Thoroughbred Le Havre, winner of the June 7 Prix du Jockey-Club (Fr-I, the French Derby) for owner Gerard Augustin-Normand, has been retired from racing because of a tendon injury suffered during the classic race, according to the Racing
Trainer Peter Eurton will serve five days of a 30-day suspension handed down by Hollywood Park stewards and pay a $3,000 fine after one of the horses in his care was found to have tested positive for clenbuterol following a race on May
Dozens of Central Kentucky horse farms that suffered significant damage from a January ice storm will not receive any relief from the USDA due to the wording in the agency’s
Trainer Chip Woolley Jr., who trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, woke up the morning of June 2 to find his truck had been broken into at the Louisville hotel where he was staying. The registration papers for Mine That Bird were missing
The American Horse Council (AHC) is gearing up for what it calls “the most inclusive presentation on safety and welfare ever assembled”–a June 16 forum on equine welfare.
The forum, called “Welfare of the Horse,” is the focus on this year’
The Ruffian Equine Medical Center (REMC), a state-of-the-art equine hospital located across the street from the backstretch at Belmont Park, opened its doors May 26. The practice, owned and operated by James Hunt, DVM, and overseen by chief
Broad Brush, the leading sire of 1994, was euthanized May 15 at the Beck family’s Gainesway Farm near Lexington. The 26-year-old son of Ack Ack out of the Hoist the Flag mare Hay Patcher had been pensioned from stallion duty since June 2004.
Calvin Borel made the right choice and history was made May 16 at Pimlico, when for the first time the Kentucky Oaks winner not only ran in the Preakness Stakes but won the race in convincing fashion. Rachel Alexandra won the middle jewel of the
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission reported May 11 that testing associated with this year’s Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks has been completed and there were no medication violations.
According to a news release from the regulatory body, tests were conducted by the University of Florida Racing Laboratory on the first four finishers in each race. The samples were tested to Thoroughbred
Calvin Borel, the hard-working and unassuming Thoroughbred jockey who won his second Kentucky Derby aboard 50-1 longshot Mine That Bird, will be the special guest on BloodHorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” podcast this week on Thursday, May 7, at Noon, ET. Fans and racing enthusiasts are invited to submit their questions for Borel now through Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET, by visiting
Jockey Calvin Borel won the Kentucky Oaks May 1 on heavy favorite Rachel Alexandra, and the following day in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, he scored a huge upset on Mine That Bird.
“I did a Street Sense ride,” Borel said, referring to his winning ride aboard Street Sense in the 2007 Derby.
Borel is known for bringing horses up the rail and is affectionately
As you handicap this year’s Kentucky Derby, you better ask yourself not only who can get a mile and a quarter, but who can do so on an off track. Some of this year’s contenders have been running on synthetic surfaces and never touched a track listed as sloppy or muddy. That might change May 2 because Churchill Downs has a traditional dirt surface, and the forecast is for rain.
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An accident on the track at Churchill Downs the morning of April 27 provided a tragic kickoff to the week leading up to the May 2 Kentucky Derby.
The incident occurred while many of the contenders for the Derby and the Kentucky Oaks were on the track to breeze following the morning maintenance break, although none of them were involved.
Doctor Rap, trained by David Carroll, was read
Trainer Jimmy Jerkens expressed optimism on the afternoon of April 24 that Quality Road, a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands , would be able to make the May 2 classic after noted hoof specialist Ian McKinlay treated a second quarter crack in the colt’s right-front hoof at Belmont Park.
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