Oaklawn Increases Purses for the Third Time This Year
The final three weeks of racing will feature the highest purses in Oaklawn’s history after the track announced its third increase of the meet that has benefited greatly from good….
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Texas-bred Ivan Fallunovalot Returns to Work Tab, Aims for Count Fleet
Multiple stakes winner Ivan Fallunovalot, the 2015 Texas Horse of the Year, returned to the work tab Sunday morning at Oaklawn, breezing a half-mile in :48 after the renovation break….
Lone Star Park Updates EHV-1 Policy
Lone Star Park has updated its policy regarding Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1). This policy update applies to horses shipping into the receiving barn only. There is no change to the current….
Nearly 100 Head Consigned to Equine Sales Company 2-Year-Old Sale
A total of 93 horses have been consigned to the catalogue that is now available online for the Equine Sales Company 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale set for Tuesday, May 10,….
Cupid Brings Home Sixth Rebel Victory for Baffert
One year after winning the Rebel Stakes with eventual Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert finally returned to Oaklawn with the right horse after two….
Newest Issue of American Racehorse Features Wood-Mere Farm, Iowa-breds, Insurance Tips
The March/April issue of American Racehorse (formerly Southern Racehorse) magazine is now available online by clicking here. This issue of American Racehorse magazine includes articles on Minnesota’s Wood-Mere Farm, the….
Norfield to Stand at EquiTech Services in Oklahoma
Norfield, a winning son of Golden Missile, will stand the 2016 breeding season at EquiTech Services in El Reno, Oklahoma. The 14-year-old stallion will stand for a $650 fee as….
Suddenbreakingnews Draws Post 14 in Full Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn
A full field of 14 was entered Wednesday morning for the $900,000 Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds Saturday at Oaklawn. Probable post time for the 1 1/16-mile Rebel, the 10th….
Graded Stakes Winner Lockout Retired to Stand at Caines Stallion Station
Lockout, a Grade 2-winning earner of more than $520,000, has been retired to stand his first season at stud at Caines Stallion Station in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. The son of millionaire….
Trainer Steve Asmussen Sweeps Exacta in Oaklawn’s Honeybee
Trainer Steve Asmussen had the exacta in Saturday’s $200,000 Honeybee Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park, but it wasn’t the way the betting public had predicted with Stonestreet Stables’ Terra Promessa,….
NFL Star Vince Wilfork Wins Delta Downs Stakes with Great Minds
Delta Downs closed out its 2015-16 Thoroughbred season on Saturday night with an 11-race program that featured the fourth running of the $75,000 Borgata Stakes for older horses competing at….
Cosmic Evolution Hoping to be Next Star for Texas’ Diamond D Ranch
Another year, another chance for a Diamond D Ranch graduate to win a stakes race for 3-year-old fillies at Oaklawn. Stephen Fidel’s Cosmic Evolution, who received her early training at….
Bravura Named Sam Houston Horse of the Meet
Bravura, the only winner of two stakes races in the 2016 Sam Houston Race Park Thoroughbred meet, was named 2016 Horse of the Meet. Bred and owned by Victoria Ashford….
Oklahoma Stallion Going Wild Dies
Oklahoma stallion Going Wild, a multiple stakes winning son of Golden Missile, died February 17 after a stall accident. The 14-year-old was standing at Equitech Services in El Reno, Oklahoma,….
Texas Juvenile Sale Attracts 85 Entries at Lone Star Park
The Texas Thoroughbred Association, in concert with Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, has hip numbered 85 juveniles for the upcoming Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age….
Prairie Meadows Announces EHV-1 Policy
Prairie Meadows Racetrack has adopted a policy for Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) that will be in effect for the 2016 Thoroughbred racing season at this Altoona, IA track. The Equine Herpesvirus….
Oaklawn Announces Second Purse Increase
The second half of Oaklawn’s record-setting season will feature a sizeable second purse increase. Beginning Thursday, March 10, purses will be increasing by as much as $5,000 thanks to continued….
Georgia Voters Denied the Chance to Vote on Horse Racing
The Georgia Horse Racing Coalition regrets that bills to allow voters to decide whether to allow horse racing in the state were prevented from coming before the Georgia Senate for….
Equine Sales Company Announces Date for Unified Yearling Sale with LTBA
Equine Sales Company today announced that it will hold its Consignor Select Yearling Sale on September 7, 2016, in Opelousas, Louisiana. This will be the first unified yearling sale held….
LTBA, Equine Sales Company Announce Louisiana Sale Agreement
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association (LTBA) and Equine Sales of Louisiana on Tuesday proudly announce a mutual agreement with the purpose of encouraging and supporting the sale, purchase, and racing….