by Meredith Daugherty|02.03.202202.03.2022|4:26pm8:56pm Breeders’ Cup Presents Connections: Mitchells ‘Happy To Take The Ride’ With Oaks Hopeful Secret Oath On Jan. 29, Briland Farm’s Robert and Stacy Mitchell came to the stark realization that their public profile in the Thoroughbred racing world was about to be raised in a big way. Crossing the finish line first by 7 1/4 lengths that day in Oaklawn’s Martha Washington Stakes was their homebred filly, Secret Oath. As […]
by Paulick Report Staff|02.03.202202.03.2022|10:34am8:57pm Blea’s License Suspension Upheld; CHRB Equine Medical Director Remains On Leave Judge Nana Chin has upheld the veterinary license suspension of California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) equine medical director Jeff Blea, reports the Los Angeles Times. The news follows last Friday’s formal hearing of the California Veterinary Medical Board’s petition for his interim suspension, and Blea remains on leave from his position with the CHRB. Blea is […]
by Robert Gearty|02.02.202202.02.2022|4:48pm9:41pm Jury Finds Fishman Guilty; Drug Maker Could Face 20 Years In Prison Florida veterinarian Dr. Seth Fishman, the first person to face trial in a sweeping horse-doping case that documented the widespread use of illegal and undetectable performance-enhancing drugs at tracks across the country, was convicted in New York Feb. 2 on charges that could put him behind bars for up to 20 years. A jury of […]
by Tom Rooney/NTRA|02.02.202202.02.2022|1:38pm9:29pm NTRA’s New CEO Rooney: I Was Hired To Be Thoroughbred Industry’s Unified Voice In Washington The following statement was distributed by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association on behalf of its new president and CEO, Tom Rooney. Horse racing has been in my family since long before I was born, and I’ve grown up with a passion for the sport. When I retired from Congress a few years ago, many people […]
by Frank Mitchell|02.02.202202.02.2022|1:04pm9:29pm Bloodlines Presented By Caracaro: Patience Paid Off For Liam’s Map, Colonel Liam At the tail end of his stud career, Unbridled’s Song (by Unbridled) sired two of his very best performers, both multiple Grade 1 winners: Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Liam’s Map and champion Arrogate (Breeders’ Cup Classic, Travers, Pegasus World Cup, and Dubai World Cup). The challenge thrown down to both those exceptional performers when […]
by Robert Gearty|02.01.2022|8:32pm Jury Deliberations Begin In Horse Doping Trial Of Seth Fishman A New York jury began deliberations Feb. 1 in the horse doping trial of Dr. Seth Fishman. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for about 30 minutes before retiring for the night without reaching a verdict. They resume deliberations the morning of Feb. 2. The charges against Fishman, a 50-year-old Florida veterinarian, […]
by Natalie Voss|02.01.202202.01.2022|4:12pm11:11pm This OTTB Went From Kissing Spines Diagnosis To Makeover With Physical Therapy Instead Of Surgery When Kathryn Jenkins and First Commander stepped into the ring as finalists for the 2020 Thoroughbred Makeover Show Hunter division in October 2021, it wasn’t just the culmination of many hours of hard work – it was a comeback story. Jenkins had found First Commander, fondly known as Mattis, in early 2020 as she was […]
by Mike Henry/Tampa Bay Downs|02.01.202202.01.2022|2:44pm11:28pm Pletcher Derby Dreaming? Emmanuel Impressive In Tampa Bay Allowance As Pablo Morales returned to the jockeys’ room alongside assistant trainer Juan Aguayo after his victory aboard Emmanuel in Tampa Bay Downs’ sixth race on Sunday, a fan pretty much summed up what he felt privileged to observe. “That was a magic carpet ride,” the spectator said. Morales nodded in assent. Emmanuel, whose scheduled 2022 […]
by Letter to the Editor|01.31.202201.31.2022|8:36pm8:37pm Letter To The Editor: An Aussie Perspective On Being An American Racing Fan I was saddened to read the heartfelt Letter to the Editor: Why I Am Leaving The Sport I Loved for 50 Years that appeared on the Paulick Report website on Jan. 20. As an Australian turf fanatic and now small-time owner who has been living in New York for a decade, I have a perspective on […]
by Robert Gearty|01.31.202201.31.2022|6:45pm10:36pm Fishman Reveals $2 Million ‘Program’ With Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Equine Hospital Closing arguments were a late scratch Jan. 31 in the horse doping trial of veterinarian Dr. Seth Fishman being held in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. New York U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil met the lawyers for both sides in the robing and then called the jury into the courtroom and sent them […]