National Headlines | Paulick Report | 13 hours ago
In the days leading up to Saturday’s Preakness, Orb seemed to morph from Kentucky Derby winner into a mythical creature with wings. In the eyes of many, he would fly past the Preakness field...
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At 77, Lukas Still Running Them and Still Winning
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 2 days ago
D. Wayne Lukas didn’t get 14 Triple Crown race victories by sitting on the sidelines. He’s always believed in running his horses, sometimes to a fault. That’s how he racked up all those money titles...
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Stevens, Oxbow Go Wire to Wire, Upset Preakness
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 3 days ago
There will be no Triple Crown winner in 2013. Under 50-year-old jockey Gary Stevens, Oxbow led the 138th running of Saturday’s $1-million Preakness Stakes throughout and defeated Itsmyluckyday...
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Preakness Alibi Breakfast: ‘He’ll Have to Run Down Us’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 5 days ago
It started with a cup of coffee in the late 1930′s. On the porch of the historic Pimlico Clubhouse, a group of trainers, owners, and dignitaries gathered in the mornings to tout the merits of...
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Addiction: No Longer a Threat to Racing’s Integrity?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 6 days ago
A quarter-century ago, 54 racetracks had on-track treatment programs to address addictions on the racetrack, principally in the stable areas where employees both live and work. Today, only a few of...
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The Big Muddy: Fair Grounds Turf Course ‘Broken’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 days ago
The Louisiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association is asking the Louisiana Racing Commission to conduct a review of the turf course at Fair Grounds racecourse in New Orleans, following a...
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New York Claiming Rule Still Needs Revision
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 days ago
After months of delay it’s good to see New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is finally appointing members to the New York State Gaming Commission created last year to replace the now dissolved State Racing and...
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Breeders’ Cup Reaches Critical Juncture
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 12 days ago
With recent resignations of two of the 13 members from the board of directors over policy and philosophical differences, it’s clear the Breeders’ Cup has been sailing in some choppy waters lately....
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Reflections on a First Derby Experience
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 12 days ago
I’m pretty sure I’ve been watching the Kentucky Derby on television my whole life. My mom plopped me in front of it as a toddler to keep me quiet, and had no idea what she started. The first...
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RIP Hollywood Park: Land ‘Simply Has a Higher and Better Use’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 12 days ago
We all knew the end was near, but officials with Bay Meadows Land Co., the real estate development operation that owns Betfair Hollywood Park, have made it official: There will be no more live racing...
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Gulfstream Lands Year-Round Simulcast Rights; Calder Appeals
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 13 days ago
As Gulfstream Park and Calder racetrack get closer to their South Florida showdown, the state’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering has given the green light for Gulfstream to run one day, June...
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A Camera in Every Stall? Merging Derby Security and Marketing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 15 days ago
It’s hard to imagine making the Kentucky Derby a much more popular event than it is already, but I have an idea that could lead to increased public interest in the competing horses, heighten the...
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Persistence Pays for Derby-Winning Connections
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 16 days ago
Persistent rain and temperatures in the mid-50s couldn’t put a damper on this Kentucky Derby. More than 150,000 turned out, millions more tuned in – the biggest television viewing audience since 1992...
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The Bomb-Sniffing Handicapper: Derby Day
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 18 days ago
On Kentucky Oaks day, instead of pink, I saw mostly red. Sniffing out longshots can be a perilous business, and the bomb-sniffer was in a great deal of peril Friday, with none of my finds making a...
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The Bomb-Sniffing Handicapper: Oaks Day
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 19 days ago
I’ll admit, I have a pretty good gig. I only work a few days a year. I’m called into duty on the big racing days to make sure we don’t ignore the longshots who might otherwise slip...
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Medication Oversight: Clean Sport Should Be the Goal
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 20 days ago
There is no grander event in American horse racing than the Kentucky Derby, and it is critically important for the Derby to have a fair and level playing field for every one of its participants. It...
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Derby Workouts: What Do You Look For?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 22 days ago
A horse’s past performances are only one aspect of assessing his chances of winning the Kentucky Derby. It’s also important to see how the contenders perform in morning workouts and...
