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Hansen to Race With Blue Tail at Mountaineer

Hansen to Race With Blue Tail at Mountaineer

Dr. Kendall Hansen and Skychai Racing's Hansen, one of 10 3-year-olds entered for the Aug. 4 West Virginia Derby (gr. II), will finally get to race with a blue-tipped tail.

 Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Was Hearing a Self-Inflicted Black Eye?

Was Hearing a Self-Inflicted Black Eye?

Thoroughbred racing got further bruises April 30 during an allegation-ridden congressional hearing into equine health and medication issues that furthered a call for federal intervention--at least on some level.

 Monday, April 30, 2012

Florida Lab to Handle Kentucky Testing

The University of Florida Racing Laboratory has been selected to handle equine drug testing for Kentucky.

 Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Jockey Club Launches Injury Database

Jockey Club Launches Injury Database

The Jockey Club has launched the Equine Injury Database system that will provide the racing industry with its first national database of racing injuries. The Equine Injury Database grew out of a proposal first put forth at the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit in Lexington in October 2006.

 Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Darley Japan Loses JRA License

Darley Japan Loses JRA License

Nearly four months to the day after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's Darley Japan operation earned a rare license to compete on the exclusive Japan Racing Association circuit, the privilege was lost at the end of November.

 Friday, December 14, 2007

Pensioned Stallion Finocchio Dead

Finocchio, a stakes-placed son of Tap Shoes, was euthanized Aug. 27 at D&R Racing Stables near Pinckney, Mich.

 Thursday, August 30, 2007

Group Seeking License to Build Track in Kentucky

Former Walmac International Farm owner John T.L. Jones Jr. is heading a seven-member partnership seeking Kentucky's last available racetrack license from the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority to construct a Quarter Horse track in the southeastern portion of the state.

 Monday, April 16, 2007

Seattle Slew Temporarily Out of Stud Duty

Leading sire Seattle Slew has been taken temporarily out of stallion service at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky., to undergo a neurological examination and semen analysis.

 Monday, February 25, 2002

California breeder/owner Dr. David N. Brown Dies

California breeder/owner Dr. David N. Brown, who bred and raced the stakes-winning half-brothers College Town and Westcot, died Feb. 7 of cancer.

 Sunday, February 10, 2002