National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Asbury Ave was declared the winner of the second race at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., Wednesday after a stewards inquiry and two jockey claims of foul stemming from an incident in the stretch that...
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Belmont Unplugged: Without Fans, The Essence Of The Sport Was Absent
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
I am proud to say I have covered every Belmont Stakes since 1998. I watched in awe as American Pharoah emphatically ended a 37-year Triple Crown drought and the roar of a Belmont Park crowd capped at...
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Belmont History: Edward Brown Went From Slave To Jockey To Trainer To Owner In A Lifetime
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Our readers here at the Paulick Report seem to love a good lookback at horse racing history. In considering the best subjects for our 2020 Triple Crown coverage, this seemed like a good time to make...
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Not This Time, Speightster Join Exclusive Club With Seven-Figure Juveniles
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The reconfigured racing and auction calendar has allowed freshman sires to emerge simultaneously as leaders on the racetrack and in the auction ring, and the two stallions who have best grasped the...
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Lamoreaux: ‘Cripple Crown’ Or Not, There Is Nothing Like The Belmont
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Something is glaringly missing in all the conjecture about this year's so-called Triple Crown – the energy and the engrained memories that all you “improvers of the breed” bring to the sport. When...
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Florida Farm Time Capsule: Rosemere Farm Paved The Way For Ocala’s Thoroughbred Industry
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The road to Thoroughbred commerce in Florida goes through Ocala, and it fittingly took a construction man to lay down the asphalt. Born on a Draft Horse farm in Indiana, Carl G. Rose found his...
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View From The Eighth Pole: Sad State Of Affairs At Once-Mighty Arlington Park
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
T.V. Lark, Ridan, Candy Spots, Tosmah, Tom Rolfe, Buckpasser, Dr. Fager, Exclusive Native and Ack Ack. Those are the winners in consecutive years in the 1960s of what was then one of the biggest...
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PR Special OBS Spring Sale: Where The Ocala Thoroughbred Industry Got Its Start
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS EDITION OF THE PR SPECIAL Day two of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale is underway, and the Paulick Report's PR Special is in the hands of...
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Horse Racing’s FBI: A Look Back At The Old Days Of The Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
When more than two dozen people, including top trainers Jorge Navarro and Jason Servis were indicted in connection with doping racehorses earlier this year, many people saw it as proof that racing...
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PR Special OBS Spring Sale: Flipping The Switch On The Juvenile Auction Season
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS EDITION OF THE PR SPECIAL The Thoroughbred auction market will hit the reset button this week during the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale after a...
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Ask Ray: Thoroughbreds At Hialeah, Missing NHC Qualifier Tracks And Split Sample Testing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
In the latest installment of Ask Ray, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick discusses the chances of a Thoroughbred racing revival at Hialeah Park in South Florida, along with the future of Calder...
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Summer Of Survival: Saratoga Businesses Brace For Horse Racing Season Without Fans
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Nothing can be more disturbing for a real estate agent than the sound of silence. At a time of year when veteran realtor Scott Varley is accustomed to receiving a steady stream of inquiries about...
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View From The Eighth Pole: So Much To Look Forward To
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Finally, some clarity. Having a Belmont Stakes at the shortened distance of 1 1/8 miles to kick off horse racing's Triple Crown on June 20 may not be what most people want, but it's what they get. As...
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Ask Ray: Deleted Comments, Dark Tapeta And Missing Fractions
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
“Why do you delete my comments for speaking the truth? What is your problem with the truth?” So asks a Paulick Report reader in the latest installment of Ask Ray. Publisher Ray Paulick...
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Commentary: Horse Racing’s Chance Of A Lifetime
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the greatest advantage for horse racing above all other sports in the U.S.: interstate online wagering. Other sports do not have a similarly significant...
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Favorite Five: Natalie Voss’ Favorite Races Of All Time
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, we at the Paulick Report are aware that those under stay-at-home orders are starting to suffer from cabin fever. It's a stressful time and sometimes you just need...
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Ask Ray: Workout Designations, DRF Mystery, Arizona ADW And Edgar Prado
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
In the latest installment of Ask Ray, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick answers questions from readers on several topics, and it's apparent from his responses that he's a little edgy after being...
