Indiana Horse Racing Commission Offers Fractional Ownership Seminar
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission (IHRC) is proud to announce their second seminar for 2018. On April 15, IHRC invites anyone interested in learning how they can get into horse racing, at a fraction of the cost, to a free fractional ownership seminar to be held at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino in Shelbyville. The […]
Horse Racing Facility Would Generate Billions for Georgia, Study Finds
Legislators will introduce bill in 2019 that would allow for three venues, create thousands of jobs, aid rural development and HOPE One horse racing facility in Georgia would have an economic impact of more than $1.2 billion a year while bolstering the agricultural and tourism industries and providing new revenues for health care, education and […]
Secrets of the Hospitality Trade
The 2018 Grand National is quickly approaching and you can get started on your Grand National 2018 betting online today. If you’re looking for tips on betting on the Grand National, then the odds from bookmakers suggest that horses such as Blaklion, The Last Samuri and Cause of Causes are some of those to watch. […]
Tom Howard, Trainer of Ivan Fallunovalot, Passes Away
Trainer Tom Howard, best known for developing multiple stakes-winning sprinter Ivan Fallunovalot, died from complications of cancer Saturday night at his Hot Springs home. He was 70. Howard was diagnosed with liver cancer earlier this year and died just hours after Ivan Fallunovalot, a former claimer owned by longtime client Lewis Mathews, finished third in […]
Prairie Meadows Meet to Open with Starter Bonus Incentive and Purse Increases
Live Thoroughbred racing returns to Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa on April 26 with a Starter Bonus Incentive program and purse increases for overnight races. Prairie Meadows and the Iowa Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) worked jointly to develop the Starter Bonus Incentive. The incentive, which covers the first 12 days of the season, […]
Catalogue for Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Continues to Grow
A total of 126 head have been consigned for the Texas Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale on April 10 starting at 12 noon at the Texas Thoroughbred Sale Pavilion at Lone Star Park. The under tack show is set for April 8 at 11:00 a.m. at the track located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. This catalogue […]
Lone Star Park Announces Purse Increase for Upcoming Meet
Lone Star Park has announced an increase in overnight race purses for the 2018 Thoroughbred season which opens April 19. All overnight races will see an increase of $2,000 each in purse money. Some overnight race categories will see as much as a 25% gain in their purses. No race throughout the 44-day season will […]
Indiana Breeders Pack Hospital to Learn About Foaling and Reproduction Emergencies
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission (IHRC) and Centaur Equine Specialty Hospital (CESH) were proud to host more than 65 horse racing breeders and owners for an information-packed afternoon on February 16 in Shelbyville, Ind. The veterinarians of CESH presented a seminar on foaling and reproduction emergencies to better prepare breeders for the already-busy foaling season. […]
Will Rogers Downs Receives Enhanced TVG Coverage for Spring Thoroughbred Meet
Trainers are arriving from across the country for the 30-day Thoroughbred meet returning to Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs on March 12. The track is in its 12th year of operation, and track representatives look to a successful season as they embrace a few new changes. The spring meet runs through Preakness on Saturday, May […]
Groom Elite Announces Horseman’s Classes at Lone Star Park
The Elite Program, Inc. and Purple Power Racing Services owner C. Reid McLellan, PhD announced a full schedule of classes for the end of winter and beginning of spring. Two Trainers’ Exam Prep Classes, a first-of -its-kind one-day horse behavior and handling clinic and the second annual Horsemen’s Workforce Development at Magdalena Farms in Lexington, […]
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