Featured Horse Profile: Paynter

2012 Secretariat Vox Populi Award winner is back in training.

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 15 hours ago

Comma to the Top Takes Off-Turf Daytona

It was the wrong lead but the right result for Comma to the Top, who slugged his way to victory while becoming racing’s newest millionaire in an off-the-turf edition of the $100,000 Daytona Stakes Dec. 29 at Santa Anita Park.

 21 hours ago

Nicole H Seeks Interborough Three-Peat

At age 6, Nicole H will try to become the first mare to post three consecutive victories in the $75,000 Interborough Handicap. She faces seven others in the six-furlong event at Aqueduct Racetrack on New Year’s Day.

 23 hours ago

Eclipse Champion Lord Avie Dies at 34

Lord Avie, the champion 2-year-old male of 1980, died Dec. 28 at Blue Ridge Farm near Upperville, Va. Thoroughbred racing’s oldest living Eclipse Award winner at age 34, he passed away peacefully from natural causes.

 23 hours ago

Coil to Start in San Pasqual Before Retiring

Millionaire Coil turned in a bullet move at Santa Anita Park Dec. 29, and will make the final start of his career in the $150,000 San Pasqual Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 5, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert confirmed.

 Yesterday

Indiano Turns the Tables in Mr. Prospector

Stud El Aguila’s Indiano turned the tables on Action Andy with a strong outside rally to take the $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park Dec. 29.

 Yesterday

Mucho Macho Man Works, Groupie Doll Arrives

Mucho Macho Man worked for the Florida Sunshine Millions Classic, Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Groupie Doll arrived by van, and Gulfport turned in a final pre-race move on a busy Dec. 29 morning at Gulfstream.

 Yesterday

Roman Legend Back to Winning Ways in Japan

Roman Legend delivered on his promise as a blossoming star on dirt when scoring his first win at the highest level in the Tokyo Daishoten (Jpn-I) Dec. 29 at National Association of Racing’s Ohi Racecourse.

 Yesterday

Slideshow: 2012 Farewells

Remembering the people and horses that left us in 2012.

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 Yesterday

Charles Town Reports Handle Records for 2012

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races reported that, for the first time in the track’s 79 years of operation, average daily pari-mutuel handle topped the $1 million mark.

 Yesterday

Calder Dates Filing Reflects Status Quo

In its preliminary filing for racing dates, Calder Casino & Race Course told the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering it plans no change in its racing schedule for the 12 months beginning July 1, 2013.

 Yesterday

Diet Restriction for Equine Weight Loss

Equine obesity is an increasingly common problem, leading many owners to seek safe weight loss solutions for their horse. In most cases veterinarians and nutritionists advise restricting diet and increasing exercise, but with some horses–those suffering from laminitis, for instance–exercise might be contraindicated. This leaves dietary restriction as th…

 Yesterday

Tracks Cancel Live Racing for Dec. 29

Live racing at Aqueduct, Penn National, and Charles Town was canceled Dec. 29 due to a pending storm expected to bring snow and rain to the region.

 Yesterday

Mel Stute to Return Home After Hospital Stay

Retired trainer Mel Stute will be discharged from a rehab facility in Pomona, Calif., Dec. 29, according to his son, trainer Gary Stute.

 Yesterday

Hanley Named to WinStar Farm Position

WinStar Farm has named David Hanley as director of development. Hanley will primarily work in the areas of client development and bloodstock development, both for the farm and racing stable.

 Yesterday

Kauai Katie is Star of Old Hat, GP Derby Day

Kauai Katie is the biggest name of a loaded stakes day at Gulfstream Park Jan. 1. She’ll contest the $100,000 Old Hat Stakes (gr. III) while sophomore males duke it out in the Gulfstream Park Derby and Spectacular Bid.

 Yesterday

Coil to Stand at Magali Farms

Millionaire Coil, winner of the 2011 Haskell Invitational (gr. I) and 2012 Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (gr. I), will stand the 2013 season at Magali Farms, it was announced Dec. 28.

