by NTRA|01.04.202301.04.2023|1:04pm1:04pm 2022 NTRA Moment Of The Year Voting Opens On Twitter, NTRA.com Eleven of the most memorable, significant, and reflective events from the last 12 months of Thoroughbred racing in North America are up for the 2022 FanDuel Racing-NTRA Moment of the Year, a distinction determined by fan voting and recognized at the Eclipse Awards. Voting is now open on the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) website, NTRA.com, […]
by Robert Yates/Oaklawn|01.04.2023|12:45pm ‘Trying To Give All These Horses An Opportunity’: Cox Plotting Triple Crown Plans For 3-Year-Olds Following his fourth victory in Oaklawn’s last nine Kentucky Derby points races, trainer Brad Cox is now plotting the next moves for his army of 3-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby trail. Cox’s prospect list grew Sunday when he sent out the 1-2 finishers in the $250,000 Smarty Jones Stakes, Oaklawn’s first of four Kentucky Derby […]
by Frank Mitchell|01.04.2023|11:04am Bloodlines Presented By Virginia Thoroughbred Association: The Good, The Great, And The Tough The winner of the listed Gravesend Handicap at Aqueduct on Dec. 30, Drafted (by Field Commission) has had the best season of his lengthy career that began with a debut victory as a 2-year-old at Keeneland in 2016 and now counts 10 victories from 33 starts for earnings of $1,157,443. Bred in Florida by John […]
by Press Release|01.04.2023|10:32am Canterbury Park’s Purse Enhancement, Marketing Agreement Expires; Fewer Race Dates Expected In 2023 Statement from Randy Sampson, CEO of Canterbury Park, regarding expiration of purse enhancement and marketing agreement with Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community: For the past ten years, racing at Canterbury Park has benefited from an $84 million purse enhancement and marketing agreement between the track and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) that supported daily purses […]
by Joe Nevills|01.03.202301.04.2023|5:45pm12:57pm Making Claims: Finding Answers To Burning Questions On The Eclipse Awards Ballot In “Making Claims,” Paulick Report bloodstock editor Joe Nevills shares his opinions on the Thoroughbred industry from the breeding and sales arenas to the racing world and beyond. Voting for the Eclipse Awards closed this afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern, giving us all a moment to unclench our jaws in the eternal argument of which […]
by Paulick Report Staff|01.03.202301.03.2023|5:29pm5:30pm Recruiter, Girl Trouble Capture Rescheduled Parx Juvenile, Futurity Stakes A pair of $75,000 stakes were held at Parx Racing on Tuesday, Dec. 3, which had originally been slated for 2-year-olds in the last week of 2022, but had to be postponed due to weather. The newly-turned 3-year-olds raced seven furlongs on a sloppy main track in Bensalem, Penn., fillies in the Parx Futurity and […]
by Paulick Report Staff|01.03.2023|5:13pm Emergency HISA, FTC Filings Aim To Vacate Fifth Circuit’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Ruling In the wake of “HISA fix” language which was signed into law after inclusion in the U.S. government’s year-end spending bill, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and the Federal Trade Commission submitted four filings (two with “emergency status”) on Tuesday in an effort to vacate a pair of court opinions about the constitutionality of […]
by AQHA|01.03.2023|4:14pm Reigning Quarter Horse World Champ Danjer Concludes 6-Year-Old Season With 10th Grade 1 Victory Danjer concluded his 6-year-old campaign with a three-quarter length victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $309,000 Championship at Sunland Park. Owned by Downtime Enterprises LLC, Billy G. Smith, and trainer Dean Frey and aided by a reported 15-mph tail wind, Danjer covered 440 yards in :20.620 while recording a 120 speed index. James Flores rode the […]
by Natalie Voss|01.03.2023|3:57pm New Research Shows Most Stifle, Sesamoid Findings On Sale Horses Do Not Impact Racing Performance After a multi-year, multi-organizational research effort, the Thoroughbred industry finally has data on the long-term impacts of two types of common radiographic findings. With the advent of digital radiography and the radiograph repository at public auction, a horse’s commercial value has become closely linked to the cleanliness of those radiographs. For years, consignors and buyers […]
by Paulick Report Staff|01.03.2023|3:47pm Western Australia Jockey Banned Six Weeks For Careless Riding After Horse Dies In Perth Cup Jockey Joseph Azzopardi has been banned for six weeks after a stewards’ review of Sunday’s Group 2 Perth Cup in Western Australia, reports The Guardian. Stewards ruled that Azzopardi’s careless riding resulted in the death of the horse Chili Is Hot; the jockey pleaded guilty after multiple video angles showed his mount, Buster Bash, shifted […]