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  • Midwest/Canada: Championing Regional Markets (3/18/2024) - The first time Dan Kjorsvik stepped foot at a racetrack he had little idea of how that experience would influence his future.
  • British Changes Should Allow More Track, Farm Workers (3/18/2024) - British racing received a boost March 18 when six key roles were added to a government list that should help with the sport’s staffing crisis.
  • Gillum Wins National Horseplayers Championship (3/18/2024) - Mike Gillum topped the field of 765 entries and took home the $800,000 grand prize at the 25th National Horseplayers Championship. Gillum operates a produce company and is a regular at Horseshoe Indianapolis.
  • Sierra Leone Sits Atop Derby Future Wager Pool 5 (3/18/2024) - Sierra Leone, winner of the Risen Star Stakes (G2), closed as the 7-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, with champion 2-year-old Fierceness the 9-1 second betting choice.
  • Munz Lands Justify Colt at Magic Millions Adelaide Sale (3/18/2024) - In the same week as Justify’s son Storm Boy awaits his Golden Slipper (G1) destiny, a colt by the same sire was the second-highest priced yearling sold at the March 18 opening session of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.
  • Green to Receive Marylou Whitney Award (3/18/2024) - The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Len Green with the Marylou Whitney Award for his ongoing humanitarian support of the New York backstretch community at their 17th Annual Fundraising Brunch to be held Aug. 14.
  • New York Considers Further Opening Sports Wagers (3/18/2024) - Democrats who control the state Senate in New York want to permit mobile sports wagering companies to offer in-game and season-long “prop” bets, such as wagers on most valuable players in a sports league.
  • Northern California Horsemen Feeling Wave of Emotions (3/18/2024) - The initial announcement of the closure of Golden Gate Fields left industry stakeholders to question what their next steps would be. The roller coaster of emotions comes to a head March 21 as the CHRB allocates the remainder of 2024 racing dates.
  • Half to Territories Starts at Compiegne (3/18/2024) - Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday’s Observations features the half-sibling to Dalham Hall stallion G1SW-Fr Territories (Ire). 15.05 Compiegne,…
  • Letter To The Industry: Iowa HBPA Response To HISA Town Hall Comment On PMRC Catastrophic Breakdowns (3/18/2024) - Unfortunately, as is typically the case with the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority (HISA) corporation, CEO Lisa Lazarus left out important details from her remarks during HISA’s town hall meeting on March 11 regarding the toe grab rules in relating to horsemen and breakdowns at Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino (PMRC). The following comment is…
  • Pleasant Acres Optimistic on New Sire Quintet (3/18/2024) - Pleasant Acres Farm outside of Morriston, Florida launched its stallion division in 2013 with the vision of bringing top-class sires to the Sunshine State. Over a decade later, the operation founded by Joe and Helen Barbazon is still working toward that same goal. This year they’ve provided a major boost to the Florida stallion ranks…
  • Racing Together Community Day Aims for Record Numbers (3/18/2024) - Racing Together, the industry’s community engagement partnership, will host the 2024 community day on Wednesday, May 8 to coincide with the Boodles May Festival at Chester Racecourse, the organisation announced on Monday via press release. British horseracing’s national day of employee volunteering, the effort is supported by various charity and commercial partners with a focus…
  • Saratoga Season Passes On Sale March 20 (3/18/2024) - Season tickets and passes for the 2024 Saratoga summer race meet will become available to the general public Wednesday, March 20. The sale, announced by NYRA Monday, will begin at 10am and includes admission along with reserved seating in the clubhouse or grandstand. Season passes grant access to the track for all 40 race days…
  • Gleneagles’ Brilliant Best In The Park Express (3/18/2024) - Aidan O’Brien’s 2024 Flat Turf campaign got off to a perfect beginning at The Curragh on Monday as the 3-year-old filly Brilliant (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}–Plying, by Hard Spun) flew the flag in the G3 Lodge Park Stud Irish EBF Park Express S. Runner-up in the G3 Newtownanner Stud Irish EBF S. over this mile trip…
  • Setback Puts Opera Singer’s Guineas Challenge in Doubt (3/18/2024) - Opera Singer (Justify), winner of the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and winter favourite for the Qipco 1,000 Guineas, may miss the first Classic of the season after meeting with a setback in training. Her trainer Aidan O’Brien confirmed the news in an interview on Racing TV. He said, “Opera Singer is a bit behind. She…
  • ‘All Systems Are Go’: Haynes Aiming Enhanced Team at Brocklesby and Beyond (3/18/2024) - The training game may be a tough one but that doesn’t stop new young hopefuls  joining the ranks each year. Getting early winners on the board counts for everything and that is something Alice Haynes managed from the outset. Now, just over three years since she sent out her first runner, her string has grown…
  • Freshman Sergei Prokofiev Off The Mark In Curragh Opener (3/18/2024) - Monday’s curtain-raising Curragh card saw Whitsbury Manor Stud’s first-season sire Sergei Prokofiev register his opening salvo as his son Arizona Blaze (GB) captured the five-furlong Castle Star And Alkumait At Capital Stud Irish EBF Maiden. Representing AMO Racing Limited and Giselle De Aguiar and the Adrian Murray stable, the £82,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale…
  • Sierra Leone Favored in Derby Future Wager (3/18/2024) - Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), winner of the GII Risen Star S., was the 7-1 favorite when Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday evening. Last year’s 2-year-old champion Fierceness (City of Light) was second choice at 9-1. “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 11-1 third betting option. Japan’s G3 Saudi Derby winner…
  • NY Chaplaincy to Honor Len Green (3/18/2024) - Len Green will be honored with the New York Race Track Chaplaincy’s Marylou Whitney Award for his ongoing humanitarian support of the New York backstretch community. Green will be presented the award at the group’s 17th annual Fundraising Brunch to be held Aug. 14 at Saratoga National Golf Course in Saratoga Springs. “Len and his…
  • Cancellation of the 2024 Peter O’Sullevan Lambourn Open Day Announced (3/18/2024) - The 2024 Peter O’Sullevan Lambourn Open Day–due to be staged on Good Friday, March 29–has been cancelled, it was announced on Monday. For over 30 years the annual charity event has offered a look behind the scenes of the racing industry, with various training yards and attractions opening their doors to the public. However, following…
  • Six Roles Added to Government’s New Immigration Salary List (3/18/2024) - British racing has welcomed the decision by the Government to add six crucial racing-related roles to the new Immigration Salary List (ISL), making it easier for training yards and studs to recruit workers from abroad. The ISL, which has replaced the former Shortage Occupation List, now includes racing grooms, work riders, stallion handlers, stud grooms,…
  • East View Stakes: Sweet Brown Sugar (3/18/2024) - East View Stakes
  • Irish O'Brien Stakes: Stay and Scam (3/18/2024) - Irish O’Brien Stakes
  • Any Limit Stakes: Launch (3/18/2024) - Any Limit Stakes
  • Damon Runyon Stakes: Antonio of Venice (3/18/2024) - Damon Runyon Stakes
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