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Trainer Dale Romans, who announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate earlier this week, has already raised over $750,000 according to his campaign office. In a press release Tuesday night, Romans, who is running as an Independent Democrat, said he has seen “an incredible surge of support for [a] first-time candidate.” “I'm so grateful for

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5. RUNNING WITH CHAOS, DMR, 11-14, 6 1/2f (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure: 81 (2nd) (g, 3, by Khozan–House Money, by Wildcat Heir) O-Eduardo Bernal, Larry Buckendorf and Jeffrey Lambert. B-Woodford Thoroughbreds (Fl). T-Bob Hess Jr. J-Edwin Maldonado. He went to post at 28-1, but there was nothing fluky about his improved runner-up finish to Simple

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The Freakonomics Radio podcast has released a new three-episode series, “The Horse Is Us,” which includes coverage of the Keeneland September Sale and several other important industry issues. “Their team was fantastic to work with and spent several days interviewing several industry professionals and Keeneland team members on our grounds,” said Keeneland Communications M...

Dale Romans is among the most successful trainers in the history of Kentucky racing. He's the all-time leading trainer in terms of wins at Churchilll Downs, has won the GI Preakness Stakes and upset Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) with Keen Ice (

Juddmonte's homebred stallion Mizzen Mast (Cozzene) has been euthanized due to the infirmities of old age, the Daily Racing Form reported Monday. The 27-year-old began his career in France, placing in the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris before crossing the Atlantic to take both the GI Malibu Stakes and the GII Strub Stakes at

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Live racing returns to Santa Anita with the traditional Dec. 26 opening card of the 48-day Classic meet featuring the GI Malibu Stakes, and continues through the close of the 30-day Hollywood meet June 14. The two meets will feature 81 stakes worth $11.75 million, including the newly named GII D. Wayne Lukas Stakes Feb.

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The University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program Global Symposium on Racing, scheduled for Dec. 8-10, will be streamed online with Roberts Communications Network making the stream available on the Racetrack Television Network. All proceeds from the sales of streaming packages will go back to the RTIP. “Year after year, the Global Symposium on Racing

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The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will award $4.7 million in grants to 86 accredited Thoroughbred aftercare organizations in 2025, the organization announced Tuesday. The financial support is designed to assist organizations in delivering exceptional care and rehabilitation services for retired racehorses. Of the $4.7 million in grants awarded this year, $250,000 was provided by the Commonwea...

The GIII Bob Hope Stakes, which was postponed from last Sunday to Nov. 21, has now been cancelled entirely after attracting just three entrants, according to a report in Daily Racing Form. “It's disappointing, obviously, to not have a stakes race go, which is extremely rare here,” Del Mar's racing secretary David Jerkens told DRF's

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Jim Bernhard, who along with his wife Dana, purchased the historic Pin Oak Stud in 2022, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, according to a statement on the website of his Bernhard Capital. He was 71. The Bernhards made their entry into Thoroughbred race with the purchase of Geaux Rocket Ride, whom Jim acquired as a birthday

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Jim Bernhard, who along with his wife Dana, purchased the historic Pin Oak Stud in 2022, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, according to a statement on the website of his Bernhard Capital. He was 71. The Bernhards made their entry into Thoroughbred race with the purchase of Geaux Rocket Ride, whom Jim acquired as a birthday

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A new minimum reporting level (MRL) for the banned substance metformin has been proposed by HISA's Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Committee, according to a HISA release Monday. The proposed MRL is 4.0 nanograms per milliliter in blood and is based on recommendations received at HISA and HIWU's request from the Racing Medication & Testing

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The 55th Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards will be held Thursday, Jan. 22 at The Breakers Palm Beach and tickets are now on sale for the black-tie event. The link to purchase is found here. The event is scheduled to begin at 6:00p.m. EDT with the cocktail party and red carpet show, followed by the dinner

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A total of 20 stakes worth $3.977-million will highlight Turfway's Winter/Spring meeting and is anchored by the 55th running of the GIII Jeff Ruby Stakes–with Kentucky Derby points on the line–Saturday, Mar. 21, the track announced Monday morning. Racing at the Northern Kentucky institution will be kicked off by the Holiday Meet Dec. 3-27 and

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Grade I winner Eight Rings (Empire Maker) has relocated from Harris Farms to Rancho San Miguel and will stand at the new farm for a 2026 fee of $6,000 with a live foal guarantee, it was announced by press release. The son of Empire Maker claimed his elite-level win in the GI American Phar...

Revera (f, 2, Lexitonian–Decoder, by War Front), second behind 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Himika (Curlin) in the Oct. 19 Anoakia Stakes, got the better of that more-fancied rival with a determine...

After torrential rains hammered much of the west coast on Saturday, outside of a rogue scattered shower or two moving through the area Sunday, the weather and the conditions improved enough to proceed with Del Mar's nine-race card. Racing Saturday was cancelled in anticipation of the heavy rains that blew through Del Mar, flooding the

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The vet scratch is a baked-in component of the sport. It isn't going away. But is there a way to make the system better, more efficient? On the one hand is the regulatory vet world, arguing that criticism of their vital role is not only damaging to the sport but often misleading (the latter argument

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Live racing at Aqueduct has been cancelled following Race 2 on Sunday due to high winds currently impacting the New York City metropolitan area, according to a New York Racing Association, Inc. release. The National Weather Service forecast calls for sustained high winds and gusts in excess of 40 mph. The GIII Pebbles Stakes, which

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Live racing at Aqueduct in Ozone Park, NY and Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada were cancelled Sunday due to high winds impacting much of the East Coast. Aqueduct abandoned racing following Race 2, while Woodbine cancelled after the day's third race. The National Weather Service forecast calls for sustained high winds and gusts in excess

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