Posts Tagged ‘ thoroughbreds ’

  LEXINGTON, (Jockey Club) – The Jockey Club reminds owners of unregistered yearlings and 2-year-olds that the requirements for foal registration must be completed by December 31, 2011, to avoid additional late registration fees. The late registration fee increases from $525 to $775 after December 31 of the yearling year and from $775 to $2,000 after...
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HILDA’S PASSION HEADLINES VAGRANCY HANDICAP LEXINGTON, (NTRA) – Hilda’s Passion goes for her fifth stakes win Saturday as she heads a field of seven fillies and mares in the Grade II, $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The 4-year-old Canadian Frontier filly, who will be making her first Belmont appearance in the 6...
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calder Casino & Race Course today amended its race dates request for the 2011-2012 racing season as part of its final dates submission to the Florida Department of Pari-Mutuel Wagering. Calder’s amended request calls for live racing from July 1, 2011, through Dec. 2, 2011, and from April 9, 2012, through June 30, 2012....
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NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – Equibase Company LLC, the Thoroughbred industry’s official database for racing information, has enhanced its Virtual Stable e-mail service with the addition of jockey notifications and American Quarter Horse trial and stakes race notifications, it was announced today by Equibase Company Vice President of Sales Victor Espinosa. “Jockeys are some of...
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Connections of Breeders’ Cup Starters Pledge to Give Back NEW YORK, (NTRA) – After raising $47,000 in pledges from the 2009 Breeders’ Cup, New Vocations is well on its way to doing the same if not more this year. Owners and trainers of Breeders’ Cup starters have been asked to pledge a percentage of their...
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 The Jockey Club Appoints Jason G. Wilson NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – Jason G. Wilson has been appointed vice president – business development for The Jockey Club, it was announced today by James L. Gagliano, the president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club. The appointment is effective immediately. In that role, Wilson will pursue...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, (RP) – The richest racing program for Oklahoma-bred Thoroughbreds is set for Friday night at Remington Park. Over $1 million in purse money is on the line over 10 races Friday with the final eight races comprising the Oklahoma Classics stakes events.   The main event is the 10th and final race on the program,...
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By David Hooper, Executive Director, Texas Thoroughbed Association Photoshop byMadison Joann Brown,  AUSTIN, (TTA) – The first full week of October will find meetings being held by Texas Horse Organizations for Racing, Showing and Eventing (Texas HORSE), the Texas Racing Commission’s Committee on the Current State of Horse and Greyhound Racing in Texas, and the TTA...
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  NEW YORK, (NTRA) - Following the recent launch of the free Equibase Racing YearbookTM application (app) within the iTunes store, Equibase has packaged the same race results and videos and made them available on equibase.com along with expanded North American racing statistics, it was announced today by Equibase Company chairman Alan Marzelli. The web version...
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NEW YORK, (Jockey Club) – Tattooed but unknown Thoroughbreds can now be identified from the convenience of a smart phone following the integration of Tattoo Lookup into Registry mobile, the platform that enables owners and breeders to access The Jockey Club’s Registry from their mobile device, it was announced today by Matt Iuliano, The...
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