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By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – Doctors told jockey Jean Claude Medina he should find another occupation after he broke his elbow and punctured a lung when his mount clipped heels in a race at Tampa Bay Downs in April of 2015 and threw him to the turf. But riding horses...

From Pat McKenna —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association has announced a $1 million bonus to any Japan-based thoroughbred who competes in and wins the 149th running of the Grade 1, $1.5 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 10 at Belmont Park, the...

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 2, 2017) – Test results have been returned for the two horses who spiked temperatures earlier this morning at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The horse in Barn 14, trained by Tom Amoss, returned a negative result. The horse in...

By Ed Golden —- • GORMLEY BREEZES FOR GRADE III SHAM STAKES • ‘DADDYO’ COOL FOR THE GRADE II SAN GABRIEL • CADET RONI READY FOR GRADE III LAS CIENEGAS • $12 MILLION PEGASUS NEXT FOR MIDNIGHT STORM? GORMLEY WORKS ‘VERY WELL’ FOR SHAM Under Triple Crown-winning jockey Victor...

By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 2, 2017) – Two horses on the backstretch at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots spiked temperatures Monday morning. As a result of this development, the precautionary step has been taken to place the entirety of the Fair Grounds...

By Mike Henry —- OLDSMAR, FL. – For the majority of participants in Thoroughbred racing, their involvement transcends making a living. Many adopt a nomadic existence, moving from one track to the next and from state to state at least once or twice a year. Anyone who has...

By Ed Golden —- • NEW YEAR OFF TO A WINNING START FOR NAKATANI • SHAH TURNS HIS HORSES OVER TO SHERMAN, O’NEILL • SHANE’S GIRLFRIEND TO RUN IN SANTA YNEZ STAKES NAKATANI RETURNS TO SANTA ANITA A WINNER Corey Nakatani is back. Now 46, the native of Covina has returned to...

By Michael Adolphson, Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (January 1, 2017) – A third horse has tested positive for equine herpes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. The horse, trained by Mike Stidham, resides in Barn 36 and contracted EHV-1 non-neurogenic type, also call...

NYRA RELEASE —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – A field of seven newly minted 3-year-olds will look to start 2017 off right on Monday’s special holiday card at Aqueduct Racetrack as New York’s road to the Kentucky Derby makes its first stop of the year in the Grade 3,...