Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
After reaching short-term agreements with 11 of the province's 17 racetracks to continue live racing for 2013, the Ontario government is ready to map out a long-term plan for the industry.
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Demystifying Medications Part II (Video)
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
In part II of this series, correspondent Natalie Voss discusses the Corticosteroids and Procaine Penicillin with Dr. Peter Morresey of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and trainer Dale Romans.
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Preakness Coverage Begins May 17 on HRRN
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Horse Racing Radio Network, a Lexington-based broadcast organization, announced May 14 they will provide eight hours of Preakness Stakes (gr. I) coverage live from Pimlico Race Course beginning Friday, May 17.
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Slideshow: The Week in Photos for 5/5/2013
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Orb, Goldencents, Itsmyluckyday, Verxina, Rafael Bejarano, Monmouth, Woodbine and more!
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Analysis: Finding a Match for Black Caviar
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
by Anne PetersBlack Caviar raced from ages 2 to 6 with 25 starts, and was never beaten. She's just been retired, and thoughts now turn to which stallion her owners will send her to in the upcoming breeding season.
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Feeding Racehorses
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Dr. Scott Palmer describes a typical racehorse feeding regimen.
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Oracle to Manage Donegal’s Operations
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
Donegal Racing president Jerry Crawford has announced that Oracle Bloodstock will now manage all of the bloodstock and racing operations of Donegal Racing.
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Australian Owner, Trainer Face Charges
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
One of Australia's top Thoroughbred horse trainers and a prominent owner have been charged in relation to a race at Sydney's Randwick racecourse when a second favorite placed second-last in a race.
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Strength in All Categories at Barretts Sale
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
A son of Into Mischief sold for $320,000 to top the Barretts May 2-year-old sale that saw increases in all categories. A total of 85 juveniles averaged $56,079, an increase of 29.6% over last year.
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Spring Cleaning? Don’t forget Sheath Cleaning
Blood-Horse | 7 days ago
The coming of spring is, in some ways, a rebirth. It's the time when many horse owners dig out their grooming supplies and clippers and breathe fresh life into their furry charges (aka, the Spring Cleaning Frenzy). Some owners have "The Frenzy" down to a science, but others might forget to clean of one of the darkest—and possibly dirti...
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Singapore Profiles – Singapore Turf Club Tour
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Race Caller Craig Evans gives us an exciting behind the scenes tour of all the facilities for horses, trainers, and media at the Singapore Turf Club.
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Singapore Profiles – Senior VP Tze Ming Soong
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Tze Ming Soong, Senior Vice President, talks about how racing has developed in Singapore to what it is today and what the Singapore Turf Club has to offer.
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Orb Works Sharp Half-Mile for Preakness
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Orb turned in a quick half-mile work in :47 1/5 at Belmont Park May 13 and was scheduled to ship to Pimlico Race Course later in the morning.
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Singapore Profiles – Race Caller Craig Evans
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Craig Evans has been the race caller on track for the past twelve years at the Singapore Turf Club and gives us an insight.
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Wende Stone Bell, 56, Dies
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Wende Stone Bell, 56, wife of Darley America president Jimmy Bell, passed away peacefully May 9 at home surrounded by her family.
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Marylander Phillip Capuano Dies
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Maryland horsemen and longtime Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association director Phillip Capuano died May 10, at the age of 80 according to the MTHA.
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Into Mischief Colts brings $320k at Barretts
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
A colt by Into Mischief, out of group II winner Smolensk, brings a final bid of $320,000 from trainer Bob Baffert to top the early portion of the Barretts May sale May 13 in Pomona, Calif.
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Into Mischief Colt Brings $320K at Barretts
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
A colt by Into Mischief out of group II winner Smolensk brings a final bid of $320,000 from trainer Bob Baffert to top the early portion of the Barretts May sale May 13 in Pomona, Calif.
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Preakness: Orb Is In the House
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Orb, the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner, made his way to Baltimore May 13 after a morning workout at Belmont Park, and is bedded down in Stall 40 at Pimlico, the traditional home of the Derby winner.
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Report: O’Callaghan Dies at Age 77
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Noel O'Callaghan, best known in the U.S. for acting as agent in the yearling purchase of A.P. Indy, has died, reports Racing Post. O'Callaghan died May 12 in Dublin. He was 77.
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2013 NETWA HOF Class Elected
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Trainer Tim Hills; New England-bred champion Ask Queenie and her owner/breeder Lloyd Lockhart; jockey Leroy Moyers; and publicity director Bob Varey are the newly-elected members of the New England Turf Writers Hall of Fame.
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Consumer Alert From Blood-Horse Publications
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Unauthorized companies are contacting customers of Blood-Horse Publications about placing orders.
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NBC Plans 6 1/2 Hours of Preakness Coverage
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Fresh off the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) that generated strong ratings, NBC plans 6 1/2 hours of Preakness Stakes (gr. I) coverage beginning May 17.
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Govenor Charlie Zips; Oxbow Works
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Zipping over the Churchill Downs main track the morning of May 13, Mike Pegram homebred Govenor Charlie breezed six furlongs in 1:10 4/5 in his final preparation for a possible start in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
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Kreiser Saddles 1,000th Career Winner
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Mid-Atlantic-based trainer Timothy Kreiser picked up the 1,000th victory of his career Sunday, May 12 when he saddled Tiempo Libre to victory in the fifth race at Parx Racing.
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Mylute, Will Take Charge in Preakness Works
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Mylute and Will Take Charge, the respective fifth- and eighth-place finishers in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), breezed at Churchill Downs May 13 in their final preparations for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
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PNGI Submits Plan for Rosecroft Casino in MD
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Penn National Gaming Inc. has submitted a formal proposal to build a $700 million casino and resort on the grounds of Rosecroft Raceway, a harness track located just south of Washington, D.C., in Prince George's County, Md.