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Lamoreaux – The Verdict Is In: Secretariat Vs. Citation
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
After all these years, it was finally going to be decided — the biggest question that shedrows across America have been debating since one Revolutionary farmer said to his neighbor, “I'll bet my...
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How A Cancelled Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale Changed The Bloodstock Industry’s Playing Field
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Fasig-Tipton's decision to consolidate its 2020 select yearling sales into a single Kentucky auction and forego trade in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., due to the COVID-19 pandemic is historic, but it's not...
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Commentary: Racing Has a New Set of Wagering Customers, But Now What?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Some of you might have read the USA Today Network story about horse racing this week. The piece highlighted some pretty impressive statistics related to the broadcast and marketing of the limited...
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COVID-19 Update: Talks And Proposals But No Resumption Of Racing In Kentucky, California Or New York
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Thoroughbred racing remains on hold in three of the most important circuits in the United States, and despite discussions between track and government...
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‘We Need To Get In The Game’: McIngvale Urges Racing To Embrace Lower Takeout, Millennials’ Thirst For Sports Betting Action
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Jim McIngvale, aka Mattress Mack, is a legendary Houston, Texas, furniture store owner who's brought his unique brand of marketing to the Thoroughbred world. If you're not familiar with his...
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Ask Ray: Starting Gate Questions And Camel Races?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The inbox was flooded with questions after the first Ask Ray video feature was published, and this week – unlike his maiden voyage – Ray has come up with actual answers to questions from Paulick...
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Grasso, Three Others Enter Not Guilty Pleas; Feds Outline Volume Of Discovery In Doping Investigation
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Four men arrested March 9 as part of the federal government's racehorse doping investigation pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a telephonic arraignment conducted by District Court Judge P. Kevin...
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Santa Anita Hoping On-Site ‘Jockey Colony,’ Other COVID-19 Protocols Will Lead To Racing Resumption
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Santa Anita Park officials are hoping to get word early this week from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the county's Department of Public of Health on whether racing can resume at the...
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Introducing Ask Ray: Impertinent Answers To Important Questions
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
In a new video feature being introduced today, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick tries to answer questions that readers have submitted using the “Ask Ray” button at the top of the...
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‘A Renewed Faith In Humanity’: Turf Paradise Horsemen Pull Together To Feed Horses
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
It's hard to find a bright spot in the COVID-19 crisis, but trainer Cynthia George says the racing community at Turf Paradise has provided it for her. Horsemen at Turf Paradise have been in a state...
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‘McMillions,’ ‘The Scheme’ Give Inside Peek At FBI Investigations
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Two recent documentaries from HBO shed some light on how the Federal Bureau of Investigation operates, something that's of increasing interest to people in racing because of the federal indictments...
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Favorite Five: Joe Nevills’ Favorite Races Of All Time
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Social media has produced a seemingly never-ending list of conversation starters to pass the time during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting users to share their favorite horses, races, stories, photos,...
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View From The Eighth Pole: With Doping Scandal, Racing Itself Will Be On Trial
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Innocent until proven guilty. That mantra is at the heart of the American criminal justice system, whether we're talking about someone holding a smoking gun while standing over a dead body or a...
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Foal Patrol Providing Quarantine Boredom Buster And Education In One Cute Package
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
As horse racing fans begin a new week of quarantine, and as the weekend that was meant to open Keeneland has come and gone quietly, many of us are growing more desperate to see live images of...
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19 Defendants Enter Not Guilty Pleas in Doping Case; Government Outlines ‘Voluminous’ Evidence
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Thoroughbred trainers Jason Servis and Jorge Navarro were among 19 defendants in a Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing doping scandal who pleaded not guilty on federal charges in an arraignment and...
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‘We’re In Survival Mode’: Economic Impact Of COVID-19 Already Hitting Racing Hard
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Although it feels like months or years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, it has been just 18 days since the first racetracks announced they would host racing without...
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The Friday Show Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Bloodstock Market Impact
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the daily lives of people around the world and virtually every industry has felt the impact of COVID-19 and the measures taken to combat the deadly outbreak....
