state racing

If you are looking to back a runner who can confidently operate under center, shoot the A-gap and get to the next level, streak like a gazelle along the sidelines and tip-toe ever so elegantly for the score, then look no further than Louisiana-bred Touchuponastar (Star Guitar), who took home his fourth Champions Day Classic Stakes at Fair Grounds on Saturday--the mark surpassed his stellar sire and moved him closer to $2-million in career earnings. The 6-year-old's ride for brothers Jake and Jeff Delhomme took them to new heights earlier...

In the midst of what is an ongoing investigation at Penn National Race Course, private veterinarian Dr. Allen Post Bonnell, and three trainers, Kimberly A. Graci, Marlin Arthur "Joe" Miller and Michael S. Zalalas, were summarily suspended by the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission (PSHRC) this week according to rulings by the board of stewards posted on the Commission's portal. After appearing before the board Nov. 5, Dr. Allen Bonnell was suspended after being found under section 185.2 to have engaged in inappropriate, illegal or unethical conduct at Penn National...