 Yesterday

Merit Man Goes from BC to Spectacular Bid

Bruce Chandler, Robert McKee and partners’ Merit Man will be the horse to beat in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes for newly-turned 3-year-olds on the Gulfstream Park New Year’s Day card.

 Yesterday

Saving Potesta, an Unlikely Story

But here’s the thing about racehorses and horse racing in general: not much goes according to plan.

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 Yesterday

Potesta to be Offered in January Sale

Potesta, the Hollywood Oaks winner who suffered a career-ending condylar fracture to her left foreleg, recently arrived at Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky., for her engagement in Keeneland’s January sale.

 Yesterday

Photography Media Eclipse Award to Keyser

Keyser is first person to win Media Eclipse Awards in both writing and photography categories.

 Yesterday

Seeking the Dia to Bridlewood Farm

Seeking the Dia, Storm Cat’s leading earner as a racehorse, will spend the upcoming 2013 breeding season at the Appleton Family’s Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla., where he will stand for $3,500.

 2 days ago

Leroidesanimaux Fee Is $25,000 at Woodford

Leroidesanimaux, sire of 2011 champion and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Animal Kingdom, will stand in 2013 for $25,000 at Woodford Stallions LLC at Stonewall Farm Ocala in Florida.

 2 days ago

Violence Holds Promise of Racing Glory

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The equine Violence now must be considered a leading Triple Crown prospect for owner Black Rock Thoroughbreds and trainer Todd Pletcher.

 2 days ago

Simon Wins Second Media Eclipse Award

Mary Simon won her second Eclipse Award for an article examining the history and current state of the race-day use of furosemide (Salix).

 2 days ago

Florida Therapy Horses to Comfort Sandy Hook Community

A trio of Miniature Horses from Florida will begin the new year in Newtown, Conn., helping residents of that town heal after a gunman took the lives of more than two dozen children and adults at an elementary school there.

 2 days ago

Dirt Stars to Be Tested in Tokyo Daishoten

After a runner-up effort in the Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-I) earlier this month, Wonder Acute returns in the Tokyo Daishoten (Jpn-I) Dec. 29 at Ohi Racecourse in search of a breakthrough win at the top level.

 2 days ago

McGaughey Turf Stars Primed for Gulfstream

Shug McGaughey’s Hall of Fame training career was built on good old American dirt, but he’s rounding out his resume with several accomplished turf runners targeting starts at the Gulfstream Park meet in 2013.

 2 days ago

Animal Kingdom on Course for 2013 Campaign

Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), turned in his final work of 2012 Dec. 28 at Palm Meadows Training Center under the supervision of trainer Graham Motion.

 2 days ago

Goldberg Earns Media Eclipse Award

Ryan Goldberg has won the Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the Feature/Commentary category for an article on the father-son bond between Eibar and Keiber Coa in “Keiber Coa Presses on a Year After Father’s Fateful Spill.”

 2 days ago

Evaluation and Treatment of the Laminitic Horse

Laminitis is a complex disease that is challenging–and often frustrating–to treat and manage. The key, said Raul Bras, DVM, CJF, APF, is a thorough examination and an aggressive but flexible treatment plan, along with owner commitment. “With laminitis we’re always trying to stay ahead of what might happen next,” he said.

 2 days ago

Woolf Nominee Prescott Wins 3,000th Race

Jockey Rodney Prescott won his 3,000th race Dec. 27 at Turfway Park aboard Heart of Class for owner Bud Wells and trainer Wayne Mogge.

 2 days ago

Washington Horse Owner Frank Gaunt Dies

Frank Gaunt, a successful owner at Emerald Downs, died Dec. 22 of cancer. He was 81.

 2 days ago

ESPN Chalks Up Another Media Eclipse Award

ESPN’s news-magazine show E:60 has won the 2012 Media Eclipse Award in the Television-Features programming category for “Notinrwildestdremz”, the story of a rescued and neglected Thoroughbred filly.

