Racing News
Portland Meadows switching to "equine friendly" riding crops -- March 4, 2010
Beginning on March 8, jockeys at Portland Meadows will be required to use “equine friendly” riding crops that conform to a new house rule at the north Portland race track. Portland Meadows, with help ...
Beginning on March 8, jockeys at Portland Meadows will be required to use “equine friendly” riding crops that conform to a new house rule at the north Portland race track. Portland Meadows, with help ...
Top sprinters set for tonight's Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes -- February 27, 2010
A star will be born tonight when 10 sprinters compete in the running of the $134,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes. Last year, Royal Proclamation used the Maiden Stakes as the launching pad for a fine so...
A star will be born tonight when 10 sprinters compete in the running of the $134,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes. Last year, Royal Proclamation used the Maiden Stakes as the launching pad for a fine so...
Can anybody stop Freaky in tonight’s Winter Championship? -- February 20, 2010
By Orlando Gutierrez, Los Alamitos Race Course Can they beat him? "They" are the nine horses that qualified 2-through-10 to the $228,450 Los Alamitos Winter Championship that will be ...
By Orlando Gutierrez, Los Alamitos Race Course Can they beat him? "They" are the nine horses that qualified 2-through-10 to the $228,450 Los Alamitos Winter Championship that will be ...
Rachel Alexandra connections turn down meeting with Zenyatta -- February 10, 2010
. . . but propose later races that would pit America's darlings against each other
The connections of Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra informed Oaklawn Park today that she would not com...
Alberta-bred racing Quarter Horse owners: not too late to claim your rebate -- February 9, 2010
The AQHRA would like to remind everyone who purchased a yearling at the AQHRA 2007 Sale that you are entitled to a $1,500 rebate if your horse breaks its maiden as a two or three year old. The applica...
The AQHRA would like to remind everyone who purchased a yearling at the AQHRA 2007 Sale that you are entitled to a $1,500 rebate if your horse breaks its maiden as a two or three year old. The applica...
TRJ gets your heart racing—just in time for Valentine's Day! -- February 7, 2010
If it's not there already, it'll be there soon: the February issue of TRJ—The Racing Journal. In addition to nomination forms for 2010 stakes races across the region, stallion auc...
If it's not there already, it'll be there soon: the February issue of TRJ—The Racing Journal. In addition to nomination forms for 2010 stakes races across the region, stallion auc...
Internet Security 2010 virus impacts TRJ production schedule -- January 26, 2010
The new year now has its own rogue software, also known as a virus: Internet Security 2010. (Any of you who have been dealing with this infection are already cringing, I know!) One tech-heavy website ...
The new year now has its own rogue software, also known as a virus: Internet Security 2010. (Any of you who have been dealing with this infection are already cringing, I know!) One tech-heavy website ...
Los Alamitos to race Friday through Sunday until early April -- January 23, 2010
Los Alamitos will race on a Friday through Sunday basis effective with next week’s racing program. No racing will be held on Thursday nights until April when the new crop of two year olds starts racin...
Los Alamitos will race on a Friday through Sunday basis effective with next week’s racing program. No racing will be held on Thursday nights until April when the new crop of two year olds starts racin...
Turf Paradise officials work with horsemen to balance purse structure -- January 22, 2010
Racing officials at Turf Paradise consulted a panel of experts before changing the purse structure at their track: the horsemen who run there. Facing declines in handle and other results of the de...
Racing officials at Turf Paradise consulted a panel of experts before changing the purse structure at their track: the horsemen who run there. Facing declines in handle and other results of the de...
TVG to air exclusive live coverage of tonight’s 39th annual Eclipse Awards -- January 18, 2010
Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta finally face off for Horse of the Year honors
TVG, the premier horseracing television network in the U.S., will broadcast exclusive coverage of the 39th Annua...Special Eclipse Awards announced; Farish, Koehler to be honored -- January 15, 2010
William S. Farish to receive Eclipse Award of Merit
William S. Farish, owner of Lane’s End Farm and a pre-eminent industry leader of multiple organizations and causes, will be honored with t...
