A motion filed Wednesday by the Illinois Racing Board (IRB) in Hawthorne Racetrack's ongoing bankruptcy proceedings seeks to revoke the track's operational and wagering licenses. With that would go Hawthorne's authority to operate its network of approximately ten Off-Track-Betting (OTB)…
Pegram, Watson and Weitman's Mystic Ride (Mystic Guide) became the fourth winner from the first crop of his freshman sire (by Ghostzapper) with a professional debut display in the Friday opener at Los Alamitos Race Course. A $45,000 short-yearling purchase…
When trainer Michael Simone claimed Micanopy (Uncle Chuck) for $8,000 out of a non-winners-of-two lifetime race on April 25 at Tampa Bay Downs, his expectations were modest. How could they not be.? The horse was a low-level claimer and had…
GI Alabama Stakes heroine My Gun's Loaded (Gun Runner) will be off for the rest of the year after being diagnosed with an unspecified injury, according to a report by DRF's David Grening. In speaking to Grening, trainer Chad Brown…
Lyrics from Rod Stewart's 1988 song “Forever Young” went, “May sunshine and happiness, Surround you when you're far from home.” The rocker's sentiment has certainly followed Japanese globetrotting superstar Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}), who arrived at the newly…
Arthur B. Hancock III, the owner of Stone Farm in Paris, Kentucky, died at his home on Friday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer according to his wife Staci. He was 83 years old. In later years, Arthur Hancock…
Further Ado (Gun Runner), favored in six out of his last seven starts, will very likely be the wagering choice once again in a fantastic renewal of the $1-million GI Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Saturday. The Spendthrift Farm colorbearer and…
5th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 7:57 p.m. ET. COLORTIME (Not This Time) went to Richard Drake for $1.35-million during Keeneland September and was sent to trainer Steve Asmussen. The colt is the first of two foals out of unraced…
A day after her yearling half-sister by Gun Runner sold for $1.5 million to John Wade's Dream Big Racing at Keeneland September, Lindy Farms, AC Crawford Farms and Westfield Stables' FIORA (f, 2, Into Mischief–Ivyetsu, by Tapit) struck from close…
Topping the AKTEM Turnover and Flat Yearling Sales was Amadeo (Cracksman) (lot 19), who sold for €150,000 to Amiable DC Bloodstock and Emmet Mullins. Consigned by Alessandro Botti, the three-year-old gelding has won twice in six starts and is from…