The Louisiana Racing Commission recently approved an amended dates schedule for the 2023 Thoroughbred season at Evangeline Downs. The meet will now consist of 61 days of racing, with opening night April 7.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority announced that Samuel Reinhardt has joined the organization as assistant general counsel.
Woodbine Entertainment announced March 21 the addition of Sovereign Award and Queen's Plate winning trainer Dan Vella as Horse People Liaison.
The virtual conference series will provide information about the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and its Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program.
Old Friends has broken ground on The Ms. Josephine Abercrombie Center, a new building to host events and showcase a collection of horse racing memorabilia, artwork, and racing trophies donated to Old Friends by the Bobby Frankel Estate.
Mike Acton will serve in the same capacity at Retama Park and Zia Park.
Denali Stud's Craig Bandoroff submitted questions about the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's impending Anti-Doping and Medication Control program, figuring other horse industry participants will want to have these answers.
RMTC's SAC has now completed its analysis of HISA's proposed ADMC screening limits and detection times and has developed a withdrawal guidance limited to RMTC's schedule of controlled therapeutic substances.
"Eye of the Tiger was the Garbo of Old Friends," said Michael Blowen. "Give me what I need and get lost. Handsome, self-reliant, and now missed."
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing's Big Invasion, a winner of five stakes in a row before finishing third in his 2022 finale in the Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland, is slated to make his 2023 debut in the Silks Run.
As previously announced, HISA will require compliance with its Registration Rule in order to race beginning March 27.
After running the first race, the decision was made to cancel the rest of Friday's card at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots due to inclement weather.
The keynote speaker will be legendary trainer D. Wayne Lukas, with Scott Davenport, Bellarmine University men's basketball coach, serving as emcee
The deal also includes a 133-day race meet in 2023, and 129 race dates in 2024. Despite the fewer race days in 2024, Woodbine Racetrack expects the number of races offered to be substantially the same as 2023 through more optimized race scheduling.
Solitude Thoroughbreds, in North Texas, is offering the Share the Upside program for Tiz Mischief and King Zachary.
A University of Louisville study showed the 2022 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland produced the second-highest economic impact behind the 2017 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar.
The track's highly successful magnet for attracting out-of-state runners to compete at the shore oval will be on deck for the 13th consecutive season when racing returns at the seaside track starting July 21.
The anticipated implementation of the HISA's Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program by the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit on March 27 will strengthen equine welfare and enhance confidence in the fairness of the sport.
Javier Castellano, a four-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey and a member of racing's Hall of Fame, will accept the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award Trophy March 19 at Santa Anita Park.
The New York Racing Association announced March 15 that Saratoga Race Course will feature one admission price for all fans beginning with the 2023 summer meet, eliminating the two-tiered structure of clubhouse and grandstand admission.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority announced that Jockeys' Guild regional manager Jeff Johnston would join HISA as the organization's rider safety and welfare manager, effective March 17.
The Horse Racing Women's Summit Committee is looking for a passionate and driven marketing intern to join their team. Those looking to gain valuable online media experience and network with strong female leaders are encouraged to apply.
The 2023 VTA officers include Amy Moore, Wayne VanSant, Turner Kobayashi, and Susan Cooney.
The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation will be hosting the first Fashionable Fillies Luncheon in Florida at The Flamingo Room at Gulfstream Park on Friday, March 31, ahead of The Curlin Florida Derby.
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course announced March 14 that the $400,000 Penn Mile (G2T) will be contested June 2.
Karen Chavez has found her calling working for the New York Division of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America.
In celebration of Women's History Month, the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center will host a panel to talk about "Women & Horses" on Monday, March 27, at 4 p.m.
Turfway Park officials announced Tuesday that following the close of the Winter/Spring Meet on April 1, the barn area and racetrack will remain open for year-round training and stabling.
The proposed budget, unlike those presented by the prior administration, does not recommend any additional transfers of funding from the Race Horse Development Trust Fund.
Paul Calia, of Kansas City, Mo., toppled a field of 779 entries to take home the grand prize of $800,000, in addition to finishing in fourth place, and an Eclipse Award crowning him Horseplayer of the Year.
Kathleen O'Connell described supplanting Kim Hammond as the No. 1-winning female trainer in North American Thoroughbred racing history as an accomplishment.
The Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's expanded 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins March 14.
Day two of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Horseplayers Championship has Francis Boustany of Lafayette, La., clinging to the lead.
Amy Zimmerman and Jay Privman have been appointed to the board to fill vacancies left by Candace Coder-Chew's resignation and Howard Zucker's death late last year.
After no new inductees in either 2020 or 2022 and only one addition in 2021, voting for the Washington Racing Hall of Fame resumed in four categories: older male runner, breeder (post-1980), trainer, and the new category, owner.
Jockeys Katie and Jackie Davis, regular riders on the NYRA circuit, will head to Puerto Rico March 12 to compete in Camarero Race Track's 2nd annual jockey challenge, a multi-race competition for female jockeys on the eight-race card.
Trainer David Donk, a New York native serving on the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association board, will attend a rally at the State Capitol in Albany March 13 to support NYRA's plan to modernize Belmont Park.
Fixed-odds wagering on horse racing is coming to America and should be embraced and understood by horsemen. That was the advice of panelists during the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association conference.
The 2023 National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association Annual Conference closed with three prominent horsemen discussing the need, validity, and overreach of federal legislation authorizing HISA.
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit calls the Thoroughbred industry's attention to regulations regarding the presence and use of bisphosphonates in covered horses.
Tom Sage, the executive director of the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission, is the new chairman of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, the umbrella organization of governmental regulators of horse and greyhound racing.
The 2023 Thoroughbred Owner Conference streamed its first panel March 7, with a dive into accounting and tax considerations for Thoroughbred owners.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association is hosting a Pedigree & Conformation Clinic on Sunday and Monday, March 19-20, in Ocala, Fla.
With the 33rd edition of the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1), leading a parade of 39 offerings in 31 days, Del Mar is set to present a record-tying stakes schedule worth $8,275,000 at its iconic seaside oval beginning July 21.
Screening levels based on science for post-race testing are essential for the integrity of the horse-racing industry—as is public information about how such policy is made. That was a major takeaway from the National HBPA conference March 8.
Pink Lloyd was champion male sprinter in Canada every year from 2017 through 2021. He was also named champion older horse in 2017 and 2019.
The following are HISA's answers to five frequently asked questions about the Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program.
The official call for offers and expressions of interest campaign dates for the iconic Adena Springs farm in Paris, Ky., will commence March 28.
Grade 1 winner Fun to Dream added the title of 2022 California-bred Horse of the Year to her resume; it was announced at the CTBA Awards Dinner on March 6 at the Le Meridien Hotel.
Fasig-Tipton's March Digital Sale closed March 7 with 29 horses sold for $795,000. Offerings included breeding stock, horses of racing age, 2-year-olds, and yearlings.
