Horse Racing

Lucinda Russell’s Corach Rambler won the 2023 Grand National Champion trainer Lucinda Russell has welcomed changes being made to the Grand National as she believes it will make the race “that little bit safer”. One horse died in this year’s race, which was delayed by 14 minutes after a protest by animal rights activists. The

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Associated Press Oct 12, 2023, 06:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes, taking effect next year, in an effort to make the world’s most famous steeplechase safer for horses and jockeys. They include reducing the field from 40 horses — the size since 1984

New Vocations, the largest racehorse adoption agency in the country, has received its first pledge which was made by MGISW Arcangelo’s (Arrogate) trainer Jena Antonucci and owner Jon Ebbert of Blue Rose Farm, the organization said in a release Wednesday morning. This is the 14th annual Breeders’ Cup Pledge, in which connections of Breeders’ Cup

2023 E.P. Taylor Stakes 2023 E.P. Taylor Stakes Date: 10/08/2023 The distaff counterpart to the Canadian International, run about an hour before the main event, is the $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1) for older fillies and mares also going 1 1/4 miles on the Taylor course at Woodbine. Conditions were typical for Thanksgiving weekend in

2023 Canadian International 2023 Canadian International Results Date: 10/08/2023 The $750,000 Canadian International (G1) features top older horses going 1 1/4 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course at Woodbine. The race has historically been run at 1 1/2 miles but was shortened this year for it’s return after a two year hiatus due to

Oct. 7—Rye’s David McDuffee did not want to give up on her. After his filly, Bella Bellini, had a forgetful 2-year-old season on the harness racing circuit, his trainer, Nifty Norman, suggested McDuffee cut his losses and sell Bellini. To Norman’s surprise, McDuffee gave Bellini another shot. McDuffee has learned as a horse owner that

Two veterinarians have been provisionally suspended by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) for possession of bisphosphonates, the controversial drug for treatment of bone degeneration issues that has long bedeviled horse racing regulators due to its ability to stay in the system for years, and it’s propensity to potentially weaken bones if misused. It

Four horses have died at Golden Gate Fields in the San Francisco Bay Area in the past two weeks, California Horse Racing Board spokesperson Mike Marten told CNN on Tuesday. Two of the horses, a 5- and 6-year-old, were euthanized on October 1 and September 25 after they suffered musculoskeletal injuries from racing and exercising,

Mareworthy Charities, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and caring for retired Thoroughbred broodmares, is participating in the Community & Cause voting campaign, hosted by Field & Main Bank. The campaign offers the organization an opportunity to secure a $20,000 prize, directly benefitting the care and support of the Thoroughbred mares already in their

2023 Woodward Stakes Day 2023 Woodward Stakes Day Zandon returns after winning the 2023 Woodward Stakes with jockey Flavien Prat aboard. Date: 10/01/2023 The highlight race on Sunday at Aqueduct’s “Belmont at the Big A” meeting is the $400,000 Woodward Stakes (G2) for older horses going 1 1/8 miles, one complete lap of the main

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Four-time leading sire Into Mischief, who has broken records with 15 seven-figure yearlings to sell this year, will head the Spendthrift Farm stallion roster once again for 2024, the Central Kentucky farm announced Thursday afternoon. Into Mischief will stand for $250,000 S&N in 2024, identical to his advertised fee for 2023. Into Mischief is currently

Associated Press Sep 26, 2023, 12:38 PM ET New legislation set to be introduced in Congress would dismantle the year-old national authority in charge of regulating safety and medication in horse racing and replace it with an organization backers say would allow for the safe treatment of horses and address concerns about doping. The Racehorse

2023 Mohawk Million Night Results 2023 Mohawk Million Results Driver David Miller celebrates with the trophy after winning the Mohawk Million. Dateline: 09/23/2023 Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park featured the fourth running of the $1 million Mohawk Million, a 1 mile trot for 2-year-olds around 2 turns of the 7/8 mile oval in Campbellville,

The afternoon’s graded stakes action at Parx kicked off most appropriately with the flashy grey Next (Not This Time) annexing the GIII Greenwood Cup S. and it didn’t take long for the grey train to continue with Nobody Listen (Conveyance) taking the GIII Turf Monster S. With the remnants of Tropical storm Ophelia cranking, keeping

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Every week, the TDN publishes a roundup of key official rulings from the primary tracks within the four major racing jurisdictions of California, New York, Florida and Kentucky. Here’s a primer on how each of these jurisdictions adjudicates different offenses, what they make public (or not) and where. The TDN also posts a roundup of