Health Zone: EPM/Neurological
When it comes to neurologic diseases in horses, three specific letters strike fear into the hearts of equine caregivers....
Real Rider Cup Lexington Raises Over $57K for Aftercare
The Lexington leg of the Real Rider Cup welcomed 30 horse and rider combinations, along with hundreds of spectators, to New Vocations at Mereworth Farm on June 28 for an evening of lively competition ...
LaSala Retires From PDJF Leadership Roles
The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund announced July 1 that president and fundraising director Nancy LaSala has retired and stepped down from its board....
Red Route One, Unload Back for Cornhusker Rematch
Winchell Thoroughbreds and trainer Steve Asmussen will attempt to have the exacta again in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3) July 5 as Red Route One and Unload return to the 1 1/8-...
Purses Increase, Race Days Added to Charles Town Season
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has announced a 10% purse increase starting in the upcoming condition book, made possible by the passage of West Virginia Senate Bill 75. Charles Town will also ...
Group 1-placed Green Storm Added to Tattersalls July
A total of nine wildcards have been added to the Tattersalls July Sale that runs July 8-10, and the cohort is headed by Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) runner-up Green Storm....
Scollay Retires; Hardy Named HIWU Chief of Science
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announced July 1 that Dr. Mary Scollay, HIWU's chief of science, has retired from full-time duties, effective immediately. HIWU will now transition under the ...
BC Winner Starlust Retired to Stud in Australia
Last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Starlust has been retired from racing and will enter quarantine this week in preparation for traveling to Australia where he will take up stallion du...
F-T Announces Changes to Midlantic Under Tack Format
Fasig-Tipton announced July 1 that it will implement changes to the format of the under tack show at next year's Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. These changes include eliminating timed wor...
Mindframe Helps Revive Top-Class Female Line
Mindframe comes from a female line that was top-class in England at the time of its importation to the United States. It then went into decline only to undergo an unlikely revival, mostly through hors...