Competition News & Issues

2008 Breeders’ Cup to be First on Synthetic Surface

The Oak Tree Racing Association will host the 25th running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 24-25, 2008, Breeders’ Cup Limited announced April 19.

The two-day event will be televised live on ESPN.

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FEI: 2008 Olympic Games Progress Report

Delegates of the Hong Kong Equestrian Company have reported on the progress made thus far in the preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games. The presentation, which was followed by a question and answer session, covered key areas including venues

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Racehorse Trainer Suspended After Horse Switch

A New Zealand racehorse trainer who supplied horses to the late British Queen Mother has been suspended for three months for switching horses in a trials race, New Zealand newspapers reported Tuesday.

Kim Clotworthy, who trains in

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Fracture Knocks Notional Off Derby Trail

Florida Derby runner-up Notional suffered non-displaced condylar fracture of his left front ankle Saturday morning at Keeneland and will not run in the Kentucky Derby, owner J. Paul Reddam said.


Reddam said the son of In Excess came off

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Cocktail Auction for TRF to Feature Barbaro, Secretariat

How do you top a $1,000 cocktail made with exotic ingredients from around the world and served on one day in one place, the Kentucky Derby?

Easy. Toss in a slew of past Derby winners–including sentimental favorite Barbaro–a Christie’s

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Figuerola Laboratories Unveils New Logo

Figuerola has supported clinical research, development and testing for selective lines of therapeutic and sports nutraceuticals for people of all ages, their companion animals, and their horses.

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Watch Thoroughbred Races on Bloodhorse.com

Thoroughbred graded stakes races will be available for viewing within 20 minutes of actual live race and archived on Bloodhorse.com for 45 days


On April 13, Bloodhorse.com, the Thoroughbred industry?s leading online Web site for

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Horse Killed in Possible Drunken Driving Wreck

A horse was euthanized and its rider charged with being drunk on horseback after a Kentucky state trooper struck the horse with his cruiser, state police said in an Associated Press article on April 15.


Trooper James Richard was driving

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Seabiscuit Statue Making Whistlestop Tour

After an absence of more than 55 years, a classic, life-sized bronze sculpture of the legendary racehorse Seabiscuit has started its long journey home to Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, Calif.


To be transported by a historic, fully restored

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Roy and Gretchen Jackson to Speak at RTCA Fundraiser

Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the owners of Barbaro, will be the featured guests at the 2007 Call to the Post dinner and auction at the Ocala, Fla., Hilton April 22 to benefit the Ocala Farm Ministry of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America

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Bone Bruise Knocks Ketchikan Off Triple Crown Trail

B. Wayne Hughes’ Ketchikan, runner-up to Circular Quay in the Louisiana Derby (gr. II), was officially taken off the Triple Crown trail on Tuesday when the colt was found to be suffering from a bone bruise that will take him out of training for

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Teen, Taxi Driver Nab Runaway Carriage Horse

A runaway horse pulled a carriage with two out-of-town tourists on a wild ride through downtown Indianapolis streets, until a teenager rode to the rescue in a pursuing taxi, leaped out and grabbed the horse’s reins.

The driver of the Yellow

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Donation Keeps Injured Jockey Fund Afloat

A California horse owner’s donation to a struggling fund for permanently disabled jockeys will keep it solvent for another month, the head of the Jockeys’ Guild said Monday.

Owner Michael Bello has pledged $58,000 to the fund, which gives

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