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Joyful Victory Chases Grade I in 'Margarita

Joyful Victory Chases Grade I in 'Margarita

Joyful Victory, shipping to Southern California from New Orleans, has a golden opportunity to secure her first grade I victory in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes March 16 at Santa Anita Park.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Bourbon Bay Looks for Third San Luis Rey Win

Bourbon Bay Looks for Third San Luis Rey Win

Bourbon Bay makes his 7-year-old debut March 16 in a race he has won twice before, the San Luis Rey Stakes (gr. IIT) on the turf at Santa Anita Park.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Record Smart Strike Colt Brings $1.8M at OBS

Record Smart Strike Colt Brings $1.8M at OBS

A hush fell over the jam-packed pavilion at Ocala Breeders' Sales Company March 13 when Hip No. 333 entered the auction ring late in the OBS March select 2-year-old sale.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

KHRC Accepts Report Upholding Dutrow Decision

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission voted March 13 to accept a hearing officer's recommendation upholding the regulatory body's decision to deny trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. a license for 2011.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Vyjack Trainer Rodriguez Suspended 20 Days

Vyjack Trainer Rodriguez Suspended 20 Days

New York state regulators have imposed a 20-day suspension and $7,500 fine on top Aqueduct Racetrack trainer Rudy Rodriguez after flunixin was found in his horses at two separate races last year.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Javerre Named New Jersey HOY

Javerre Named New Jersey HOY

Smith Farm and Stable's Javerre, a winner of four races last year, has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for 2012.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
My Miss Aurelia Opens 2013 Season in Azeri

My Miss Aurelia Opens 2013 Season in Azeri

Champion juvenile filly of 2011 My Miss Aurelia is scheduled to begin her 4-year-old season in the $150,000 Azeri Stakes (gr. III) March 16 at Oaklawn Park.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Turfway to Honor Quick-Acting Peterman

Turfway Park will honor starter Steve Peterman after the first race March 15, in recognition of his successful capture of Thoroughbred Joseph the Catfish March 2 after the horse bolted.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Super Ninety Nine Heads Rebel Field

Super Ninety Nine Heads Rebel Field

The $600,000 Rebel Stakes (gr. II) drew a competitive field of 11 sophomores seeking points to qualify for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), including Southwest Stakes (gr. III) winner Super Ninety Nine.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Stevens Aboard Dullahan in Dubai World Cup

Stevens Aboard Dullahan in Dubai World Cup

Jerry Crawford, Donegal Racing president, announced that Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens will ride multiple grade I winner Dullahan in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) March 30 at Meydan Racecourse.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Michigan Owner/Breeder Judith Worline Dies

Successful Michigan owner/breeder Judith Worline died March 9 after a lengthy illness.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Went the Day Well to Undergo Tieback Surgery

Went the Day Well to Undergo Tieback Surgery

Team Valor International's Went the Day Well, winner of the 2012 Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes (gr. III) and fourth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will undergo a tie-back operation in Versailles, Ky.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Rachel Alexandra Recovering from Surgery

Rachel Alexandra Recovering from Surgery

Classic winner Rachel Alexandra is healing well following a surgical procedure performed March 7 to drain an abscess that developed adjacent to her reproductive tract and rectum.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Rosario to Ride Animal Kingdom in Dubai

Rosario to Ride Animal Kingdom in Dubai

Trainer Graham Motion confirmed March 13 that Joel Rosario will have the return mount aboard Animal Kingdom in the $10 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I).

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Wilkes Plans Return to Track for Fort Larned

Wilkes Plans Return to Track for Fort Larned

After monitoring Fort Larned for the past few days, trainer Ian Wilkes said he is pleased with the manner in which the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic winner has emerged from his fall in the March 9 Gulfstream Park Handicap.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Keeneland Redesigns September Sale Format

Keeneland Redesigns September Sale Format

Keeneland sales officials March 13 announced a redesign of the format for the 2013 September yearling sale, to be held Sept. 9-20.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Carulli Retiring as Maryland Handicapper

Frank Carulli, the Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park handicapper and racing analyst since January 2002, will be leaving the company at the conclusion of the Pimlico spring meet.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Gulfstream Purses to Increase by 10%

Gulfstream Purses to Increase by 10%

Gulfstream Park is raising all purses by 10% effective March 16 for the remainder of its 90-day Thoroughbred meet which concludes April 5, the South Florida track announced March 13.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Online Fact Book on The Jockey Club Website

The Jockey Club announced March 13 that the 2013 edition of the Online Fact Book is available within the publications and resources section of its website at jockeyclub.com.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Grade II Winner Event of the Year Dead

Grade II Winner Event of the Year Dead

Event of the Year, who turned heads with his five-length victory in the 1998 Jim Beam Stakes (gr. II), died last year in Venezuela.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Rallying Cry's First Foal Is a Filly

Rallying Cry's First Foal Is a Filly

The first reported foal by Washington stallion Rallying Cry is a filly born Feb. 3.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
River-at-Beulah Meet Close to Being Finalized

River-at-Beulah Meet Close to Being Finalized

The transfer of the 2013 River Downs meet to Beulah Park could get Ohio State Racing Commission approval March 20.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Medication Mishaps in Horses (AAEP 2012)

Paracelsus, a 16th century Swiss physician and alchemist, once said, "Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy." Similarly in horses, determining what medication dose is therapeutic vs. detrimental, and knowing which drugs can poison some horses while helping others, are among the c...

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

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