Blood-Horse

It's not unusual to find a young apprentice jockey in New York during the icy winter months at Aqueduct Racetrack. What's rare is to find one who has displayed as much promise in her initial rides as Madison Olver.

The request for funds was made Nov. 25 after the needed repairs were uncovered during recent inspections. The KHRC granted the full cost, which Churchill Downs placed at $103,250. 

The majority of the 2023 state assessments for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to fund the new Anti-Doping and Medication Control program that was rejected by the Federal Trade Commission are on hold until legal issues are resolved.

Unraced since a seventh-place finish in the June 11 Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), Barber Road swings back into action Dec. 17 at Oaklawn Park in a $104,000 allowance.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is seeking highly motivated current students or recent graduates for its internship program in Washington, D.C. The NTRA's new office is located on Capitol Hill under the operation of Tom Rooney.

Horses began shipping out of Churchill Downs last week after the track eased restrictions related to the discovery of a clinical case of the contagious equine herpesvirus in a horse that resided there late last month.

Danny Brock is set to appear at a disciplinary hearing Dec. 14 over the alleged breaches of four rules, including relaying inside information and not riding horses to achieve their best possible placings.

Delaware Park presented the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition with a check in the amount of $6,000 Dec. 13.  In the past few months, donations to various organizations from Delaware Park totaled over $25,000.

A full brother to Gleneagles' first winner and subsequent 2022 grade 1 winner, Highland Chief, is set to be among the well-bred newcomers at Kempton Park Dec. 14.

The Retired Racehorse Project announced Dec. 13 that Claiborne Farm has committed as the title sponsor of the Former Broodmare division in its pilot year at the 2023 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium.

Throughout his adult life, Ed Rosen dreamed about working full time in the Thoroughbred racing industry. It finally happened nearly a year ago. He may have been 76 at the time, but Rosen is rather proverbial about it.

The Federal Trade Commission's Dec. 12 decision arose from the legal uncertainty from a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which declared the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act unconstitutional.

The New York State Gaming Commission on Dec. 12 rejected a hearing officer's recommendation in two cases and upheld fines and suspensions for trainer and exercise rider Orlando Noda and clocker Richard Gazer.

Dr. Erica Garcia was sentenced Dec. 12 in federal court to 10 months in federal prison stemming from her role in the Jorge Navarro horse doping scandal.

Grade 2 winner Last Samurai will attempt to add a victory to his 2022 season in the Dec. 17 Tinsel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. The 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon is trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas for Willis Horton Racing.

Rodolphe Brisset had been a semi-private trainer at WinStar Farm since June. The farm and the trainer said the arrangement didn't progress as either imagined but are still working together.

As winter racing shifts focus to warmer climates, four maiden winners of note were found at Gulfstream Park and one at Turfway Park this week.

The 18-page 2023-2027 Equine Welfare Strategic Plan threatens to send shockwaves through the Victorian and national Thoroughbred breeding industries.

British jockey Richard Kingscote, winner of this year's Cazoo Derby (G1), will spend part of his winter riding at Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet.

With an ever-increasing demand for turf racing nationwide, Santa Anita Park is now positioned to offer fans and horsemen three distinct turf options at sprint and route distances—flat, turf chute, and main turf oval.