National Headlines | Paulick Report | 221 days ago
Quarter horse trainer Jeffrey Heath Reed was suspended 21
years by the New Mexico Racing Commission stewards on Oct. 1
after four horses from his barn tested positive for the
Class 1 drug dermorphin,...
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PR Special: Bode Miller goes for gold in racing, too
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 223 days ago
*The following feature was originally published in the
Paulick Report Special, our print edition distributed at
major Thoroughbred auctions*
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PR Special: One on One with Headley Bell
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 224 days ago
*The following feature was originally published in the
Paulick Report Special, our print edition distributed at
major Thoroughbred auctions*
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Time for Breeders’ Cup to find permanent home?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 225 days ago
Let me start by saying I have something of a bias when it
comes to Santa Anita Park, host of this year’s Breeders’
Cup. Before I moved with the Field Newspaper Syndicate from
Chicago to Southern...
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State of the Race: Barr v. Chandler
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 226 days ago
With negative advertising flying over the air, it’s been a
contentious rematch between incumbent Congressman Ben
Chandler and challenger Andy Barr, a race Barr lost by just
over 600 votes in 2010....
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Breeders’ Cup Diaries: Records, Fillies and Surprises
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 227 days ago
This year's Breeders' Cup World Championships seemed to have
little star power going into the event, but when all was
said and done, there was plenty of it, along with records
broken, super-fillies,...
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Breeders’ Cup Diaries: Championship Saturday Picks
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 227 days ago
Can Game On Dude find Classic redemption on his home track?
Will Wise Dan outrun top European horse Excelebration? Can
anyone beat Groupie Doll? These questions and more will be
answered today as one...
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Breeders’ Cup Diaries: Championship Friday Picks
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 228 days ago
The wait is finally over. The Breeders' Cup World
Championships have arrived, and now it's time for the
Paulick Report team to hopefully pick some winners!
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Breeders’ Cup Diaries: Who Do You Like?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 229 days ago
Have you decided which horses you really like at this year's
Breeders' Cup World Championships? It usually helps to get a
cross-section of opinions from people who closely follow the
sport.
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Breeders’ Cup Diaries: Let’s Talk Strategy
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 229 days ago
After a long drive across country that helped raise funds
for Breeders' Cup Charities, the Paulick Report team has
arrived at Santa Anita Park in Southern California for the
World Championships. In...
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Mark Simon: Thoroughbred Times owner Norman Ridker testimony ‘wrong, incomplete or misleading’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 232 days ago
Mark Simon, former editor of the now-bankrupt Thoroughbred
Times magazine, accused the publication’s owner Norman
Ridker of giving “wrong, incomplete or or misleading”
statements about the company...
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Portion of Hollywood Park property for sale
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 236 days ago
As the California Horse Racing Board and Thoroughbred
interests in the Golden State grapple with the feared
demolition and closing of Hollywood Park as early as next
fall, the owners of the...
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$95 million for a racetrack parking lot?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 236 days ago
As the California Horse Racing Board and Thoroughbred
interests in the Golden State grapple with the feared
demolition and closing of Hollywood Park as early as next
fall, the owners of a 60-acre...
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Breeders’ Cup or Bust: The Journey Renews Tomorrow
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 237 days ago
During the 4 1/2 year existence of the Paulick Report, we've
had many highlights to celebrate. Breaking big news stories,
bringing our readers rare access to behind-the-scenes action
and overwhelming...
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Monday Morning Quickie: Thoughts on horse welfare, race dates, and Frankel
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 239 days ago
With preparations and fund-raising calls for Breeders’ Cup
or Bust in full swing, the Fasig-Tipton October yearling
sale getting under way, and leaf raking in full season,
there’s only time for a...
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Santa Anita: On verge of another change?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 243 days ago
When entrepreneur and horse owner Mark Verge was hired to
run Santa Anita Park in March 2012, he was well aware of the
revolving door that’s existed in the executive offices
since Frank Stronach...
