Horse Racing News Blog

KY Casino Vote Gets Another Push Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear again has called for the state General Assembly to approve legislation allowing a referendum on casino gambling, but details of the legislation still haven’t been rel…

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Santa Anita revises track repair schedule The work that will be needed to repair Santa Anita’s soggy main track will now have to be done in two steps because of recent wet weather, and will not be completed until the end of next week.

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Ky. Derby Trail: What Foot Forward? It used to be so simple. Every step horses took on the Kentucky Derby trail was on good old Mother Earth. Now, we have no idea what some horses are putting their feet into.

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Badge of Silver’s First Foal Badge of Silver is a filly born Jan. 26 at Carl Pollard’s Hermitage Farm near Goshen, Ky. The filly is the second foal from the winning Irish-bred Lomitas mare Marche Conclu. The mare and foal are own…

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Laurel Park to Adjust Race Schedule At their monthly meeting Jan. 29, the Maryland Racing Commission accepted the Maryland Jockey Club’s proposal to alter the live racing calendar for the final seven weeks of the current Laurel winter meeting.

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Go Between wins $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic Go Between’s romp in the Sunshine Millions Classic was just part of a day dominated by Florida-breds.

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Santa Anita cancels till Thursday Santa Anita officials canceled Sunday’s nine-race program Sunday morning after overnight rains left standing water on the synthetic main track.

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McManus hits double top Mega punter JP McManus is giving the bookies Festival nightmares already after two big trials went his way at Cheltenham.

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‘The Bull’ Roars in Millions Sprint In winning for the second straight time, Benny the Bull nearly broke the track record Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park.

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Fallon banned 11/2 years Fallon tested positive for cocaine Aug. 19 in Deauville after riding Myboycharlie. He also served a six-month ban from December 2006 to June 2007 after testing positive for cocaine while riding in Fra…

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