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New York Gaming Commission Taking Shape
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
More than a year after it was created by law, the New York Gaming Commission is getting closer to having board members in place who can fully run the new agency.
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New Method for Scoring Sweat Losses in Horses Proposed
Blood-Horse | 8 days ago
Warm summer weather is just around the corner, which means many owners will be hosing sweaty horses after exercise on a regular basis. But how much sweat are you rinsing down the drain after each ride? The National Research Council and German Society for Nutrition Physiology's current estimation methods depend on the amount of work the horse performs,...
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Black-Eyed Susan: A Soft Spot for Emollient?
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Emollient, nine-length winner of the Ashland Stakes (gr. I) in April, is the 9-5 favorite in a field of nine 3-year-old fillies entered in the $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.
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Haskin’s Preakness Report: Family Plot
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
History, it is said, repeats itself, and it will do just that in the 138th Preakness Stakes.
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Ben’s Cat Heads Pimlico’s Friday Undercard
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Popular Ben's Cat will run in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint Stakes for the third straight time on the undercard for this year's Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (gr. II) program May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.
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After the Wire – Peter Pan Stakes
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Evan Hammonds recaps the effort of Freedom Child in the Peter Pan Stakes and digs up some Triple Crown history from Freedom Child's 2012 racing career.
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Last Gunfighter Invades for Pimlico Special
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
John Gunther's Last Gunfighter, who has won five in a row since his maiden victory last October, will invade Maryland and face mostly locally based horses in the $300,000 Pimlico Special (gr. III) May 1.
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Alpha Bettor Guts Out Eclipse Stakes Victory
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Alpha Bettor, making his first start of the year, upset 2-5 pick Delegation with a late surge along the inside for Justin Stein in a fast renewal of the $197,961 Eclipse Stakes (Can-II) May 12 on the Polytrack at Woodbine.
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Orb Gallops; No Workout for Goldencents
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Stuart Janney III and Phipps Stable's Orb visited the Belmont Park paddock before galloping 1 1/2 miles on a sloppy surface May 12 and remained on schedule to ship to Maryland May 13.
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Departing Preps for Preakness in Easy Breeze
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Illinois Derby (gr. III) winner Departing worked a half-mile in :50 2/5 over a fast track at Churchill Downs the morning of May 12 in preparation for the Preakness Stakes (gr. I).
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Itsmyluckyday Breezes Half-Mile at Monmouth
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Itsmyluckyday worked a half-mile on the drying-out Monmouth Park main track in :47 1/5 between the third and fourth races May 12 as he prepares for his next start in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico Race Course.
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Normandy Invasion Will Skip Preakness
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Rick Porter, owner of Normandy Invasion, said May 12 the Tapit colt will not compete in the upcoming Preakness Stakes (gr. I) in favor of a summer campaign instead.
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Vedelago Passes Distance Test at Capannelle
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Vedelago won the Premio Presidente della Repubblica GBI Racing (Ity-I), topping a three-horse finish for trainer Stefano Botti May 12 at Capannelle Racecourse.
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Flotilla Strikes in Return to Take Pouliches
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Flotilla, the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf (gr. IT) winner, caught Esoterique in the closing strides and won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (Fr-I, French One Thousand Guineas) May 12 at Longchamp.
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Style Vendome Stretches Out to Win Poulains
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
In a rousing finish in the first classic of the French season, Style Vendome tallied a fifth consecutive win by a neck in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Fr-I), or French Two Thousand Guineas, May 12 at Longchamp.
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Verxina Lands Elusive Group I Win in Japan
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Four times second at the group I level in 2012, Verxina finally broke through in the Victoria Mile (Jpn-I) May 12 at Tokyo Racecourse when holding off the strong late charge of Whale Capture to prevail by a nose.
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Barretts Sees Strong Momentum for May Sale
Blood-Horse | 9 days ago
Coming off a March sale that jumped more than 30% in average, Barretts offers a catalog of 142 juveniles plus a catalog supplement of another 13 for its May 2-year-old sale in Pomona, Calif. The sale is May 13.
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Bejarano Rolls to 3,000th North American Win
Blood-Horse | 10 days ago
Jockey Rafael Bejarano earned the 3,000th North American victory of his career when 1-2 favorite Ondine rolled to an easy victory in the first race May 11 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Demonstrative Nips Divine Fortune in Iroquois
Blood-Horse | 10 days ago
Jacqueline Ohrstrom's Demonstrative edged past Divine Fortune at the finish line to win the $150,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Steeplechase (NSA-I) by a head May 11 at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.
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Charlie Em Makes Early Move to Steal Senorita
Blood-Horse | 10 days ago
Charlie Em made a brilliant United States debut when she held off 3-5 favorite Scarlet Strike by a head in the $100,500 Senorita Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Betfair Hollywood Park May 11.
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Monmouth Has Successful Opener Despite Rain
Blood-Horse | 10 days ago
Monmouth Park kicked off its 68th season of Thoroughbred racing May 11 with an enthusiastic crowd of 9,636 on hand despite monsoon-like weather. The New Jersey track reported a hefty increase in handle over last year.
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Northern Calif. Trainer Skip Retherford Dies
Blood-Horse | 10 days ago
N.J. (Skip) Retherford, who trained Thoroughbreds in California from 1968 to 1993, died May 10 after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 82.
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Freedom Child Wins Peter Pan; Belmont Next
Blood-Horse | 10 days ago
Everything finally went right for Freedom Child May 11 at Belmont Park. Romping in the slop by 13 1/4 lengths to take the $200,000 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II), he punched his ticket to the June 8 Belmont (gr. I).
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