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Breeders’ Cup or Bust Announces Daily Racing Form as Title Sponsor
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 244 days ago
Daily Racing Form is teaming up with the Paulick Report as
title sponsor of the fourth annual Breeders' Cup or Bust, a
fundraising drive that Paulick Report founders Ray Paulick
and Brad Cummings...
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Gill loses Pennsylvania suit but says federal indictments coming
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 244 days ago
A federal judge has ruled against former Thoroughbred owner
Michael Gill and trainer Anthony Adamo in their lawsuit
against the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission and several
commission employees...
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Life without Linda
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 245 days ago
Some racing people outside of Southern California may never
have heard of Linda Laird, who died Monday after a brief
illness. But Linda and her husband, Richard, who bought
their first racehorse in...
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‘If we can’t trust our vet, who can we trust?’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 249 days ago
Thoroughbred trainer Anthony Agilar, who had never been
cited for any kind of medication violation since he began
training in 1997, was none too happy to discover that two of
his horses tested...
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TAA Funding: It’s more than a start
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 250 days ago
Thursday’s announcement by the Thoroughbred Aftercare
Alliance that it has agreements from numerous organizations
to help fund racehorse retirement and retraining charities
certainly is welcome news....
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For jockeys, a most dangerous game
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 252 days ago
It was three years ago this week that Brad Cummings and I
decided to try our hand at raising money for the Permanently
Disabled Jockeys Fund. With the cooperation of numerous
racetracks and their...
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Oh, Say Can You See? Paulick Report Sings National Anthem for Breeders’ Cup or Bust
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 253 days ago
A cross country trip, a two-man stroll from Lexington to
Louisville and a 50-person relay from Keeneland to Churchill
Downs...what do these three things have in common? They are
all ways the Paulick...
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Report: Sutherland suspended for failing alcohol test
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 254 days ago
An article in Horse-Canada.com's Thoroughblog, written by
Jennifer Morrison, reports that jockey Chantal Sutherland
was taken off mounts at Woodbine on Saturday and suspended
five days after failing...
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RIP John Collins, beloved Central Kentucky farrier
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 256 days ago
John Collins, a beloved Central Kentucky farrier who worked
with any number of top Thoroughbreds including Horse of the
Year Zenyatta, died suddenly at his home in Fayette County
on Wednesday night...
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What’s missing in the racing medication debate?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 258 days ago
If the medication issue in horse racing were easy, it would
have been resolved a long time ago.
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Reed suspended 21 years for frog juice in New Mexico
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 260 days ago
Quarter horse trainer Jeffrey Heath Reed has been suspended
21 years and fined $23,000 by New Mexico stewards after four
horses in his stable tested positive for the Class 1 drug
dermorphin in...
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Thoroughbred Club honors First Lady of the Turf
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 261 days ago
Penny Chenery has never been afraid to speak her mind. As
the 81st Honor Guest at the Thoroughbred Club of America’s
annual Testimonial Dinner, held at Keeneland Race Course on
Sunday night, Chenery...
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Zayat: Paynter transferring to New Bolton
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 261 days ago
Zayat Stable’s Paynter, the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational
winner who has been battling colitis for more than a month,
will be transported from upstate New York to the New Bolton
Center at the...
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Lengthy suspensions, fines handed down by Louisiana commission
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 263 days ago
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Not welcome at Remington: Dutrow horse changes hands for Oklahoma Derby
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 263 days ago
Racing fans might be scratching their heads when they see
William Cesare listed as trainer of Willy Beamin in
Saturday’s $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park.
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Follow Ray: Live from Louisiana Dermorphin hearings, Part 2
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 263 days ago
The Louisiana State Racing Commission enters day two of
meetings on Friday to hear the appeals of eight trainers who
have had horses test positive for the powerful painkiller,
Dermorphin. These are...
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Louisiana hearings: How horses got frog juice a mystery
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 264 days ago
Three Quarter horse trainers whose runners tested positive
for the powerful Class 1 drug dermorphin at Delta Downs
earlier this year told the Louisiana State Racing Commission
on Thursday they had...
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Follow Ray: Live from Louisiana hearings on Dermorphin positives
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 264 days ago
The Louisiana State Racing Commission launched two days of
meetings Thursday to hear the appeals of eight trainers who
have had horses test positive for the powerful painkiller,
Dermorphin. These...
