Articles posted September 15, 2009

Cherokee's Boy Moves to Murmur Farm

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• September 15, 2009
• Breeding, Northeast Region

Millionaire Cherokee's Boy will stand the 2010 season for $2,500. His first foals are yearlings of 2009.

Keeneland Sale Continues Downward Spiral

• September 15, 2009
• Sales

Three seven-figure horses pumped up the excitement on the second day of the Keeneland September yearling sale, but they didn't provide a big enough boost to end the discouraging slump in the auction's key business figures.

Could Gaming Compact Doom Tampa Bay Downs?

• By Jim Freer
• September 15, 2009
• Southeast Region

Tampa Bay Downs vice president and general manager Peter Berube says the track "might not be in a position to continue" racing if the Florida legislature accepts the latest gaming compact between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Storm Cat-Fleet Indian Colt Brings $2,050,000

• By Ron Mitchell
• September 15, 2009
• Sales

Agent John Ferguson bought Hip No. 342, a Storm Cat colt of champion mare Fleet Indian, for $2,050,000, the highest price so far during the first two days of the Keeneland September yearling sale. The colt was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Ventura Back For Woodbine Mile

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• September 15, 2009
• Racing, International, Breeders' Cup

Juddmonte Farms' stellar 5-year-old mare Ventura will take another crack at the boys on Sept. 20 when she does battle with a probable field of 11 in the $1-million Woodbine Mile (Can-IT).

Magna Sells Two Tracks and Makes a Third Deal

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• September 15, 2009
• Midwest Region, Southwest Region

A Delaware bankruptcy judge approved the sale of Magna Entertainment Corp.-owned Thistledown in Ohio to Harrah's Entertainment for $89.5 million and Remington Park in Oklahoma City for $80.25 million to a Chickasaw Nation subsidiary. An agreement also has been reached to sell Lone Star Park for $27 million.

Court Won't Hear Suspended Trainer's Appeal

• By Tom Precious
• September 15, 2009
• Northeast Region

In a case that has ramifications for Thoroughbred racing, New York's highest court has refused to hear an appeal by a trainer suspended by state regulators for a pattern of alleged illegal equine drug violations involving horses at Monticello Raceway.

Delaware Appeals Ruling on Sports Betting

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• September 15, 2009
• Northeast Region

Delaware has asked the full Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revisit a decision made by a three-judge panel to authorize only limited sports betting at three racetracks in the state.

Unbridled's Song Filly Brings $1 Million

• By Ron Mitchell
• September 15, 2009
• Sales

An Unbridled's Song filly consigned by Stone Farm, agent, became the first seven-figure offering of the Keeneland September yearling sale when she was purchased by agent John Ferguson for $1 million during the early portion of the Sept. 15 second session.

Global Gaming Involved in Lone Star Sale

• September 15, 2009
• Racing, International, Southwest Region

Lone Star Park announced Sept. 15 that it has entered into an agreement with Global Gaming LSP, LLC of Ada, Okla., which is owned by the Chickasaw Nation, designating them as the stalking horse bidder in the sale of Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie.

War of Words Over KY Racetrack Gaming Issue

• September 15, 2009
• Kentucky

Kentucky Senate President David Williams has continued a war of words with leading Democrats over the politics surrounding proposed racetrack gaming in Kentucky. But Williams, a Republican, has also apparently drawn the ire of Kentucky's top GOP leader.

Haefner and Lipovsky Appointed to HHRF

• September 15, 2009

Clinical psychologists Dr. Paul Haefner of Loudoun County, Va., and Dr. Julie Lipovsky of Isle of Palms S.C., have been appointed to the Scientific Committee of Horses and Humans Research Foundation.

Florida Horse Poaching Information Rewards Rise to $20K

• By Pat Raia
• September 15, 2009
• Health

The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a series of horse poaching incidents in Florida rose to $20,000 today when Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade County Inc. increased its reward offer to $15,000. The Humane Society of the United States is also offering a separate $5,000 reward for information critical to ...

59 Horses Quarantined, Strangles Suspected at Hoosier Park

• By The Associated Press
• September 15, 2009
• Health

Fifty-nine horses have been quarantined because of a suspected contagious infection at Hoosier Park racetrack in central Indiana.

Hoosier Park officials placed the horses in quarantine Saturday after one Thoroughbred at the stable began exhibiting signs of Streptococcus equi infection, or strangles, a contagious bacterial disease common i...

Aseptic Platelet-Rich Plasma Preparation Essential in Equine Practice

• By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
• September 15, 2009
• Health

Special laboratory equipment is not needed to produce bacteria-free platelet concentrates (commonly referred to as platelet-rich plasma), but stringent attention to proper aseptic technique is essential.

Equine veterinarians are using platelet concentrates more often for the management of musculoskeletal disease. They can be prepared using a varie...

New Home for Your Horse: Questions to Ask

• By Edited Press Release
• September 15, 2009
• Health

Horse owners faced with the decision to find their horses a new home, whether it be locating that perfect retirement home, a new job in therapeutic riding, the mounted patrol, or even with a new owner, need to ask some important questions before giving up care of their animal. Own Responsibly, the Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) handbook, can p...