John Velazquez Gets Win No. 6,000
November 30, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Jockey John Velazquez earned his 6,000th North American victory Nov. 30 at Aqueduct Racetrack, where he piloted Barry Schwartz's Singapore Trader to victory in the fifth race. More...

Graded and Listed Races for 2019 Released
November 30, 2018 (14:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Nov. 30 releasedits listing of United States gradedand listed stakes races for 2019, the results of its annual grading session conducted Nov. 27-28. More...

Rick Hammerle Out as Santa Anita Racing Secretary
November 30, 2018 (14:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Rick Hammerle has been removed from his position as racing secretary at Santa Anita Park, according to several sources with direct knowledge of the situation. More...

Pavel Takes on Japan's Top Dirt Runners
November 30, 2018 (12:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Pavel will look to bounce back from his second straight Breeders' Cup disappointment when he takes on some promising up-and-comers Dec. 2 in the Champions Cup (G1) at Chukyo Racecourse, a race formerly known as the Japan Cup Dirt. More...

Trainer Jorge Navarro Loaded for Claiming Crown
November 29, 2018 (20:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The 2018-19 Championship Meet will get underway at Gulfstream Park Dec. 1, and no one will be more thrilled than trainer Jorge Navarro that the opening-day program will be celebrated with 20th edition of the Claiming Crown. More...

Golden Gate, Horsemen Reach Simulcasting Agreement
November 29, 2018 (18:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The applications for Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields' upcoming after-Christmas meets were both conditionally approved without incident during a California Horse Racing Board meeting at Del Mar Nov. 29. More...

Enliven Looks Strong in Demoiselle Field at Aqueduct
November 29, 2018 (18:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Coming off a runner-up finish in the Tempted Stakes (G3), Enliven heads a field of seven 2-year-old fillies in the $250,000 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) Dec. 1 at Aqueduct Racetrack. More...

FOX Sports and NYRA Announce Expansive TV Agreement
November 29, 2018 (14:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The New York Racing Association and FOX Sports announced a long-term television programming deal Nov. 29 that will make FOX Sports the year-round national television home for NYRA racing from Saratoga Race Course and Belmont Park. More...

Symposium: Getting a Line on Sports Betting
November 29, 2018 (12:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Three panels of the Dec. 3-5 Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., focus on sports betting as the horse racing industry studies the opportunities of sports books popping up in racing jurisdictions More...

Sunland Park's 60th racing season Begins Dec. 28
November 29, 2018 (11:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
$800,000 Sunland Derby (G3) punctuates $5 million stakes schedule More...

Marley's Freedom Stretches Out in Go For Wand Handicap
November 28, 2018 (19:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The 4-year-old Blame filly will stretch out to a mile for the first time in the $250,000 Go for Wand Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec. 1. More...

Game Winner Still Brightest of Baffert's Juvenile Stars
November 28, 2018 (19:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Each week it seems like another good juvenile pops up (see Qahira, last weekend at Del Mar), but at this point there remains just one true headliner"undefeated Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) victor Game Winner More...

Mendelssohn Dials Back in Distance for Cigar Mile
November 28, 2018 (17:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Globetrotting Mendelssohn will add another stamp to his passport with a visit to Aqueduct RacetrackDec. 1 forthe $750,000 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1). More...

Bourbon War Steps Up to Graded Company in Remsen Stakes
November 28, 2018 (17:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Seven juveniles seeking their first stakes win are set to line up in the gate Dec. 1 to contest the $250,000 Remsen Stakes (G2) over 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct Racetrack. More...

Violette Remembered in Emotional Memorial Service
November 27, 2018 (18:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The Belmont Cafe was packed to overflowing with the trainer's family, friends, employees, clients, and colleagues, who shared memories of a man who was a force in Thoroughbred racing virtually until the day he died Oct. 21 at age 65. More...

Imperial Hint Set to Resume Training at Tampa Bay Downs
November 27, 2018 (13:30) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. said the $100,000 Pelican Stakes Feb. 16 at Tampa BayDowns could be Imperial Hint's prep race for the March 30 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). More...

Los Alamitos Winter Meet to Start Dec. 6
November 26, 2018 (17:00) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
The winter meet will run between Dec. 6 and Dec. 16 with a Thursday-Sunday basis with post time at 1 p.m. during weekdays and 12:30 p.m. during weekends. More...

Frank Mirahmadi Named Santa Anita Track Announcer
November 26, 2018 (14:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Frank Mirahmadi, a well-knownfigure in racing circles from coast to coast, has been named Santa Anita Park's permanent announcer and will assume his dutiesbeginning opening day, Dec. 26. More...

Flying Scotsman Dominates Cecil B. DeMille Stakes
November 25, 2018 (19:45) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Flying Scotsman showed Nov. 25 why his connections thought to pre-enter him in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T). More...

Moonlit Promise Wins Bessarabian With Driving Finish
November 25, 2018 (18:15) [ Indexed from BloodHorse.com ]
Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings and Windsor Boys Racing's Moonlit Promisesuccessfullydefendedher title in the $175,000 Bessarabian Stakes (G2) with a stretch drive Nov. 25 at Woodbine. More...