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Veitch Wants Life at Ten Case Reopened

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 83 days ago

Former chief Kentucky steward John Veitch has filed a motion in Franklin Circuit Court to reopen the case, currently in the state’s Court of Appeals, that led to his suspension and ultimate dismissal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read More...

Veitch wants Life At Ten case reopened

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 84 days ago

Keeneland Makes Calculated Moves With Quarter Horse Venture

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 85 days ago

When it was reported earlier this month that Keeneland was pursuing a new deal in Eastern Kentucky, surely it raised a few eyebrows. Keeneland and Quarter Horse racing? Keeneland and Instant Racing?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read More...

Keeneland makes calculated moves with Quarter Horse venture

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 85 days ago

When it was reported earlier this month that Keeneland was pursuing a new deal in Eastern Kentucky, surely it raised a few eyebrows. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read More...

No change in Breeders’ Cup Lasix policy … yet

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 88 days ago

The Breeders’ Cup board of directors met at Gulfstream Park Friday morning and discussed its previously approved policy to ban race-day medication, namely the anti-bleeding diuretic Lasix, for all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi... Read More...

No change in Breeders’ Cup Lasix policy … yet

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 88 days ago

Breeders’ Cup revisiting 2013 Lasix ban

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 88 days ago

I wrote last November that the Breeders’ Cup was at a “gut-check moment” in its history because of a 2011 decision to phase out furosemide, better known as Lasix, as a permitted race-day medication... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ... Read More...

Breeders’ Cup revisiting 2013 Lasix ban

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 88 days ago

‘Grand old man’ Storm Cat helps raise YMCA funds

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 89 days ago

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‘Grand old man’ Storm Cat helps raise YMCA funds

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 89 days ago

Anyone who has seen my sculpted body (well, sculpted like a manatee) probably thinks I employ a personal trainer or spend hours upon hours at the local gym each week.Truth is, I’m a proud member of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Maker’s apology hits the Mark

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 91 days ago

I hope horse racing executives have been paying attention to what’s transpired with the Maker’s Mark bourbon company this past week. It could be a lesson for them. It should be a lesson for all of us... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ... Read More...

Maker’s apology hits the Mark

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 91 days ago

Gulfstream’s Rainbow 6: Thing of beauty or sucker bet?

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 92 days ago

Some love it, some hate it, but a lot of people are talking about the Rainbow Pick 6, Gulfstream Park’s jackpot bet that is horse racing’s best answer to the life-changing payoffs we hear about so... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web... Read More...

Davis, Shanyfelt get the boot at Charles Town

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 93 days ago

His six-month suspension for multiple clenbuterol violations is coming to an end this week, but Scooter Davis no longer is welcome to train or race horses at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town races in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Davis, Shanyfelt get the boot at Charles Town

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 93 days ago

Davis, Shanyfelt get the boot at Charles Town

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 93 days ago

Two years for Nebraska frog juicer Veerhusen

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 96 days ago

Owner-trainer Kim Veerhusen has been suspended two years and fined $1,000 by the Nebraska State Racing Commission after one of his horses tested positive for dermorphin, the highly potent painkiller... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi... Read More...

Violette: No winter racing would ‘cripple’ NY Thoroughbred industry

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 97 days ago

The subject of winter racing at Aqueduct was raised during the recent meeting of the newly configured board of directors of the New York Racing Association, where some sentiment was detected that it... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi... Read More...

Arlington Park adds ‘rent’ language to stall applications

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 99 days ago

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, there’s a pretty good chance it’s a duck. That’s the position leaders of the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my... Read More...

Straight from the horse’s ‘Tweet’: Four-legged social media

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 99 days ago

It seems that these days, the second a promising two-year-old scores a stakes win (or even a high-level maiden or allowance victory), they aren’t just Tweeted about—they’re Tweeting. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l... Read More...

Slowly opening the doors to Hong Kong

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 102 days ago

Their trains may glide at the speed of a bullet, but government reforms can move at a snail’s pace in some Asian countries. That’s certainly been the case in Hong Kong and Japan when it comes to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi... Read More...

Ohio’s Racing Future No Laughing Matter

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 103 days ago

You might say Ohio’s Thoroughbred industry is a lot like Cleveland. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read More...

Hearing officer: Dutrow acts ‘corrupt even in the olden days of the wild west’

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 106 days ago

It may be a moot point, now that trainer Rick Dutrow has begun serving a 10-year suspension given him by New York racing officials, but an administrative hearing officer in Kentucky has recommended... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit... Read More...

Jockeys’ Guild: Setting a few things straight

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 106 days ago

On Friday, one day after the Jockeys’ Guild released its David Letterman-like Top 10 list of what it said were the “worst deadbeat” tracks on safety and welfare issues for riders, I suggested Terry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ... Read More...

Jockeys’ Guild wins no friends calling out ‘deadbeats’

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 109 days ago

I don’t think Terry Meyocks, the former New York Racing Association president and current Jockeys’ Guild national manager, has read Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit... Read More...

Jockeys’ Guild wins no friends calling out ‘deadbeats’

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 109 days ago

Phipps, Janney: ‘Lasix is a performance enhancer’

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 110 days ago

Ogden Mills Phipps, longtime chairman of The Jockey Club, and Stuart S. Janney III, the Thoroughbred breed registry’s vice chairman, called the anti-bleeding medication Lasix a “performance enhancer”... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit m... Read More...

