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Speaking Dec. 7 at the Global Symposium on Racing, officials from the HISA and HIWU summarized initial results under HISA and outlined procedures of its Anti-Doping and Medication Control that is to begin Jan. 1.

ARCI has unanimously requested the Federal Trade Commission to delay final action on HISA's proposed Anti-Doping and Medication Control rules until the constitutional questions being litigated are resolved.

A total of 123 racing days are on the calendar with six all-Quarter Horse racing days included in the overall total.

The HISA Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Lynn Hovda, Barry Irwin and Dr. Stephen Schumacher to serve as new members of its Anti-Doping and Medication Control Standing Committee, effective December 1, 2022.

The white paper has been the subject of continued delays, many of them caused by the turmoil which engulfed the government during the summer and autumn, leading to the resignations of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss as prime minister.

Two years after suffering a severe neck and back injury in a race at Oaklawn Park, jockey Channing Hill announced Dec. 6 that he has retired from the sport.

The 3-year-old daughter of Cairo Prince and grade 1-placed, multiple grade 3 winner was euthanized in late November after developing pleuritis.

Game of Silks, an online game connected to the real world of Thoroughbred horse racing, and NYRA Bets Holding announced a new partnership Dec. 7 resulting in NYRA Bets Holding acquiring a minority equity ownership position in Silks.

Jockey John Velazquez has been fined $4,017 and suspended for one day (Dec. 10) for his ride on Mind Control in the Dec. 3 Cigar Mile Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack, according to a Dec. 7 ruling.

The New York Racing Association announced Dec. 7 the stakes schedule for the 2023 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 25 stakes races worth $3.2 million in purses.

Each of the four legs at Happy Valley went to different riders, with Marquand, De Sousa, Vincent Ho and Derek Leung tied on 12 points. The joint-champions shared the HK$700,000 prize after a countback.

A distinguished group of five veteran jockeys have been selected as finalists for the 2023 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. Daniel Centeno, Javier Castellano, Terry Houghton, Edwin Maldonado and Willie Martinez will be considered by their peers.

Woodbine has announced that The Queen's Plate, North America's longest continuously run stakes race, will once again be known as The King's Plate.  

A rare panel at the annual Global Symposium on Racing focusing on the concerns of horseplayers turned out several recommendations for racing executives and horsemen, and most of them involved the need for racetracks to level the playing field for all bettors and lower the price of betting.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority wrapped up this year’s Global Symposium on Racing on Wednesday afternoon with a rapid-fire, no-nonsense 43-minute presentation that focused largely on the fine details of the implementation of its anti-doping and medication control program beginning Jan. 1.

Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 12/9 card at The Meadowlands.

Matt Rose's analysis of the Friday 12/9 card at Yonkers Raceway.

A three-horse match race for the 2022 first-crop sire crown is on! The TDN will continue to publish our earnings list on a nightly basis with data streaming in for Northern Hemisphere-born foals from stallions standing in North America.

Note that Japanese earnings are added every Sunday night, and there may be delayed reporting from other countries, which could postpone the final results in a very tight race into early January. We will also be providing a preview of 2-year-olds entered the next day in North America and beyond. Let the final jockeying for position, begin!

 

Current Earnings Standings through racing of Dec. 6:

1st—Bolt d'Oro, $2,468,708

2nd—Good Magic, $2,446,087

3rd—Justify, $2,281,355

 

Notable Runners for Wednesday Night, Dec. 7:

Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro), Spendthrift Farm, $20,000

167 foals of racing age/23 winners/5 black-type winners

5-Turfway, 7:55 p.m. EST, Msw 6f, Moment to Shine, 5-2

$50,000 KEE NOV wnl; $165,000 FTK JUL yrl; $290,000 OBS MAR

2yo

   *Entered as the 5-2 morning-line favorite on the all-weather, this filly out of Moment of Speight (Ire) is looking to improve after debuting at Churchill Downs on Nov. 16 where she rallied late to secure third behind runaway winner and first-time starter Dazzling Blue (Into Mischief).

The TDN sire lists contain full-dollar earnings of Northern Hemisphere foals winning anywhere in the world. To view the current standings updated overnight, click here.

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Horses to watch from Woodbine Mohawk Park.

TimeformUS horses in focus for Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022