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Keeneland: Consignors concerned over new conditions of sale
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 266 days ago
Despite the positive results from the recently concluded
Keeneland September Yearling Sale – where the $45,000
median price represented a 50% jump and equaled an all-time
high, average increased by...
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Quarter horse trainer Bassett banned 10 years for frog juice
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 268 days ago
John H. Bassett, a past American Quarter Horse Association
champion trainer and two-time winner of the sport’s
premier event, the All-American Futurity, has been suspended
a total of 10 years and...
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Fantasy ‘Capping with Chris: Pennsylvania Derby
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 270 days ago
The Breeders' Cup Fantasy 'Capping Challenge isn't for the
meek.
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Juddmonte returning to California, brings Baffert on board
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 270 days ago
Juddmonte Farms, victorious in major Southern California
races like the Hollywood Gold Cup, Hollywood Turf Cup, Eddie
Read Handicap, and Pacific Classic, will reemerge on the
West Coast next year...
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Loss of the Thoroughbred Times: ‘…And then there was one’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 272 days ago
When I first lived in Chicago in the early 1970s, there were
four daily newspapers: morning commuters could read the
Tribune and Sun-Times, then take a copy of Chicago Today and
The Daily News with...
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Simon: ‘Painful end of a terrific publication’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 274 days ago
No one thought it would end like this, because no one wanted
it to end, like this or any other way. But when Thoroughbred
Times was closed on Friday, our owner filing Chapter 7
Bankruptcy, it marked...
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2011 champion Hansen retired; stud deal sought
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 275 days ago
It was the greatest present Dr. Kendall Hansen ever
received, but even Christmas doesn’t last forever. The
breeder and co-owner of Hansen, the 2011 Eclipse Award
winner as outstanding 2-year-old...
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Thoroughbred Times in bankruptcy, ceases operations
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 276 days ago
Twenty-seven full-time employees of Thoroughbred Times in
Lexington, Ky., were notified Saturday morning they are
without jobs after the company owned by Norman Ridker filed
for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...
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Keeneland Books 1 and 2: So far, so good
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 276 days ago
Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote in a 1964 Supreme
Court ruling that hard-core pornography was “hard to
define, but I know it when I see it.” That’s how I feel
about a solid, successful horse...
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Fantasy ‘Capping with Chris: Summer Stakes
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 277 days ago
The Breeders' Cup Fantasy 'Capping challenge heads north of
the border this weekend as players try to pick the winner of
the Summer Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. It's
one of the trickier...
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Fantasy ‘Capping with Chris: Summer Stakes
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 277 days ago
The Breeders' Cup Fantasy 'Capping challenge heads north of
the border this weekend as players try to pick the winner of
the Summer Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. It's
one of the trickier...
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Romans: In defense of Lasix
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 278 days ago
(The following is a counterpoint to the commentary by
Lincoln Collins of Kern Thoroughbreds, calling for a ban on
race-day medication.)
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Collins: Banning drugs to ensure the breed’s integrity
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 279 days ago
It has become unfashionable to talk about the integrity of
the Thoroughbred breed, but the breed is the bedrock of the
Thoroughbred industry. Anyone leaving Lexington by plane
walks across an...
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A.P. Indy: The Complete Racehorse
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 281 days ago
“He was a complete racehorse, an amazing horse and an
amazing stallion,” trainer Neil Drysdale said of A. P.
Indy, the 1992 Horse of the Year and leading sire whose last
crop of yearlings are selling...
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Keeneland Forecast: Average Up, Gross Receipts Down
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 282 days ago
Thoroughbred breeders will be on pins and needles these next
two weeks as they bring their 2011 foal crop to the most
important auction place they know: the Keeneland September
yearling sale.
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Ludt: No timeline or deadline for sale of Vinery
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 282 days ago
Tom Ludt, president of Vinery Ltd., took some time on the
eve of the Keeneland September yearling sale to discuss the
recent announcement that all of the farm’s North American
assets are for sale in...
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