by Natalie Voss|03.23.2023|5:45pm Kentucky, Pennsylvania Approve Agreements With HIWU For Anti-Doping, Lab Services Commissioners in Kentucky and Pennsylvania held special meetings this week to make decisions on whether to enter into agreements with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority for its Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) program, which is slated to begin March 27. The program will include national, uniform drug regulations and will use standardized testing across […]
by Natalie Voss|03.21.202303.21.2023|10:14pm10:22pm Medina Spirit Appeal Inches Forward; Hearing Officer’s Decision Expected Sometime In April The long-running appeal by Bob Baffert and Zedan Racing of the disqualification of Medina Spirit from the 2021 Kentucky Derby continued this week. Attorneys for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and the Zedan/Baffert team presented oral arguments before a hearing officer via Zoom on Tuesday. This marks the second hearing officer to hear proceedings in […]
by Natalie Voss|03.21.2023|9:45pm HISA Gives Turf Paradise March 31 Deadline To Improve Rail Safety Or Face End Of Simulcasting/ADW In a continued effort to get the track up to speed with national safety regulation, a panel of three board members with Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority issued a notice to Turf Paradise about its track railing on March 17. A dangerous track rail was one in a list of alleged safety rule violations the […]
by Natalie Voss|03.21.2023|8:53pm ‘They’re Going To Take Down All Of Racing’: Here’s Why Legitimate Tracks Should Be Concerned About The Bush Circuit On the morning of Aug. 5, 2022, the eyes of the American Thoroughbred racing world turned to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., where the sport’s luminaries streamed into the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion wearing their best dresses and freshly-pressed suits. It was induction day for the year’s class of new Hall of Famers, a day that’s often filled […]
by Natalie Voss|03.17.202303.21.2023|8:29pm2:36pm Fan Favorite, ‘Sinkhole Horse’ Mr. Changue Eyeing This Year’s Thoroughbred Makeover Former claimer Mr. Changue is one of those horses who is remembered best by many Fort Erie racing fans for what he overcame. The son of Gottcha Gold made headlines in the summer of 2019 when a sinkhole opened underneath him while he grazed on the backstretch of the racetrack, caused by a broken water […]
by Natalie Voss|03.16.2023|9:36pm In The Face Of Climate Change, Experts Offer Tips For Making The Most Of Your Hay The cost of keeping horses has been rising for some time now, but last year was an especially bad one when it came to finding hay. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, hay stocks fell to the lowest point they’d seen in a decade and in December 2022 were at their lowest since 1954. […]
by Natalie Voss|03.13.202303.13.2023|12:28pm10:35pm Judge Dismisses Suit In Case Of Horse With Genetic Abnormality A Fayette County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against veterinarians and a stable owner surrounding the sale of a horse with a genetic abnormality. Crawford Farms had brought suit against Treadway Racing Stable, Hidden Brook, Keeneland, Dr. Karen Wolfsdorf, and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in summer 2021 after it purchased a horse […]
by Natalie Voss|03.06.202303.07.2023|2:24pm10:55am Arapahoe Trainer Facing 10 Medication Violations, Charges For 30 Contraband Items Arapahoe Park’s top trainer is facing charges related to 10 drug positives and possession of 30 items of contraband, according to evidence presented before a hearing officer last week. Stetson Mitchell had been summarily suspended at the end of last year’s Arapahoe meet in October after a search of his barn and vehicles on Oct. […]
by Natalie Voss|03.03.2023|6:00pm Broodmare Mariastheboss Could Be Following Her Foals To The Thoroughbred Makeover Last year, we brought you the story of two siblings competing at the Thoroughbred Makeover – two equine siblings, that is. Karyn Wittek, trainer of on- and off-track Thoroughbreds, hopes that this year her Makeover entry will continue a family tradition. Wittek took Maria Rose and Spots Appeal, half siblings out of the Successful Appeal […]
by Natalie Voss|02.28.2023|9:31pm Voss: In The Face Of Something Wrong, Stidham Responded The Right Way Last week, a trainer did something which is not always a given in horse racing. The gesture was largely lost in the shuffle of social media and a subsequent busy Saturday of stakes racing, but I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge it. On Feb. 23, a racing fan on Twitter captured video […]