orfevre Voted Japan's Horse of the Year

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• January 23, 2012
• Thoroughbred Racing, International

Orfevre, winner of Japan's Triple Crown, fell one vote short of being a unanimous choice for the Japan Racing Association's Horse of the Year title for 2011.

Equine Rhinitis in Respiratory Infection Cases (AAEP 2011)

• By Nancy S. Loving, DVM
• January 23, 2012
• Horse Health

When considering viral respiratory infections in horses, a common assumption among veterinarians is animals are infected with either influenza or rhinopneumonitis (a respiratory condition--mostly of young horses--caused by equine herpesvirus). However, another viral infection--equine rhinitis--is commonly responsible for respiratory disease outbreaks. And...