The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's license review committee has suspended the lead outrider at Keeneland Racecourse for 16 months for his role in training a horse that raced in the name of a licensed trainer.
A field of 11 is set for the 30th running of the Arlington Million (gr. IT) Aug. 18 at Arlington Park, with Phipps Stable's Boisterous installed as the 4-1 morning line favorite.
With horses invading from at least four countries as well as various parts of the U.S. for the Beverly D. Aug. 18, it is somewhat ironic that the 3-1 morning line favorite has been based at Arlington much of the summer.
With the division wide open midway through August, each of seven fillies entered in the 132nd edition of the 1 1/4-mile event seeks to strengthen her championship credentials with a victory Aug. 18.
Turbo Compressor goes after the biggest score of his career Aug. 18 when he heads a field of nine in the 38th running of the $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational (gr. IT) at Saratoga Race Course.
Trainer Dale Romans will saddle three in the Aug. 18 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT) at Arlington Park, including streaking turf runner Silver Max.
Chantal Sutherland will be able to ride Game On Dude in the TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar Aug. 26 after British racing authorities granted her a partial stay of a four-day suspension earned last weekend.
A game winner of the American Oaks (gr. IT) one month ago, Lady of Shamrock can make it back-to-back grade I wins when she takes on nine sophomore filly rivals in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT) on the turf Aug. 18.
A dozen were entered in the inaugural running of the $400,000 American St. Leger at 1 11/16 miles on the turf, with much-traveled Irish-bred 6-year-old Jakkalberry favored at Arlington Park Aug. 18.
The top-three finishers from both the Grade 1 American Oaks and Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap are among those entered to go nine grassy furlongs on Saturday in the Grade 1, $300,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/dmroaks12.html">Del Mar Oaks</a>. Ten sophomore fillies were entered in the race, which will feature a nice match-up between American Oaks winner Lady of Shamrock and San Clemente heroine Eden's Moon.
Silver Max will look to cement his standing atop the three-year-old turf division when he lines up for the Grade 1, $500,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/secretariat12"> Secretariat Stakes</a>, one of four premier turf stakes races on Saturday's International Festival of Racing program at Arlington Park. Installed as the 9-5 favorite on the morning line, Silver Max could face a stiff domestic challenge from the likes of Summer Front, Cozzetti and Finnegans Wake, and must also overcome a couple of quality European invaders in Bayrir and Daddy Long Legs.
Phipps Stable homebred Point of Entry has captured his last three races in easy fashion, but has never been favored in 12 trips to the post thus far. That could all change on Saturday as the Shug McGaughey trainee heads a field of nine entered in the Grade 1, $600,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/sworddancer12.html"> Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes</a> going 1 1/2 miles on Saratoga's inner turf.
Championship honors are still up for grabs among the sophomore filly division, but the picture could become a bit clearer on Saturday when seven line up in the Grade 1, $600,000 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/alabama12.html">Alabama Stakes</a> going 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga.
One year after European invader Cape Blanco ran away with the Grade 1, $1 million <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/million12"> Arlington Million</a>, the home defense for Saturday's renewal of Arlington Park's 1 1/4-mile grass fixture looks a tad stronger while the foreign contingent appears slightly less menacing. The Million anchors Arlington's International Festival of Racing which includes two other Grade 1 events -- the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brisnet.com/edgeped/beverlyd12">Beverly D.</a> for fillies and mares and the Secretariat for three-year-olds.
Acclamation came out of a Monday gallop with a slight swelling in the area of the left front ankle that will prevent a title defense in the $1 million, Grade 1 Pacific Classic on August 26, according to owner/breeder E.W. "Bud" Johnston.
Siro's Trattoria at the Lodge announced Wednesday that last Thursday's fundraising dinner featuring 12-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion Mariano Rivera raised more than six figures to support the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.themarianoriverafoundation.org">Mariano Rivera Foundation</a>.
Fresh from his first win since taking the Resorts World New York Casino Wood Memorial (gr. I) in April 2011, Toby's Corner returns in the $150,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 18 at Monmouth Park.
Acclamation came out of an Aug. 13 gallop with slight swelling in his left front ankle which owner E.W. "Bud" Johnston said will prevent a title defense in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) Aug. 26.
Commercial breeders and pinhookers found the going tougher at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale as prices and profits declined from a year ago.
Running Stag, a globe-trotting son of Cozzene who competed in many top races, died at stud in South Korea in June after suffering from an unspecified illness.
Curlin winner Street Life and Grade 2 Jim Dandy runner-up Neck n' Neck were pronounced in fine form Wednesday morning by their respective connections after the two worked Tuesday in preparation for the Grade 1, $1 million Travers on August 25.
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The average price at the 2012 Northern California Yearling Sale jumped by 50% over last year during the ninth annual event Aug. 14 at Pleasanton's Alameda County Fairgrounds.
Canterbury Park has earned re-accreditation from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety and Integrity Alliance.
The Maryland Jockey Club on Wednesday unveiled a new logo for Laurel Race Course.
New York lawmaker John Bonacic is opening the door to permitting more casinos in the state than the maximum of seven facilities being eyed by the governor and the legislature.
Grade 1 winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Bodemeister, unraced since his neck second in the Preakness Stakes, will undergo diagnostic tests at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, this week, co-owner Ahmed Zayat tweeted Wednesday morning. The three-year-old Empire Maker colt has been shipped from Bob Baffert's barn in Southern California to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, for his appointment Thursday.
The grade I Woodward Stakes, one of the most prestigious races in the country, is an enticing lure for Wise Dan, and has history backing it up.
Santa Anita has announced a 28-event stakes schedule worth over $4 million in purses for its 24-day Autumn Meet which begins September 28. The meet offers one of the world's most lucrative stakes programs which will be keynoted by six Grade 1 "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup prep stakes, five of which will be run on September 29, with the remaining Grade 1 event to be run October 6.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's (TOBA) 27th Annual National Awards Dinner will be held on September 7 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
Grade I winner Bodemeister has been sent to WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.,and will be evaluated by Dr. Larry Bramlage of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in the coming days, WinStar president Elliott Walden confirmed.
This year's Albany Law School Institute on Racing and Gaming Law devoted a full day to matters of equine health, focusing primarily on Thoroughbred retirement and aftercare.
Brereton Jones' homebred Believe You Can, who had been working toward a start in the Aug. 18 Alabama Stakes (gr. I), will instead be given some time off at Jones' Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky.
A new round of night life has ushered in the meet's second half, replacing such tonier musings as black-tie affairs, over-priced fundraisers, and Hall of Fame ceremonies.
Saskatchewan and other regions of Western Canada are in the midst of the largest equine infectious anemia (EIA) outbreak the area has seen in years, involving more than 70 horses and 22 different properties thus far in 2012. In response, two veterinarians discussed the importance of disease surveillance in controlling--and possibly even eradicating--the d...