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Heller: Horse Slaughter Ban ‘Right Around the Corner’?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 23 days ago
As the days dwindle down to America’s race on the first Saturday of May, industry leaders convened at the Equine Advocates’ American Equine Summit in Chatham, N.Y., April 27-28, to ensure that one...
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Louisiana Exercise Rider Killed by Horse From Suspended Trainer’s Stable
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 25 days ago
Jess C. Meche, a 21-year-old exercise rider at Delta Downs racetrack in Vinton, La., died in a training accident on the evening of April 11. Meche, from Church Point, La., was killed when the Quarter...
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Zarooni and Cibelli: A Study in Contrasts
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 26 days ago
On Jan. 27, a veterinarian hired by Tampa Bay Downs to conduct pre-race soundness examinations walked into trainer Jane Cibelli’s barn and caught private vet Orlando Paraliticci allegedly injecting a...
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White Thoroughbreds: Genetically Mutant Snow Drops
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 27 days ago
The fields at Patchen Wilkes Farm are once again filled with a dozen new mares and foals, and as usual, a few of the farm’s trademark white horses are standing out like snowdrops against the green...
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Luck, Perseverance Made Storm Cat Horse of a Lifetime for Young
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 27 days ago
Whenever I got the phone call from Mary Agnes in William T. Young’s office, asking if I had time to stop by to chat, I knew I was in for an interesting afternoon. Young usually wanted to challenge me...
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High Anxiety in California
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 30 days ago
Can’t blame horsemen in California for having a little high anxiety. Bay Meadows Land Company bought Hollywood Park from Churchill Downs in 2005. The owner is a development company, not a racing...
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A (Not So Wild) Ride in a Jockey’s Stirrups
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 34 days ago
My favorite time of day at any racetrack has always been training hours. I’ve found myself in awe, if not plain envious, of the exercise riders and jockeys who pilot Thoroughbreds with apparent ease...
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Rodriguez Licensed in Kentucky, With Conditions
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 35 days ago
Rudy Rodriguez, the trainer of Kentucky Derby contender Vyjack, whose perfect 4-for-4 record ended when third to Verrazano in the Wood Memorial April 6, will be able to train the son of Into Mischief...
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California Post-Mortem Program Has Major Flaw
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 36 days ago
One year ago, horsemen in New York were facing a major crisis when state government and racing regulators demanded answers for the sudden increase in equine racing fatalities at Aqueduct racetrack....
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CHRB: No Spike in Sudden Equine Deaths
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 40 days ago
The California Horse Racing Board said the number of non-musculoskeletal sudden deaths of horses in racing and training at California racetracks has not spiked, contrary to an article published in...
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UPDATED: Cardiac Failure Fatalities Spike in California, Baffert Barn
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 41 days ago
What is causing a significant increase in sudden deaths by cardiac failure among horses at California racetracks, and why were traces of rodenticide, or rat poison, found in post-mortem toxicology...
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Penn National Anti-Slaughter Policy Put to Test
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 44 days ago
Officials with Hollywood Casino at Penn National are investigating whether a leading owner and his bloodstock manager may have violated the Grantville, Pa., track’s anti-slaughter policy after a...
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Extra Race Security Brings Confidence, Peace of Mind
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 48 days ago
You know the drill: shoes off, pockets empty, laptop out of the case. It’s what travelers have come to expect in the post-9/11 days of air travel in the United States. Transportation Security...
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The Jockey Workout: How Riders Get Fit After Injury
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 49 days ago
Following the advice of his doctors, Ramon Dominguez still hasn’t set a timetable for his return to the saddle following a skull injury sustained in a January 18 spill. Even after he’s declared...
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Cibelli Case: Two Months and Counting
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 51 days ago
It’s been nearly two months since veterinarian Orlando Paraliticci was banned from the Tampa Bay Downs premises by track management because of an incident that took place at the barn of trainer Jane...
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Sikura: Deal or No Deal?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 54 days ago
The following commentary was submitted by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm owner John G. Sikura I wish to preface this letter by saying that yes I stand stallions, own shares in outside stallions and breed to both...
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Nurse Mares: Four-Legged Mary Poppins to the Rescue
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 55 days ago
When veterinarians discovered a bacterial infection following exploratory abdominal surgery on champion race mare Rachel Alexandra, her 2013 Bernardini filly was immediately transferred to a nurse...
