Older Horses Might Not be Ready to Retire
Geriatric horses can live a happy and fulfilling life.
Geriatric horses can live a happy and fulfilling life.
Keeneland will open its 15-day November Thoroughbred Breeding Stock Sale–the largest of its kind in the world–on Monday, Nov. 3.
A record 5,709 horses have been cataloged for the sale, which runs through Monday, Nov. 17. Sessions begin
Though champion Curlin may not have handled the synthetic racing surface as well as some of his European rivals did in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic, Santa Anita Park’s Pro-Ride racing surface performed safely during the two-day World
Bob Baffert is back in the Kentucky Derby picture.
Midshipman put the white-haired trainer there with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Saturday.
Baffert and his wife, Jill, jumped up and down as
Horsemen making their regular morning stops at Santa Anita’s Clocker’s Corner Oct. 26 were abuzz over the success of the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships, the first ever run on an artificial surface.
There were no reports of major
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Rick Dutrow moves easily and anonymously through the early morning crowds clogging the pathway from Clocker’s Corner to the stable area at Santa Anita.
There’s no one hanging on his every word or photographers poking their lenses into his
While the intention behind Switzerland’s revised animal protection law is educate horse owners, critics say the law doesn’t go far enough to protect horses from abuse. There is also some question as to whether the rules were based on scientific
Curlin’s looming presence in Saturday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic hardly scared away the competition.
Undefeated Casino Drive from Japan, along with European stars Duke of Marmalade, Henrythenavigator, and Raven’s Pass, are among the
Red Giant, who was pre-entered in the Oct. 25 Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf, will miss the Breeders’ Cup World Championships due to fever and has been retired.
The 4-year-old Giant’s Causeway colt was scheduled to breeze this morning
Working equids are the donkeys, mules, ponies, and horses that are integral to transporting of goods to market, plowing the land, and clearing brush and trees in most of the world. Even if roads were traversable and the terrain could accommodate
The Jockey Club released the Report of Mares Bred (RMB) statistics Oct. 16 for 2008 that show a continued decline in North American Thoroughbred breeding activity.
Based on RMBs received through Oct. 10, The Jockey Club reported 2,643
The court-appointed receiver managing the minority ownership in Horse of the Year Curlin said the sealed-bid process established Oct. 15 to possibly sell the 20% interest in the champion colt will go forward, despite a
Curlin, undefeated Casino Drive from Japan, and European stars Duke of Marmalade, Henry the Navigator, and Raven’s Pass were among a full field of 14 horses pre-entered Thursday for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Oct. 25.
Although Keeneland has announced it has been retained to market the 20% minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, a pending motion in a Kentucky court is asking for the current sale process to be halted.
New York is joining other states in cracking down on steroid use in horse racing, state regulators announced Oct. 14.
“For the sake of the betting public, we want to do everything in our power to ensure that racing runs on a level playing
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