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This past Saturday, the $250,000 Grade III - Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs showcased 11 prospective three-year-olds with their eyes on a shot at the Kentucky Derby in May.

Representatives of Kentucky's horse industry said a strong endorsement of a constitutional amendment on expanded gambling by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Feb.

Albert the Great sire of Reign of Kings 1st Alw . Owner, Derek S. Ryan; Breeder, Thomas J. Young... Street Cry sire of Birdway 1st Mdn .

A broad-based group of Thoroughbred industry stakeholders announced Feb. 9 the establishment of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance - an organization designed to serve as both the accrediting body for aftercare facilities that care for Thoroughbreds following the conclusion of their racing careers and a fundraising body to support these approved ... (more)

Two young Thoroughbreds are dead, killed while filming "Luck," a new HBO series about the grim realities of horse racing created by David Milch, executive produced byA Michael Mann and starring Dustin Hoffman.

TV bosses behind Dustin Hoffman's new thoroughbred racing drama Luck have come under fire from animal rights activists after two horses were put down due to injuries sustained on set.

THIS emaciated little pony was dumped and left to to die a horrible death on a roadside track on a freezing cold night.

Gifford, who had only recently returned home from hospital after suffering from septicaemia, will forever be remembered for Aldaniti's stirring victory at Aintree in 1981 after his jockey Bob Champion recovered from cancer.

Well To Do Guru named Illinois Horse of the Year Wednesday, February 08, 2012 - by Tom Kelley, publicity director, Maywood Park Melrose Park, IL --- Like a fine wine, Marilyn and James Gorman's Well To Do Guru just seems to get better with age.

Horse breeder Tom McClay says he has invested $3 million in the state over the past two years because Pennsylvania had some of the best purses and breeder incentives in the racehorse industry.

JOHN Butler's training career is starting to flourish and the bookmakers will be treating the Irishman with more respect after the Kempton success of Silver Linnet.

The mutuel field, undefeated Algorithms and Union Rags are listed as the three favorites for the first Kentucky Derby Future Wager for the 2012 Run for the Roses.

The planned resort-style casino for Suffolk Downs will come with improvements that will help North Shore residents more easily get to and from Logan Airport, the project developer told hundreds of tourism leaders from the North Shore last week.

The East Lothian course was thwarted by the weather when attempting to hold their big jumping card last Sunday, which features the John Smith's Scottish Champion Chase, John Smith's Scottish Triumph Hurdle and John Smith's Future Champions Novices' Chase.

At the start of every year my goal in Horse Racing is toA win at a 40% win clip because the average horse player/fanA wins at anywhere from 25%-33% . If horses like I'll Have Another , a 43-1 winner of the Robert B. Lewis, and Ultimate Eagle , a 7-1 winner of the Strub Stakes both at Santa Anita Racetrack in California this past weekend, I might ... (more)

A Greencastle man has been cited and ordered to pay more than $800 for shooting a horse and leaving its carcass in Michaux State Forest in Quincy Township.

QUESTION: I just moved up my 6-year-old off-the-track Thoroughbred to the 2-foot-6 hunters.

HBO's "Luck," a new drama about the thoroughbred racing world, is responding to criticism of its treatment of horses after the deaths of two animal actors, reports the New York Observer .

IT'S not an everyday property deal, and being entrusted with the sale of the 400 acres that make up the former racing horse training and breeding stables of Walter Swinburn and Peter Harris - at a guide price of 9.4 million - is a feather in the cap of long-established agents Cole Flatt & Partners.