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By: Ray Paulick
The Dec. 26 opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., is one racing tradition that has stood the test of time.
It's been 1,032 days since Amr Racing Stable's Medina Spirit crossed the finish line a half-length ahead of Mandaloun in the 2021 Kentucky Derby. So much has happened since then.
Tracks from Florida to California experienced technical issues related to the totalisator system that handles wagering on Saturday, delaying payouts, odds displays, and even prompting officials at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., to run its most important event, the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby, as a non-betting exhibition contest. Tampa Bay Downs was forced to cancel the final race on Saturday on what is traditionally its biggest day of the year.
An amendment filed by State Sen. Majority Leader Damon Thayer to Kentucky’s annual budget would allocate $250,000 from historical horse racing (HHR) funds to aftercare for Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, and Quarter Horses.
If the California Horse Racing Board approves a license for a fall-winter meet at Pleasanton racetrack in Northern California, that could mean the end of Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, an executive with The Stronach Group wrote in a letter sent to the regulatory board two days before a meeting where the Pleasanton application will be considered.
Reigning 2-year-old male champion Fierceness rebounded from an early season loss to run away to an overpowering victory on Saturday in the 73rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Curlin Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Was thumbing through an old American Racing Manual recently when I paused at the year-end Trend of Racing section that listed daily average attendance and handle for every race meet in North America.
Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred horse racing increased by 0.99 percent in March, compared to the same month in 2023, despite a decrease in race days and races.
By: Ray Paulick
Post position, like age, is just a number. This year marks the 150th Kentucky Derby but only the 95th time a starting gate will be used. The winningest post position in the 94 Derbies since 1930, when a starting gate was first employed, is post five, with 10 victories.
By: Ray Paulick
Trainer Chad Brown and Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Stables won the Grade 1 Old Forester Turf Classic on three consecutive occasions from 2019-’21, with Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar, Digital Age, and Domestic Spending (the latter in a dead-heat with Colonel Liam).
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