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California Fund for Retired Horses Passed

California took a first step toward helping more horses after their racing years with the final approval of a new fund to support the state’s equine retirement facilities.

During a meeting held Dec. 14 in Inglewood, the California Horse Racing

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Old Friends Welcomes Thoroughbred Champion Williamstown

Williamstown, a former mile record holder at Belmont Park, has arrived at Old Friends retirement home near Georgetown, Ky. He was pensioned from stallion duty after proving infertile this year at Rockin’ River Ranch near Winterset,

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Santa Anita Closing Main Track to Examine Drainage Issue

Santa Anita Park, currently open for training only, will close its main track Dec. 3-10 to examine its new Cushion Track surface due to problems with drainage.

The move comes just a month before the start of the Santa Anita winter/spring

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John Henry ‘Moneigh’ on eBay

One of the last “Moneigh” paintings done by the late John Henry is up for bids in an eBay auction held by ReRun, the ex-racehorse adoption program.


Previously, Moneighs by the two-time Horse of the Year have been sold online, but it is

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Texas Ex-Racehorse Group Launches Founders’ Circle

Members of the racing industry in Texas are showing strong support for LOPE Texas, a non-profit racehorse-placement program, the organization reported in a Nov. 15 press release.

Although LOPE has just launched its newest initiative–the

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Laminitis Studies Financed by Barbaro Fund to Commence

Two projects focusing on the equine disease laminitis will be launched soon utilizing funds raised by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association in memory of the late 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.

The projects, at more than $100,000

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Lawyer Ron Retires to Stonewall Farm

Grade I winner Lawyer Ron, the leading candidate for champion older male, has been retired from racing and will enter stud for a fee of $30,000 at Audrey Haisfield’s Stonewall Farm near Versailles, Ky.


A 4-year-old son of Langfuhr, Lawye

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Half of Churchill Downs Herpesvirus Quarantine Lifted

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has lifted a quarantine order for half of Barn 47 at Churchill Downs, which was placed under quarantine Oct. 26 after a horse was found to be infected with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).

Sixteen horses

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