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Phoenix Track Hawks Diversity

April 8, 2013

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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8 Mid Adlantic State Commit to Program

March 12, 2013

MID ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST STATES COMMIT TO UNIFORM MEDICATION AND DRUG TESTING PROGRAM WASHINGTON, (Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association) – In a bold move towards the uniform regulation of medication and drug testing in North American racing, the regulators of eight states in the Mid At­lantic and Northeast have committed to implement a uniform medication and...
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Top Female Jockey Takes a Page from Major Sports Figures

March 12, 2013

Octagon Agrees to Marketing Partnership with Equisponse in Representation of Trail Blazing Female Jockey, Rosie Napravnik Portland, ME (March 12, 2013) – Global sports and entertainment marketing leader Octagon announced a strategic partnership with top Thoroughbred racing jockey, Rosie Napravnik. Octagon will work with Kelly Wietsma of Equisponse, a leading marketing and public relations...
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New Mexico Track Gets Clean Bill of Health

February 21, 2013

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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Valid Expectations Makes Permenent Malestone With Progeny Earnings

February 15, 2013
Valid Expectations Makes Permenent Malestone With Progeny Earnings

AUSTIN, (Texas Thoroughbred Association) – Valid Expectations, the dominant stallion in Texas over the past decade, recently hit another milestone as he became the Lone Star State’s all-time leading stallion by progeny earnings. The 20-year-old son of Valid Appeal has sired the earners of $29.7 million with a total of 394 winners and 43...
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Racing Legend Rachel in Serious Condition After Surgery

February 15, 2013

Rachel Alexandra Very Serious LEXINGTON, (Sure Bet Racing) – Late Wednesday night Rachel Alexandra, 2009 Horse of the Year, was taken to Rood and Riddle Equine Clinic in Lexington, Ky., when complications developed related to the birth of her Bernardini filly. Rachel Alexandra underwent surgery to repair an area of bruising in her small...
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Road to the Derby

February 12, 2013
Road to the Derby

The Jockey Club, NBC Sports Group Announce 2013 “Road to the Kentucky Derby” TV Schedule Series Features Six Key Races and the Road to the Kentucky Derby Preview Show on Four Consecutive Weekends Beginning Saturday, March 23 NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – February 12, 2013 – The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC...
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Jockey Club Releases Information Only a Handicapper Could Love

January 30, 2013
Jockey Club Releases Information Only a Handicapper Could Love

Shanghai Bobby High Weight on 2012 Experimental Free Handicap; Beholder gets Top Weight Assignment for Fillies NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – Shanghai Bobby, last year’s champion 2-year-old male and undefeated winner of the Breeders’ Cup Grey Goose Juvenile, received the high weight assignment of 126 pounds on The Jockey Club’s 2012 Experimental Free Handicap,...
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Two Ladies Win Houston Track’s Biggest Race Ever, Set Track Record in the Process

January 27, 2013
Two Ladies Win Houston Track’s Biggest Race Ever, Set Track Record in the Process

JOYFUL VICTORY SETS NEW TRACK RECORD IN THE $400,000 HOUSTON LADIES CLASSIC Trainer Larry Jones Set Track Records in the Ladies Classic and Champion Energy Services Stakes Photo by Jack Coady, Cody Photography HOUSTON, (SHRP) – The inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic, at a distance of a mile andone-sixteenth, attracted a...
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BIG RACING WEEKEND AT SHRP

January 25, 2013
BIG RACING WEEKEND AT SHRP

AUSTIN, (Texas Thoroughbred Association) – Saturday evening, the inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth, will take place with a spectacular field of fillies and mares, whose combined earnings exceed $2.3 million. Starters from the rail out are: Joyful Victory, Rosie Napravnik; Brushed by a...
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