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Nurse Mares: Four-Legged Mary Poppins to the Rescue
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 55 days ago
When veterinarians discovered a bacterial infection following exploratory abdominal surgery on champion race mare Rachel Alexandra, her 2013 Bernardini filly was immediately transferred to a nurse...
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Nurse Mares: Four-Legged Mary Poppins to the Rescue
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 55 days ago
When veterinarians discovered a bacterial infection following exploratory abdominal surgery on champion race mare Rachel Alexandra, her 2013 Bernardini filly was immediately transferred to a nurse...
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Ness Fined for TCO2 Overage at Tampa: ‘It’s Taking the Fun Out of It’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 56 days ago
Tampa Bay Downs leading trainer Jamie Ness has been fined $2,000 and horses from his stable entered for the next 30 days at the Tampa-area track are required to be under 24-hour pre-race security...
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Grade 1 Sprints Have Shaped the Breed
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 58 days ago
As I was looking at my Hall of Fame ballot, specifically the past performances for Housebuster, the two-time sprint champion from the early 1990s, I noticed that one of his 15 victories came in the...
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West Virginia Cracks Down on ‘Program’ Trainers
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 62 days ago
Douglas Shanyfelt, currently the leading trainer at Mountaineer Park, has been suspended for one year by West Virginia Racing Commission stewards at Charles Town for his alleged role as a “program”...
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Ray’s Top Ten: Top 10 Reasons to Sue the Breeders’ Cup
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 63 days ago
But seriously, folks, has it really come to this? Threatening to sue the Breeders’ Cup because you don’t agree with the medication policy adopted by the organization’s board of directors two years...
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Oaklawn Diaries: Information Please?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 66 days ago
Oaklawn Park’s major Kentucky Derby prep is over, and multi-Derby-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas showed us how it’s done, finishing one-two in the all-important Rebel Stakes. The Paulick...
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Oaklawn Diaries: Rebel March Madness
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 66 days ago
It’s a picture perfect day in Hot Springs, Ark., as up to 40,000 people are expected at Oaklawn Park for the Rebel Stakes, featuring 11 potential Kentucky Derby contenders. With March Madness...
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Oaklawn Diaries: Shoe Polish, Daredevils, and Broken Bones
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 67 days ago
While jockey traditions and experiences might be fairly universal, the inside of each jocks’ room is filled with stories and experiences that are unique. At Oaklawn Park, riders are getting...
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Oaklawn Diaries: First ‘Impressions’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 68 days ago
The Paulick Report’s Ray Paulick and Scott Jagow have arrived in Hot Springs, Ark. to experience Oaklawn Park’s Rebel Stakes weekend and all that goes with it. For the first time this...
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Rock and a Hard Place: Behind the Breeders’ Cup Lasix Decision
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 72 days ago
Was it merely a change of heart that led the Breeders’ Cup board of directors to back away from their 2011 decision to ban race-day medication in all of its championship races beginning in 2013? Or...
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RIP Adalin Wichman, Creator of Eclipse Award Statue
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 72 days ago
Tributes and a full obituary will be forthcoming, but the Paulick Report has learned of the death on Sunday of the internationally acclaimed Kentucky artist Adalin Wichman. Among her many legacies is...
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Lose-Lose: ClassicStar Breeding Scam Still Claims IRS ‘Victims’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 75 days ago
In his playing days, former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski was known for laying out opponents with vicious hits, occasionally drawing fines for his brutality. Since his retirement, the 47-year-old...
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West Virginia Officials Widen Program Trainer Probe
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 77 days ago
Racing officials in West Virginia have scheduled a hearing on Saturday to look into allegations that Scooter Davis was using program trainers – including his father Billy Ray Davis and Douglas...
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Inside the Jockey Club: A Horse by Any Other Name
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 78 days ago
The deadline to submit names for Thoroughbred foals has just passed, and the registrar’s office at the Jockey Club is buzzing with phone calls and clacking keyboards. Names specialist Kim Brixey...
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Florida Racing Dates: Is It Really About Live Racing?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 82 days ago
Gulfstream Park says it’s all about live racing. Calder says it’s all about live racing. But I’m beginning to wonder: Is the dates conflict that will have the two South Florida Thoroughbred tracks...
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