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13 Elected to BC Board of Members, Trustees

13 Elected to BC Board of Members, Trustees

The Breeders' Cup announced the names of the 13 individuals elected to its board of members and trustees. The leading vote-getter was Jayeff B Stable co-owner Richard Santulli.

 Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Election Set for Cup Members/Trustees Board

Breeders' Cup Ltd. announced May 21 that 25 individuals are on the ballot for the election of 13 positions to its board of members and trustees.

 Thursday, May 21, 2009
Frolic's Dream Sails to Victory

Frolic's Dream Sails to Victory

Sent off as the 3-2 favorite in the six-horse field, Dare To Dream Stable's homebred Frolic's Dream took command easily in the far turn and ran on to an easy victory in the $150,000 Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 30.

 Friday, January 30, 2009
Large Crowd For Gulfstream Opening

Large Crowd For Gulfstream Opening

Gulfstream Park said its opening day attendance was more than 15,000 Jan. 3, making it the largest turnout at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track since 2004.

 Saturday, January 03, 2009
Youbet to Take Bets on Gulfstream Meet

Youbet to Take Bets on Gulfstream Meet

Youbet.com has reached an agreement to take bets on Gulfstream Park for that track's meet which begins on Jan. 3, Sam Gordon, president of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, said Dec. 30.

 Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Veterinarian Stewart States His Case

Suspended equine veterinarian Rodney Stewart testified Dec. 3 that he was unaware that a soft-sided cooler he left in a refrigerator in a barn at Keeneland contained the prohibited substance cobra toxin.

 Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Veterinarian Stewart's Appeal Set

Veterinarian Stewart's Appeal Set

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has scheduled a Dec. 3 hearing to consider the appeal of Dr. Rodney Stewart, who was suspended five years in September 2007 for multiple violations of the state's medication regulations.

 Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Couch Resigns Gulfstream Position

Couch Resigns Gulfstream Position

Gulfstream Park announced June 19 that Bill Couch, citing the combination of performing a high-pressure job far from home, has resigned as racing secretary.

 Thursday, June 19, 2008

Full Mandate's First Winner

Full Mandate, a stakes-winning son of A.P. Indy, was represented by his first winner May 16 when his son Thoroughly won at Hollywood Park.

 Thursday, May 17, 2007

Groom Stabbed to Death at Gulfstream Park; Teen Arrested

A teenager has reportedly been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a groom at Gulfstream Park early Tuesday.

 Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Winninginexcess to Winton in Florida

Winninginexcess, a stakes-placed son of In Excess, has been bought by David and Suzanne Murphy's Winton's Farm for stallion duty.

 Monday, March 05, 2007

First Foal Sired by Great Pyramid

The first reported foal by Great Pyramid is a filly born Feb. 12 at William F. and Annabel Murphy's Elangeni Farm near Ocala, Fla.

 Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Gulfstream Cancels Monday Racing After First Race

Gulfstream Park canceled racing Monday, Feb. 12, after the first race due to track conditions.

 Monday, February 12, 2007

Gulfstream Park Establishes Barbaro Foundation

Gulfstream Park has announced establishment of the "Barbaro Foundation," which will oversee an annual scholarship program for future veterinarians.

 Monday, January 29, 2007

Easy Red Works Hard for Jennings 'Cap Win

After an extended wait in traffic while racing around the far turn, Dumbarton Farm's Easy Red angled out, charged between runners mid-stretch and drove to victory in the $75,000 Jennings Handicap by a head at Laurel Park Saturday.

 Saturday, December 09, 2006

Bastille Has His Day in Schapiro Memorial BC

Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone's stalking Bastille prevailed in a hard stretch drive over Fishy Advice to win the $200,000 John D. Schapiro Memorial Breeders' Cup by a neck on the turf at Laurel Park.

 Saturday, September 23, 2006

Thistledown Executive Murphy to Oversee Gulfstream Park Operations

Don Amos, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Magna Entertainment Corp. announced Tuesday that Bill Murphy has been appointed vice president and general manager of racing operations at Gulfstream Park.

 Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Auction Items Roll In for Cindy Murphy Benefit

Silent auction items to benefit retired jockey Cindy (Noll) Murphy have been flooding the Prairie Meadows Chaplaincy this week.

 Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Injured Jockey Murphy Opts for Retirement

Jockey Cindy Noll Murphy, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a May 11 spill at Prairie Meadows, said Friday that she will not attempt a comeback.

 Saturday, June 10, 2006

Jockey Murphy Bruises Spinal Cord in Fall

Jockey Cindy Murphy remained hospitalized Friday after she was thrown in the fifth race at Prairie Meadows Thursday night. According to her husband, Travis Murphy, the jockey did not sustain any broken bones or head trauma from the accident, but was experiencing temporary paralysis due to a bruised spinal cord.

 Friday, May 12, 2006

Jockey Chad Murphy Earns 2,000th Victory

Chad Murphy earned his 2,000th career riding win Friday night when he drove Gun to victory in the fourth race at Mountaineer Park.

 Sunday, March 05, 2006

Retired Steeplechase Rider Patrick F. Murphy Dead

Patrick F. Murphy, a retired steeplechase rider from Lexington, died at his home June 14.

 Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Champion Sprinter Housebuster Dead

Housebuster, the last two-time Eclipse Award-winning sprinter, died May 15 after he was taken to a veterinary clinic. The 18-year-old son of Mt. Livermore is represented as a stallion by 32 career stakes winners.

 Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Jockey Glen Murphy Registers 2,000th Win

Glen Murphy, the 1991 Sunland Park jockey champion, reached a milestone when he brought home his 2,000th career winner March 29.

 Wednesday, March 30, 2005

AAEP Vets Discuss Pre-Purchase Exams

The Dec. 5 open forum discussion of pre-purchase exams at sales at the American Association of Equine Practitioners convention in Denver covered several topics critical to consignors, buyers, and veterinarians.

 Monday, December 06, 2004

Formal Gold to Rancho San Miguel in California

Formal Gold, whose Beyer Speed Figures of 126, 124, and 125 in three consecutive graded stakes stamped him as perhaps America's best racehorse since the early 1990s, will be relocated to Tom Clark's Rancho San Miguel near San Miguel, Calif.

 Thursday, August 12, 2004

Platinum Tiara's First Foal Born in Florida

Platinum Tiara, runner-up in the 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I), produced her first foal, an A.P. Indy filly, Feb. 10 at Stolen Hours Farm near Ocala, Fla.

 Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Platinum Tiara Retired

The second-place finisher in the 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Platinum Tiara will be bred to A.P. Indy in 2003.

 Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Gulfstream Park Race Report: Dream Machine

Dream Run earns his first graded stakes victory in the Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship.

 Saturday, March 09, 2002

Gulfstream Park Race Report: Donnybrook

Girls just want to have fun. So sang Cyndi Lauper, the guest musician in Gulfstream's entertainment complex on Feb. 24, whose presence attracted the third-largest Sunday crowd ever at the track. Rosemary Homeister Jr. and Ms Brookski had fun also, by winning the meet's first two-turn stakes race for 3-year-old fillies on dirt, the Davona Dale Stakes (gr. II).

 Sunday, February 24, 2002

Baze Wins 2001 Isaac Murphy Award

Jockey Russell Baze has won the Isaac Murphy Award presented by the National Turf Writers Association for the seventh consecutive year.

 Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Baze Wins Sixth Issac Murphy Award

Northern California-based jockey Russell Baze won the National Turf Writers Association's Issac Murphy Award for the sixth straight year, remaining the only recipient of the award.

 Sunday, January 07, 2001

Baze Wins Sixth Issac Murphy Award

Northern California-based jockey Russell Baze won the National Turf Writers Association's Issac Murphy Award for the sixth straight year, remaining the only recipient of the award.

 Sunday, January 07, 2001

'Racing Machine' Platinum Tiara Back in Training

Platinum Tiara's month-long break at Early Morning Farm in Ocala, Fl. ended Thursday, when the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) runner-up returned to trainer Joe Waunsch's barn at Calder Race Course.

 Sunday, December 10, 2000

Platinum Tiara Ships to Churchill

Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II) fifth-place finisher Platinum Tiara shipped from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Thursday morning. The Brave Raj Stakes winner will begin preparing for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) on Friday, according to trainer Joe Waunsch and owner Rob Murphy.

 Thursday, October 19, 2000