Thursday, June 27, 2019 4:11 p.m. CDT By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Breeders’ Cup will be held as scheduled at Santa Anita Park in November despite the death of 30 horses at the track since December, the board overseeing the race said on Thursday. The idea of moving the race to Louisville’s…
After a meeting of and discussion with its Board of Directors today in Lexington, Ky., Breeders’ Cup Limited affirmed by unanimous decision its commitment to conduct the 2019 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. on November 1-2. This will mark the 10th time the event will be held at Santa Anita,…
A mile and a quarter race for Thoroughbred 3-year-olds, held at a nation’s most famous racetrack … doesn’t that sound like a description of the Kentucky Derby? Yes, but it’s also an accurate description of the CA$1 million Queen’s Plate Stakes at Woodbine in Canada, scheduled to be held on June 29 this year. Indeed,…
Three years ago, Judd Kearl burst out of the pack to leave his mark on the sport of quarter horse racing. Kearl’s horses had notched plenty of victories over the previous decade, even claiming titles at individual tracks. But starting in 2016, his team began winning at a startling rate. Working out of his New…
Re “Taking a hard look at horse racing” (Opinion, June 23): Kudos to Sen. Dianne Feinstein for urging reforms in the horseracing industry, beset by crisis in the form of dozens of recent horse fatalities. Regulation is balkanized, with 38 racing jurisdictions each having its own set of rules concerning allowable medications, penalties for violations,…
The 160th edition of the Queen’s Plate, the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, will be held Saturday at Woodbine. Restricted to 3-year-olds bred in Canada, the 1 ¼-mile race on the all-weather Tapeta Footings surface is scheduled for 5:36 p.m. ET. The Queen’s Plate is the oldest continuously run race in North America,…
ARCADIA, Calif. — On the morning of March 29, Santa Anita Park was reopening for racing for the first time in three weeks after the mystifying deaths of nearly two dozen horses. Satellite trucks, national news reporters and animal rights activists converged for what had become a macabre death watch. But California regulators were watching…
I listened to last Thursday’s audio broadcast of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) meeting as it withdrew, by unanimous vote, as a member of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI). I was an active member of the RCI for 25 years when I was the executive director of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission…
Santa Anita Park grandstand in Arcadia, Calif. The California legislature on Monday unanimously passed Senate Bill 469, giving the California Horse Racing Board sweeping authority to immediately suspend racing over safety and welfare concerns for horses and jockeys. Introduced by Sen. Bill Dodd, the measure gives the CHRB authority to change, limit, restrict or reallocate…
“We must take action now to protect horses and jockeys, ensuring safety is always paramount in California horse racing,” co-sponsor Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa) said. “Because clearly, there is a problem here, and we can’t sit back and do nothing. I appreciate my colleagues in the Legislature for coming together to pass this important safety…
