Fort Lauderdale Overflowing With Top-Level Quality
December 13, 2018 (15:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Grade 1 winners Almanaar, Divisidero, Glorious Empire, Hi Happy, and Quarteto de Cordas are prominent among a stacked field of 14 that includes nine other graded stakes winners in the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) Dec. 15 at Gulfstream Park. More...

Charles Town Classic to Offer $1 Million Purse in 2019
December 13, 2018 (11:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
With Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races unveiling a 2019 stakes schedule with a reduced purse for the Charles Town Classic (G2), the West Virginia Racing Commission unanimously approved that schedule Dec. 13. More...

Maryland Stadium Authority Calls for Rebuilt Pimlico
December 13, 2018 (02:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Maryland Stadium Authority's completed study about the future of Pimlico Race Course, expected to be released Dec. 13, will lay out a plan that includes the demolishing and rebuilding of the Baltimore racetrack at a price tag of $424 million. More...

Chad Brown Seeks Rampart Double with Electric Forest
December 13, 2018 (02:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
One year after trainer Chad Brown trainee Lewis Bay scored a dominating, gate-to-wire run in the $100,000 Rampart Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, the trainer returns to the Florida track Dec. 15 with another promising filly. More...

Report: Stadium Authority Calls for Rebuilt Pimlico
December 12, 2018 (18:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Maryland Stadium Authority's completed study about the future of Pimlico Race Course, expected to be released Dec. 13, will "call for" the demolishing and rebuilding of the Baltimore racetrack at a price tag of $424 million. More...

Keeneland Expands Spring Meet
December 12, 2018 (17:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Keeneland Dec. 12 announced expansions to its 2019 spring meet, which will open April 4, a day earlier than in previous years, and present two new stakes, both $100,000 turf sprints. More...

Audible Makes Graded Return in Harlan's Holiday
December 12, 2018 (16:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
China Horse Club, WinStar Farm, Starlight Racing, and Head of Plains Partners' Audible, undefeated in two starts last winter at Gulfstream Park, returns to South Florida for the $100,000 Harlan's Holiday Stakes (G3) Dec. 15. More...

Asmussen Brings Quintet into Springboard Mile
December 12, 2018 (09:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen brings strength in numbers into the $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes, boasting five entrants in the 11-horse field for the one-mile test on Dec. 16. More...

Derby Qualifying Points Boost Springboard Mile
December 12, 2018 (09:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A race for juveniles that had attracted horses like Will Take Charge and Caleb's Posse in recent years, the Springboard Mile at Remington Park gained even more status when it was added to the Road to the Kentucky Derby series. More...

NYRA Promotes Backstretch Housing as National Standard
December 11, 2018 (22:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
As New York regulators move to add new government oversight of backstretch housing at three New York Racing Association racetracks, NYRA officials Dec. 11promoted the corporation's housing improvement efforts as a nation-leading model. More...

Turfway Moves to 'Plan B' on Historical Racing
December 11, 2018 (22:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
After no significant move forward on a $25 million plan to renovate the grandstand and install historical racing machines, Turfway Park on unveiled a less daring plan Dec. 11 that would aim to have 350 machines up and running by June. More...

Hammond, Burnham Named to Media Roll of Honor
December 11, 2018 (22:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Two-time Eclipse Award-winning broadcaster Tom Hammond and the late Eclipse Award-winning cinematographer Joe Burnham have been selected to the National Museum of Racing's Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor. More...

New York Regulators Uphold Fine Against Castellano
December 11, 2018 (22:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A $2,000 fine slapped on Javier Castellano was upheld by top regulators at the state Gaming Commission for a bumping incident during an August race at Saratoga Race Course won by the Hall of Fame jockey. More...

Hall of Famer Nick Zito to Keep String at Oaklawn Park
December 11, 2018 (14:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Nick Zito has started only a handful of horses at Oaklawn Park, but that figures to change in 2019 after the trainer said Friday afternoon that he will "probably" have 20 horses on the grounds when the scheduled 57-day meet begins Jan. 25. More...

NY Regulators Uphold Fine Against Castellano
December 11, 2018 (14:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A $2,000 fine slapped on Javier Castellano was upheld by top regulators at the state Gaming Commission for a bumping incident during an August race at Saratoga Race Course won by the Hall of Fame jockey. More...

Obituary: Perry Trained Formal Gold
December 11, 2018 (14:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
William Perry, the longtime prominent East Coast trainer best remembered as conditioner of two-time grade 1 winner Formal Gold, died at age 71 Dec. 6 in Naples, Fla. More...

Bellafina Cuts Path to Santa Ynez Stakes
December 10, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Kaleem Shah's Bellafina delivered a strong, half-mile workout Dec. 10 at Santa Anita Park and the two-time grade 1 winner convinced trainer Simon Callaghan she's on schedule for a seven-furlong tilt for 3-year-old fillies Jan. 6 at Santa Anita Park. More...

Track Renovation Running On Schedule at Indiana Grand
December 10, 2018 (15:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
A $700,000 renovation project on the one-mile dirt racetrack at Indiana Grand Racing and Casino is running on schedule and is expected to be completed in March 2019 when the barn area opens for training, the track announced Dec. 10. More...

NYRA Adjusts Race Times for Cigar Mile Card
December 09, 2018 (21:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The New York Racing Association announced Dec. 9 that the running times of three one-mile races on the main track, including the Go For Wand Handicap (G3), have been adjusted. More...

Pumpkin Rumble Holds Off Melmich in Valedictory
December 09, 2018 (18:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Trainer Kevin Attard was going to win the 1 3/4-mile race. What was in question until the final strides was which of his two horses would cross the wire first. More...