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Three Valleys Rises to Take Middle Park Stakes

Juddmonte Farms' homebred Three Valleys closed from mid-pack under Richard Hughes to prevail by three-quarters of a length in the $175,885 Shadwell Stud Middle Park Stakes (Eng-I) Oct. 3 at Newmarket.

 Friday, October 03, 2003

Rulings on Purses, Cell Phones Trigger Boycott Talk

Talk of strikes and boycotts by owners and jockeys in Great Britain over separate issues actually materialized the week of Sept. 1.

 Tuesday, September 09, 2003

BHB Defends Industry in Wake of Investigation

The British Horseracing Board has, as expected, launched a strong defense against the findings of an Office Of Fair Trading investigation in the sport. The BHB has condemned them as "disastrous."

 Monday, September 08, 2003

Ascot's Development Plan May Affect 2005 Royal Meeting

The huge redevelopment plan at Britain's Ascot Racecourse, involving an all-new grandstand and costing £180 million, has yet to receive planning permission but speculation continues to mount about which other British racecourse might host the 2005 royal meeting.

 Tuesday, May 27, 2003

Great Britain Racing Channel Off The Air

The longest running of the two British horseracing television channels, the Racing Channel, closed Jan. 31 after more than seven years on the air.

 Monday, February 03, 2003

Morphine Positives Bring Call for Threshold Levels

Be My Royal, winner of the one the biggest races of the National Hunt season to date, faces disqualification in connection with a rash of positive drug tests for traces of morphine in British and Irish races due to contaminated feed.

 Monday, January 13, 2003

Help Wanted: To Oversee Britain's National Stud

A successful senior business person, with an extensive record in running high-profile companies and a strong interest in horses and breeding, is being sought to be the new chairman of Britain's National Stud which occupies 500 acres in Newmarket, England.

 Monday, January 13, 2003

Morphine Positives in Britain Traced to Feed

Be My Royal, winner of the one the biggest races of the National Hunt season to date, faces disqualification as he is among a rash of positive drug tests for traces of morphine in British and Irish races due to contaminated feed.

 Monday, January 13, 2003

Broadcast of U.S. Races in Britain Goal of Companies

The wagering and broadcasting company attheraces has signed an agreement with United States-based The Racing Network international to work together to enhance the acquisition, development, and production of U.S. racing on the attheraces interactive digital television channel in the United Kingdom.

 Friday, January 10, 2003

Ireland Tops EBF With $1.76M in 2002 Contributions

The relative strengths of the breeding industries in the main European countries can be partially gauged by looking at the level of stallion contributions to the European Breeders' Fund in 2002.

 Monday, December 23, 2002

Stallion Tax Exemption in Ireland is Threatened

Ireland's thriving bloodstock industry would be dealt a huge blow if attempts to remove the tax-free status of fees earned by stallions standing in the country were successful.

 Monday, November 18, 2002

Alleged Racing Corruption Focus of British TV Show

The good name of British racing will again be challenged when BBC Television's high-profile Panorama program airs allegations of corruption involving owners, trainers, jockeys, bookmakers, and criminals.

 Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Doncaster St. Leger Yearling Sale Sets Records

Doncaster Bloodstock Sales in Great Britain reversed global trends at its flagship St. Leger Yearling Sale that ended Sept. 13 with records for gross and average.

 Monday, September 16, 2002

British Racing Asks Questions to Plan for Future

Cooperation and congratulation were the main themes of the British Horseracing Board's annual meeting in London June 13. A major new initiative is a "far-reaching and all-encompassing review of the way forward for British racing."

 Tuesday, June 18, 2002

Dirt Tracks Are Catching on in Great Britain

Britain has just three racecourses that stage dirt racing (known as all-weather), but one of them has a surface which "rides like a velvet carpet," according to jockey Martin Dwyer.

 Tuesday, April 30, 2002

British Betting Deal Touted by Participants

Considering the entrenched and antagonistic stances, the April 17 agreement for the right of the main British bookmakers to bet on British racing beginning May 1 was remarkable.

 Monday, April 22, 2002

New Racing Channel Set for Launch in Britain

The new free British racing television channel, run by the "attheraces" consortium, will launch on time May 1 with 14 hours of broadcasting a day from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

 Thursday, April 18, 2002

First Lady of the Turf

By Ray Paulick -- The late Queen Mother was the "First Lady of the Turf" and her love of horses may have helped her live to 101.

 Tuesday, April 02, 2002

Newspaper Targets Tote's Takeout in Great Britain

A conflict over the level of deductions taken from pool betting by the Tote in Great Britain has erupted after an investigation by the Racing Post newspaper.

 Monday, February 18, 2002

Farish: Ambassadorship is Challenging, Exciting

The role of the U. S. Embassy in London, England has taken on added significance since the terrorist bombings of Sept. 11, according to William S. Farish, the Lane's End Farm owner who began his tenure in the diplomatic post last July.

 Monday, January 14, 2002

British Rehab Program Receives $3.5-Million From Mellon Estate

The estate of Paul Mellon, the American owner/breeder who died in 1999, has donated $3.5 million to the British Horseracing Board's Rehabilitation Of Racehorses charity.

 Monday, December 17, 2001

Houghton Yearling Sale Off to Good Start

The 2001 Tattersalls Houghton Yearling Sale in Great Britain got off to a good start Tuesday night when two horses sold for more than a million guineas. Average for the first day was 254,937 guineas ($391,000), up a bit from last year, while the median of 170,000 guineas ($242,000) was up 31% on last year's corresponding session. Overall, 32 lots were sold for 8,158,000 guineas ($12.5 million).

 Tuesday, October 02, 2001

Grass Sickness Remains Research Priority

The death of Dubai Millennium from grass sickness has again highlighted the devastating effects of the disease, and brought to prominence research tied to finding causes and a cure.

 Tuesday, May 22, 2001

Racing Resumes in Ireland Despite Outbreak

Racing in the Republic of Ireland resumed Monday at Leopardstown and Cork after a 50-day shutdown. The move came despite confirmation of a third outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease across the border in Northern Ireland.

 Tuesday, April 17, 2001

BHB May Relax Policy on Foot-and-Mouth Restrictions

The British Horseracing Board is set to relax its tough stance of not
racing at courses within 10 kilometers of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. BHB directors were to be told at a meeting Wednesday that further disruption to the flat racing season in Britain could occur if the policy isn't changed.

 Tuesday, April 10, 2001

Virginia Takes Steps Against Foot-and-Mouth

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has banned horses from entering the state if they come directly or indirectly from countries where outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have occurred.

 Tuesday, March 27, 2001

Britain, Ireland Suspend Racing Because of Disease

Officials in Great Britain have ruled that horse racing will be suspended for at least a week, effective Wednesday, because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. In Ireland, racing also has been canceled, and horses and Greyhounds can't be shipped to the island country from Great Britain.

 Tuesday, February 27, 2001
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