The decision comes despite numerous infractions, suspensions, and other penalties. Should anybody really be surprised? It doesn't seem to matter how much trouble a trainer can get into, they always seems to eventually find his way back. Case in point: Ramon Preciado. Preciado ran two horses at Mountaineer Park last week and has been starting [...]

In a Zoom call with members of the racing media, NYRA lifted the curtain Friday regarding the drop in Computer Assisted Wagering play after the racing organization put certain “guardrails” in place intended to limit the wagers of the CAW players. In July 2021, NYRA became the first racing organization in the United States to [...]

A study done by the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California-Davis has revealed that a racehorse is likely to show a positive test result for metformin if its groom is taking the diabetes medication and urinates in the horse's stall. After a rash of metformin positives in 2024, anecdotal information surfaced that [...]

The June 6 GI Belmont Stakes has lost two potential starters as the trainers of Potente (Into Mischief) and Chip Honcho (Connect) have declared their horses out of the race. The news was first reported by the Daily Racing Form's David Grening. Trainer Steve Asmussen told Grening he is not sure where Chip Honcho will [...]

Trainer Jose D'Angelo has confirmed that last year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Bentornato (Valiant Minister) will make his next start in the GIII True North Stakes on June 6 at Saratoga. That means he will be facing the horse that nosed him out for the sprint championship last year, Book'em Danno (Bucchero). The True [...]

The newly released book “Equine Regulatory Law” is not exactly light reading or something you want to take to the beach this summer. But for the racing professional, particularly those who are interested in equine law, attorney and author Robert L. Heleringer has put together an important resource. In his introduction, Heleringer explains what is [...]

As is the case with most of these horses who live on in relative anonymity after their careers on the racetrack end, Duplicitous really didn't accomplish much of anything on the racetrack. He ran just 11 times and won just once, in a $4,000 maiden claimer at Delaware Park way back in 1990. But ask [...]

Maryland State Steward Adam Campola said Saturday that the Laurel stewards took a close look at Paco Lopez's winning ride aboard Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) in the GI Preakness Stakes, but decided not to take action because they did not believe that the jockey violated any of HISA's rules related to misuse of the whip. [...]

With on-track attendance limited to about 4,800 fans at Laurel and with this year's GI Preakness Stakes drawing a weak field that was missing the GI Kentucky Derby winner and runner-up, there appeared to be a strong likelihood that betting handle would plummet at the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. But that did not [...]

Because he doesn't ride regularly in Kentucky, New York or California, Paco Lopez will never get the acclaim that flows so easily when it comes to the likes of the Ortiz brothers, John Velazquez, Flavien Prat. Nor does it help that he has made far too many headlines for the suspensions he has received because [...]

According to a report by David Grening in the Daily Racing Form, owner Peter Brant has taken away approximately 75 percent of his horses that had been trained by Chad Brown and moved them to new trainers. The Brant runners that have been moved will now be trained by Bill Mott, Riley Mott and Miguel [...]

Having spent the winter in New York and without a major star in her barn, trainer Amelia Green hasn't gotten much attention this spring. But that's no fault of her own. Through Tuesday, the former assistant to Todd Pletcher had won 18 races on the year, good for a 25-percent win rate. It took her [...]