Lasix: Enough of the dog-and-pony shows

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 112 days ago

“I’m trying to find out what the other side of the argument is to the people that may not like the use of this medication,” Thoroughbred Owners of California chairman Mike Pegram said during a recent... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit m... Read More...

Grulke: Industry must strengthen bond between young people, horses

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 113 days ago

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Will new marketing schemes pay off for stud farms?

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 117 days ago

As mare owners browse more than 2,000 Thoroughbred stallions looking for that perfect match, stallion farms have become more creative about how they attract--and keep--their clients’ attention. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for... Read More...

IEAH sells its remaining interest in Big Brown

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 119 days ago

International Equine Acquisitions Holdings, majority owner of 2008 champion 3-year-old male Big Brown during his racing career, has sold its remaining 11 shares in the stallion to other shareholders... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi... Read More...

What Next for Rick Dutrow?

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 119 days ago

Now that Rick Dutrow's 10-year ban from New York racing has taken effect and his horses transferred to other trainers, how might the rest of the story play out? [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and mor... Read More...

WinStar stallions move into spacious new digs

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 120 days ago

When Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., opens its breeding shed for the 2013 season, breeders will be welcomed into a state-of-the-art stallion complex featuring a new 18-stall barn with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we... Read More...

Stan ‘the horseracing man’ Musial

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 121 days ago

Most of us know that Stan Musial was one of the all-time greats when it comes to baseball, but the three-time MVP and Hall of Famer who died on Saturday was also a big fan of horse racing. Victor... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ... Read More...

Loud and clear

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 121 days ago

I have so many unanswered questions after Saturday night’s 42nd annual Eclipse Awards dinner, held in the Sport of Kings theater at Gulfstream Park in South Florida. Such as … What did emcee... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web... Read More...

Wise Dan wins 2012 Horse of the Year

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 123 days ago

Wise Dan, a major stakes winner in the United States and Canada last year, was named the 2012 Horse of the Year Saturday evening at the 42nd Annual Eclipse Awards, presented by Daily Racing Form, The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Saturday night from Gulfstream Park: An Eclipse Award live blog with Ray

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 123 days ago

Ray has wriggled into his trusty (yet ever shrinking) tuxedo for the annual Eclipse Awards Dinner being held at Gulfstream Park Saturday night and is ready to bring Paulick Report readers a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for fu... Read More...

Ray live blogs the Eclipse Awards From Gulfstream Park

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 123 days ago

Exotic bets: Are racetracks headed down the wrong path?

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 124 days ago

“I think exotic wagering is the worst thing in the world for racing.” [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read More...

Thinking ’bout the old times: Racing trends, then and now

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 127 days ago

I came across some old Daily Racing Forms in my office recently and couldn’t help but get a little nostalgic about horse racing’s “good old days.” Not the 1940s or ‘50s, but what I consider modern... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ... Read More...

Jockey Club data service objection delays Thoroughbred Times bankruptcy auction

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 130 days ago

An objection from The Jockey Club Information Systems filed on Tuesday will delay an online auction of assets of bankrupt Thoroughbred Times originally scheduled from Jan. 14-18. Bankruptcy court... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ... Read More...

American buyers flex their muscles at Keeneland January

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 130 days ago

In a slight departure from recent sales, American buyers made their presence felt at the higher levels in the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. Top buyers by money spent throughout the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website fo... Read More...

North American buyers flex their muscles at Keeneland January

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 130 days ago

In a slight departure from recent sales, North American buyers made their presence felt at the higher levels in the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. Top buyers by money spent throughout the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Illinois Racing Board refuses ADW licenses; online bets ‘illegal’

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 131 days ago

Illinois lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session this week without providing new authorization for advanced deposit wagering companies to take bets on the state's racetracks. With no legislative... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Radiographs at the Sales: Know Your Subjectivity

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 132 days ago

Full disclosure: For the last dozen years, I have spent about three weeks annually reading radiographs for buyers at public sales. My goal is to provide buyers with part of the information they use... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit... Read More...

Alliance: Trainers, vets obstruct needed medication changes

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 133 days ago

The following commentary was submitted by the Water Hay Oats Alliance (WHOA), an organization supporting federal legislation to amend the Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978 that would prohibit... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for... Read More...

Padua Stables’ Kentucky farm sold to Brazil’s Borges Torrealba family

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 133 days ago

The Sanan family's Padua Stables has sold its Kentucky farm on Old Frankfort Pike near Lexington, Satish Sanan told the Paulick Report. The Borges Torrealba family of Brazil, who recently invested in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs... Read More...

Padua Stables’ Kentucky farm sold to Brazil’s Borges Torrealba family for $8.8 million

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 133 days ago

Padua Stables’ Kentucky farm sold to Brazil’s Borges Torrealba family for $9 million

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 133 days ago

Derby trail wins put Into Mischief in spotlight

National Headlines | Paulick Report | 136 days ago

Spendthrift Farm stallion Into Mischief fared very well with his first crop of foals in 2012, finishing a close third to Henrythenavigator and Spring At Last on the freshman sire list, but the new... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website... Read More...

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