Rillito Park Racetrack ready for horses in just two weeks! -- December 21, 2009
Historic Rillito Park Racetrack in always-sunny Tucson, Arizona, opens its doors for training on Monday, January 4. The 2010 season is set to start on January 16 and runs through February 21. Fo...
Historic Rillito Park Racetrack in always-sunny Tucson, Arizona, opens its doors for training on Monday, January 4. The 2010 season is set to start on January 16 and runs through February 21. Fo...
Three berths to Champion of Champions up for grabs on Friday night -- November 19, 2009
Three berths to the prestigious $750,000 Champion of Champions will be determined when a full field of 10 outstanding older horses gets together in Friday's $18,000 Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trial at...
Three berths to the prestigious $750,000 Champion of Champions will be determined when a full field of 10 outstanding older horses gets together in Friday's $18,000 Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trial at...
Claiming Crown runner surprises in Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile -- November 8, 2009
By Karen Svea Johnson Dismissed at odds of 21.3-to-1, Furthest Land, whose 2009 races include a fourth-place finish in the Claiming Crown Jewel at Canterbury Park, rallied to a win under Jul...
By Karen Svea Johnson Dismissed at odds of 21.3-to-1, Furthest Land, whose 2009 races include a fourth-place finish in the Claiming Crown Jewel at Canterbury Park, rallied to a win under Jul...
Foose wins nation's richest Quarter Horse derby of 2009 -- November 8, 2009
By Orlando Gutierrez, Los Alamitos Race Course Zenyatta's scintillating victory in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic was not the final million-dollar race contested on a great Saturday of...
By Orlando Gutierrez, Los Alamitos Race Course Zenyatta's scintillating victory in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic was not the final million-dollar race contested on a great Saturday of...
A thrilling start to the two-day Breeders’ Cup event -- November 7, 2009
By Karen Svea Johnson The first Breeders’ Cup race was race three on the Friday card at Santa Anita Park, the Breeders’ Cup Marathon. The 3-year-old British colt Mastery was the heavy favori...
By Karen Svea Johnson The first Breeders’ Cup race was race three on the Friday card at Santa Anita Park, the Breeders’ Cup Marathon. The 3-year-old British colt Mastery was the heavy favori...
Nation's richest Quarter Horse derby is tonight at Los Alamitos -- November 7, 2009
By Orlando Gutierrez, Los Alamitos Race Course Ten outstanding 3-year-olds will compete in tonight's $1,000,000 Los Alamitos Super Derby, a 400-yard test that this year is Quarter Horse raci...
By Orlando Gutierrez, Los Alamitos Race Course Ten outstanding 3-year-olds will compete in tonight's $1,000,000 Los Alamitos Super Derby, a 400-yard test that this year is Quarter Horse raci...
West Point Thoroughbreds teams with Breeders’ Cup and USO to host members of the military and their families on Friday -- November 5, 2009
For the first time in the 26-year history of the event, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, in partnership with the USO, will host American soldiers and their families for a day of championship Tho...
For the first time in the 26-year history of the event, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, in partnership with the USO, will host American soldiers and their families for a day of championship Tho...
Lethal Heat, daughter of Lethal Leta, faces seven in Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic -- November 5, 2009
By Karen Svea Johnson Is it the mare? Or is it the stud? Lethal Heat’s connections might just answer “both.” Lethal Heat is a daughter of Unusual Heat, reigning as California’s leading si...
By Karen Svea Johnson Is it the mare? Or is it the stud? Lethal Heat’s connections might just answer “both.” Lethal Heat is a daughter of Unusual Heat, reigning as California’s leading si...
Intermountain Horsemen's Association plans second meeting during AQHA Racing Conference -- October 16, 2009
The Intermountain Horsemen's Association has planned its second open meeting. Anyone interested in trying to improve horse racing in the Intermountain and Northwest regions is invited to attend the Oc...
The Intermountain Horsemen's Association has planned its second open meeting. Anyone interested in trying to improve horse racing in the Intermountain and Northwest regions is invited to attend the Oc...
