The West Virginia Racing Commission announced it willhire an equine medical director, establish a medical review board, and take other equine-safety steps.
The catalog for December’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed sale is now available online, with a supplement of horses of racing age to follow.
Laurel Park’s City of Laurel and Safely Kept Stakes, for 3-year-olds and 3-year-old fillies, are “Win and In” events for a pair of Santa Anita Grade 1s.
Dropping out of Grade 2 company, Minit to Stardom shot through a hole at the rail and cruised to an easy allowance score Friday at Laurel Park.
Excluded from the Breeders’ Cup, Miss J McKay will instead try her hand in the $100k Stewart Manor Stakes at Aqueduct on Sunday.
Minit to Stardom, a Grade 2 winner on the dirt who also owns a Laurel turf course record, returns to action in a Laurel Park allowance Friday.
The racetrack vets association (NAARV) called for changes such as the elimination of maiden claiming rules and improved technology to advance equine safety.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced today that it had granted accreditation to 40 organizations around the country that provide homes and retraining for retired racehorses.
With a win in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, Bricks and Mortar remained at the head of the class in the final NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2019.
Trainer Graham Motion skipped bigger races to run Sharing in the Selima at Laurel, which paid off when she won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.