Thoroughbred stallion Sky Mesa, whose son General Quarters entered the Triple Crown picture with an upset victory in the Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 14, has been taken out of service after undergoing surgery for colic over the weekend.
The
A giant sculpture of a white Thoroughbred, 164 feet tall, will dominate one of the main entrances to Britain in three year’s time after Mark Wallinger’s design for an artwork at Ebbsfleet in Kent was announced the winner of a competition.
Curlin, North America’s richest horse with earnings of more than $10.5 million, began his new career Feb. 13 when he covered his first mare at Will S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky.
According to a release from Lane’s End,
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors Feb. 6 received an update on an anabolic steroids study, results of which will be used to set thresholds for testing in plasma.
The RMTC board, which met in Las Vegas,
A month after eight catastrophic injuries occurred during Turfway Park’s 21-day holiday meet, state veterinarian Bryce Peckham, DVM, and Turfway president Bob Elliston were on hand at a Feb. 10 Kentucky Horse Racing Commission meeting in
The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Safety Committee said Feb. 11 it will fund a Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) frozen-sample and retrospective testing program that will begin in April.
The program is part of the drug-testing
The University of Florida Racing Laboratory has been selected to handle equine drug testing for Kentucky.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, on recommendation of the Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council, unanimously voted Feb. 10 to hir
Recovery from the recent fires in the Australian state of Victoria is just beginning. The fires burned an estimated 850 square miles. According to the state’s Department of Primary Industries, Victoria produces around 26% of Australia’s
The thrills. The spills. The rivalries, rages, and romances. And yes, the flipping, too. It’s all there in a new 12-part documentary television series, “Jockeys,” that begins Friday night, Feb. 6, at 9 p.m. EST on Animal Planet.
The series,
The Red Hills Horse Trials scheduled for March 13-15 has been cancelled. The organizing committee of Jane Barron, Terrie Brooks, and Marvin Mayer reluctantly made the decision Feb. 4 due to a lack of entries. Red Hills Horse Trials has
Nicanor had an excuse for his 10th-place finish in his career debut Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. The full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands winner Barbaro hurt himself leaving the starting gate, but the injury wasn’t
The quarantine imposed on Barn 17 at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., Friday, Jan. 30, was lifted Saturday morning (Jan. 31) after samples from a horse euthanized at the track Friday tested negative for equine herpesvirus and other communicable
A barn at Turfway Park was quarantined Jan. 30 after a horse that showed signs of equine herpesvirus (EHV) was euthanized, track officials confirmed later that day.
The barn, which contains about 40 horses under the care of several
The public unveiling of a bronze statue to celebrate the life of 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will take place at Churchill Downs April 26. The announcement came on the second anniversary of Barbaro’s passing on Jan. 29, 2007.
While the icy wonderland that has blanketed the Bluegrass region left more than 600,000 Kentuckians without power the week of Jan. 25, Thoroughbred farm managers are doing all they can to keep their operations functional and safe in spite of
Nicanor, a full brother of the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner whose story captivated the racing world for months, will race for the first time either this weekend or next, trainer Michael Matz said Monday.
Nicanor had a solid five-furlong work
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