RUIDOSO, NM (Ruidoso Downs) — The New Mexico Racing Commission and Ruidoso Downs affirm their position on stringent drug testing on horses who competed during opening weekend, last Friday through Monday, at Ruidoso Downs. “Sample were taken and sent to the University of California at Davis on every race,” said Vince Mares,...
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Female Managers Making A Major Impact In The Sport Of Kings The Growing Influence Of Women At Phoenix’s 3rd Largest Sports Franchise PHOENIX, (Turf Paradise) – Horseracing is one of the few sports where men and women compete side by side. The days are long gone when the site of a female jockey was...
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SUNLAND PARK EARNS RE-ACCREDITATION FROM THE NTRA SAFETY AND INTEGRITY ALLIANCE SUNLAND PARK, NM (NTRA) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced today that Sunland Park in Sunland Park, N.M., has earned re-accreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance. The re-accreditation followed a complete review of all racing operations at the facility....
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RUIDOSO DOWNS, New Mexico (Ruidoso) – Led by 2012 world champion One Dashing Eagle, quarter horses and horsemen who competed at Ruidoso Downs last summer were prominent among the annual world champions announced by the American Quarter Horse Association on January 16. All American Futurity winner One Dashing Eagle took the sport’s most prestigious...
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AMARILLO, (AQHA) – Freshman colt One Dashing Eagle is the 2012 World Champion Racing American Quarter Horse. He also is the champion 2-year-old and champion 2-year-old colt. Owned by Jose and Gustavo De La Torre with Jorge Carmona’s San Gregorio Racing Stable of Norco, California, One Dashing Eagle made history by winning three million-dollar...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, (Remington Park) – Stall applications for the nation’s richest American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed meet at Remington Park are due by Thursday, January 17. In anticipation of the March 8 opening of live racing, management has announced new policies to take effect immediately. “Remington Park is committed to making this 2013 meet...
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AUSTIN, (TRC) – The Texas Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a total of 109 live Thoroughbred dates for 2013 among the state’s three major Thoroughbred tracks, roughly on par with the number of 2012 dates. Sam Houston Race Park will start off the year with a 33-day Thoroughbred meet running four days a week,...
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Black-type Races Will Undergo Greater Scrutiny in 2014 An upcoming provision on whether a race gets black type in catalogs will put more than half of North America’s stakes races under review and might cost the first three finishers in some stakes black type. This new measure also could dramatically alter the landscape for...
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SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK SET TO OFFER ON-TRACK MOBILE WAGERING 2013 Live Race Meet Adds Houston Ladies Classic and New Wagers with Fan-Friendly Low Takeouts HOUSTON, (SHRP) – The 20th Annual Live Racing Season at Sam Houston Race Park gets underway on Friday, January 18, 2013 and racetrack officials are pleased to announce a...
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California racetrack to host Challenge Championships for tenth time AMARILLO, (AQHA) – The Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships will return to Los Alamitos Race Course in 2013, which is the tenth time the Challenge Championships have been held at the Orange County oval. The AQHA Racing Conference will be held in conjunction with...
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