Turfway Curtails Friday Night Racing Card
Heavy rains that caused unsuitable track conditions forced Turfway Park to cancel racing after four races of Friday night's 12-race card.
Headlines for Friday, March 5, 2004
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Fever Knocks Pleasantly Perfect Out of Big 'Cap
Pleasantly Perfect, the 6-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), was declared from the race Friday morning due to a fever, trainer Richard Mandella said.
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Never Better Bluesthestandard Heads San Carlos
Multiple stakes winner Bluesthestandard comes into Sunday's $150,000 San Carlos Handicap (gr. II) at Santa Anita Park riding high after a victory in the Palos Verdes Handicap (gr. II) at Santa Anita and a second place finish in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).
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House Party Slight Favorite in Hurricane Bertie
House Party figures to be a slight favorite in Sunday's $100,000 Hurricane Bertie Handicap at Gulfstream Park, but most eyes will be on D'Wildcat Speed, making her U.S. debut after winning 14 in a row in Puerto Rico.
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Plan Requires NYRA to Repay Purse Fund
The New York Racing Association would be legally required to reimburse horsemen in the state for the millions it borrowed from their purse fund to pay for its operations, according to a proposal being quietly shopping around to state legislators.
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Farish Entry Heads Competitive Field in Louisiana Derby
A field of 11, including shippers from Florida and California, was entered for Sunday's $600,000 Louisiana Derby (gr. II), with the William S. Farish entry of Gradepoint and Breakaway heading a strong local contingent.
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NTRA Seeks Reasons Behind 2003 Purse Drops
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Wagering Systems Task Force has enlisted a panel of business experts, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to find out what caused purses to drop in 2003 even though national handle increased.
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Pricing Pits Industry Against Some High-Volume Bettors
The debate over pricing, rebating, and computer betting has put the pari-mutuel industry at odds with some of its best customers, and judging from the latest exchange of opinions and statistics, it could be some time before the situation is resolved.
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Read the Footnotes Works Six Furlongs For Florida Derby; Master David Out
Read the Footnotes, winner of the Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II), worked a sharp six-furlongs in 1:12 2/5 breezing Friday at Palm Meadows Training Center in preparation for the March 13 Florida Derby (gr. I). The race lost one of its favorites when Master David came down with a fever.
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Meyocks Joins NTRA as Commissioner's Assistant
Terry Meyocks, former president and chief operating officer of the New York Racing Association, has taken the position of special assistant to the commissioner with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
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Storm Rips Roof Off Oaklawn Barn; No Horses or Humans Hurt
When a squall line ripped through Hot Springs, Ark. Thursday evening at 7 p.m., the results "raised the roof" of Barn 25 in the Oaklawn Park stable area, depositing it largely on Barn 28 and a pair of unsuspecting trucks.
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Magna Interested in Quebec's Harness Tracks
Magna Entertainment Corp. could be on the verge of buying the four Standardbred racetracks in Quebec, Canada.
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Daniel Swigert Combs II, Leslie Combs II's Grandson, Dead
Daniel Swigert Combs II, whose grandfather, Leslie Combs II, founded Spendthrift Farm near Lexington, died Feb. 27 in his sleep at his Fort Myers, Fla., home.
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On This Day...
March 5, 1983<br><b>Slew o' Gold at Tampa Bay</b>