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Nebraska Tracks Offer Short-Term Help For Laid Off Employees, But Face Long-Term Challenges From COVID-19
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Though they are a necessary part of the social distancing measures recommended to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, the mandated limits on gatherings and the ensuing closures of racetracks and OTBs around...
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For ‘Big Jim,’ A Simple Act Of Kindness Capped Off Lifelong Affair With Horse Racing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Editor's Note: With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Paulick Report asked our readers for stories of the hope and resilience that run through the Thoroughbred industry, demonstrating that...
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E Z’s Gentleman Called Into A New Service Helping Veterans With Remount Foundation
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Underperforming stallions move to regional markets with regularity once the breeding season ends, but few stand to make the kind of impact on society that E Z's Gentleman could upon moving to...
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‘Not Just Upset But Mad’: Last-Minute Dubai World Cup Cancellation Frustrates Horsemen
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The news of the Dubai World Cup cancellation, announced less than a week before the $12 million race scheduled for March 28, was exceptionally frustrating for the horsemen who'd traveled thousands of...
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Gorajec: New Jersey’s Official Testing Lab Admits Error, But Questions Remain
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
This is one of those instances where it's better late than never. Recently, I wrote a piece about the unfairness of trainer Glenn Thompson's ongoing disciplinary travails for Horse Racing Reform...
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More Than Just A Pretty Face: The Saga Of Genetic Anomaly RFR The Iceman
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Very little about RFR The Iceman has been by the book. The striking gray Arabian stallion defied genetics when he was born with sabino overo markings and two piercing blue eyes outlined in black. He...
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COVID-19 Fallout: Aqueduct Suspends, California Governor Issues ‘Stay At Home’ Order, Jockeys Taking Time Off, Trainers, TVG Personnel Go Into ‘Self Quarantine’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Like many other days since COVID-19, or coronavirus, was deemed a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, a series of events rocked the horse racing world from coast to coast on...
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Evans Family Rallies Sunland Park Horsemen To Help Community During COVID-19 Pandemic
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Racing in New Mexico has come to a screeching halt until at least April 24 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but even under such delicate circumstances, many of the track's horsemen and women have given...
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COVID-19: In Shadow Of Twin Spires, Ministry’s Commitment To Neighborhood Children Continues
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The big news in the Thoroughbred racing world on Tuesday was the decision by Churchill Downs Inc. to change the date of the Kentucky Derby from the first Saturday in May to the first Saturday in...
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No Kentucky Derby In May? It Won’t Be First Time Racing Has Coped With Major Interruption
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
In keeping with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Churchill Downs confirmed this week the Kentucky Derby will not take place on the first Saturday in May, but will...
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California Foundation For Children, Ex-Racehorses Turns COVID-19 Home Time Into Video Project
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
With most kids out of school indefinitely due to the coronavirus, there's a need to keep them occupied. The Square Peg Foundation, which employs ex-racehorses as therapy animals for children on the...
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PR Special OBS March Sale: Which Horses Have Taught You Most About Life?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Whatever the 2-year-old auction season of 2020 is going to be, it all starts at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. March Sale Of 2-Year-Olds In Training, and the Paulick Report's presence is there with...
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Runhappy Owner McIngvale Organizes Drives To Feed Houston’s Elderly, Children Through COVID-19 Pandemic
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
Jim McIngvale, best known in the horse racing sphere as the owner of champion sprinter and young stallion Runhappy, has gotten good at answering the call when his hometown of Houston, Texas, needs...
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Gary West: Maximum Security To Undergo Thorough Medical Examination, New Round Of Drug Tests
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The following statement was provided by Thoroughbred owner and breeder Gary West, who bred and co-owns Maximum Security, Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old male of 2019 whose victory in the world's...
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Commentary: Indictments Show Horse Racing’s Existing Regulatory System Is Not Working
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
It came as no surprise and, in fact, it was expected that in the wake of the recent arrests by the FBI the long line of individuals and organizations entrenched in their defense of the status quo...
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The Friday Show Presented By The Maryland Jockey Club: Fallout From Federal Indictments?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 4 years ago
The U.S. horse racing industry was jolted this week with the federal indictments of 28 people allegedly involved in more than one scheme to illegally dope racehorses. In this edition of The Friday...
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