Articles posted June 3, 2002

Stock Slump Drags Down Racing Stocks

• By Eric Mitchell
• June 3, 2002

Public companies with ties to Thoroughbred racing slumped from 1-20% Monday as the resignation of Tyco International's chairman and growing investor skepticism dragged down the entire market.

Land-Preservation Program Experiences Growing Pains

• By Kristin Ingwell Goode
• June 3, 2002

A land-preservation program in Central Kentucky is experiencing some growing pains. In April, the first group of landowners signed agreements to take $4.5 million in exchange for placing 1,572 acres into conservation easements as part of the purchase of development rights (PDR) program.

Politics Stymies Racing-Related Bills in Illinois

• By Bob Kieckhefer
• June 3, 2002

Fierce partisan warfare over the state budget blocked a last-minute, controversial flurry of racetrack-related legislation in the final hours of the regular spring session of the Illinois General Assembly.

RCI Issues New Drug Classifications

• By Tom LaMarra
• June 3, 2002

The Association of Racing Commissioners International has classified or reclassified 46 foreign substances and has listed the administration of Erythropoietin, or EPO, as a prohibited practice at the recommendation of its Drug Testing Standards and Practices Committee.

Artax Too Preps for Belmont; Medaglia Gets New Rider

• June 3, 2002
• Handicapping, Triple Crown

Paraneck Stable's Artax Too, who may go off the biggest price on the toteboard in the Belmont Stakes, turned in his final workout Monday at Aqueduct.

For Jerkens, Belmont Win Would be 'Icing on the Cake'

• June 3, 2002
• Triple Crown

The white placard hanging outside Barn 30 along the Belmont Park backstretch reads: H. A. Jerkens Racing Stable. The H. stands for Harry, but it is seldom used. Allen Jerkens trains racehorses here. His workers call him, "The Chief."

Rush Hour 'Call to Post' Promotes Arlington Meet

• June 3, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing

In a unique promotion of the 75th Arlington Park race meet that gets underway Wednesday, track bugler Joe Kelly made a "pop-up" appearance at different locations during the Monday morning rush-hour in downtown Chicago.

Equine Spectrum, Illinois Juvenile Auction To Offer Live Internet Bidding

• By Deirdre B. Biles
• June 3, 2002
• Thoroughbred Sales

Buyers will be able to bid live on the Internet during the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation's sale of 2-year-olds in training on June 22 at Arlington Park.

Thirteen Prepared to Contest Saturday's Epsom Derby

• June 3, 2002
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping, International

When the five day confirmation deadline passed at noon Monday, 13 horses remained in the running for Saturday's 223rd renewal of the £1,380,000 Vodafone Derby at England's Epsom Downs.

Belmont Contenders Sunday Break, Puzzlement Work

• By Steve Haskin
• June 3, 2002
• Handicapping, Triple Crown

Sunday Break and Puzzlement, the respective first- and second-place finishers in the Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II), worked at Belmont Park on Monday in preparation for Saturday's Belmont Stakes (gr. I).

Stirling, Arthur Named to NTRA Drug Testing Committee

• June 3, 2002

Kent Stirling, executive director of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, and Dr. Rick Arthur, a vice president of Oak Tree Racing Association, have been named to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Racing Integrity and Drug Testing Task Force.

New York OTBs Push for Night Thoroughbred Simulcasts

• By Tom Precious
• June 3, 2002

Off-track betting corporations in New York, still upset about being cut out of last fall's major gambling expansion in the state, are making an all-out push for new revenue.

Triple Crown Heroes: Citation

• June 3, 2002
• Triple Crown

Here is an excerpt from Joe Palmer's Sidelights column in The Blood-Horse issue of June 19, 1948 on Citation winning the Belmont Stakes to complete the Triple Crown.

First Winners for Grand Slam, Ordway

• June 3, 2002
• Thoroughbred Breeding

Grade I winner Grand Slam and Ordway were represented by their first winners June 2.