 3 days ago

Foaling Video Results in Eclipse Award Honor

Glenye Cain Oakford of Daily Racing Form has won the 2012 Media Eclipse Award in the Audio/Multi-Media Internet category for “Zenyatta: Wait for First Foal Combines Science, Art and Anticipation.”

 3 days ago

Hawthorne Quarantine Could be Lifted Jan. 10

Seven horses have died since an equine herpesvirus outbreak in October, including a horse who had been in quarantine on Dec. 24.

 3 days ago

Book Review Beats Tough La Brea Foes

Gary and Mary West’s homebred Book Review found California to her liking Dec. 26, when she got up over tough contender Reneesgotzip and 2011 2-year-old champion My Miss Aurelia in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes.

 3 days ago

NBC Sports Wins a Media Eclipse Award

NBC Sports has won the Media Eclipse Award for Television — Live Racing Programming for its broadcast of the 2012 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 3 days ago

THS: Daytona Stakes

Tom and Pete handicap the Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

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 3 days ago

Tiz Flirtatious Has Sights on Graded Frankel

Tiz Flirtatious seeks her first graded stakes victory in the $150,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita Park Dec. 30, and seems primed to take it off an impressive runner-up finish in the Nov. 25 Matriarch.

 3 days ago

Treble Jig, Russian Rock Top Jebel Ali Card

Stakes winners Treble Jig and Russian Rock return to action Dec. 28 on the final race card at Jebel Ali racecourse in the United Arab Emirates.

 3 days ago

Jockey Club Denies Broberg, Miyadi

Trainers Karl M. Broberg and Steven Miyadi will be denied all privileges of The American Stud Book for a period of one year effective January 1, 2013, the Jockey Club announced Dec. 27.

 3 days ago

Advances and Challenges in Equitation Science Technology

Twenty-first century technology brings us into the once-science fiction world described by fantasy writers in the 1950s. We’ve got retina screens, hybrid vehicles, and a million different apps (not short for “Appaloosas,” in this case). We can video chat with people on the other side of the planet in real time, and we can carry 50,000 photog…

 3 days ago

Jimmy Creed Gives Mandella 5th Malibu Win

Jimmy Creed, a disappointment in last month’s Xpressbet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), rebounded with an emphatic victory in the $301,000 Malibu Stakes (gr. I) on opening day of the winter meet at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.

 3 days ago

Champion Havre de Grace Has Date With Tapit

Mandy Pope, who paid $14.2 million in November for major broodmare prospects Havre de Grace and Plum Pretty, has taken important steps in what she believes will pay off handsomely.

 3 days ago

131-1 Shot Shi’ah Sand Scores at Golden Gate

Four-year-old filly Shi’ah Sand, victorious just once in 33 previous starts, tested the fuses in the tote board at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 26 when she scored at odds of 131-1 on opening day of the track’s winter meeting.

 3 days ago

Paynter to Rejoin Baffert, Wins Vox Populi

Owner Ahmed Zayat confirmed Dec. 26 that his Haskell Invitational (gr. I) winner Paynter will ship from Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center near Elkton, Md., to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s California barn Dec. 29.

 3 days ago

Gulfstream Proposes Year-Round Racing

Gulfstream Park and Calder Casino & Race Course have started the annual process of picking racing dates, with Gulfstream stirring up yet another dispute by saying it plans to expand its four-month schedule.

 3 days ago

Silentio Shows Style with Sir Beaufort Win

Silentio, a lightly-raced son of Japanese-bred stallion Silent Name, registered victory in his stakes debut in the $150,750 Sir Beaufort (gr. IIT) on the turf at Santa Anita Park on opening day of the winter meet.

 3 days ago

Action Andy and Indiano meet again in Mr. Prospector

Action Andy and Indiano look like the horses to beat in a field of six drawn for Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes.

 4 days ago