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A light, steady rain fell as the Cooper Horse Transport van pulled up to the barn at Bruce Jackson’s Fair Hill Equine Therapy Center, located a stone’s throw from Graham Motion’s Herringswell Stable barn.Inside the van, Paynter, wearing a thick green blanket, was getting anxious as preparation for unloading began. From Upstate Equine Medical ...

Last year a door opened for the pari-mutuel industry, leading to an opportunity for racetracks to expand their gaming options and potentially boost revenue and purses. But too few have even bothered to look through the door, let alone pass through. That doorway leads to Internet gambling, and, in at least one gaming executive’s ...

(Originally published in the October 6, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds - @BH_EHammonds on Twitter Not only does Penny Chenery know how to work a room, but she can also fill a room. Racing’s First Lady for four decades now was in ...

Optimism surely would have been more muted had consignors at Keeneland known going into the world's largest yearling sale that the top buyer from last year would spend only 10% of what he did in 2011 and the second-leading buyer would buy nothing at all. Combined, Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock agent John Ferguson and health care magnate Benjamin ...

History will be made in Pennsylvania this Saturday, Sept. 22 when Parx Racing hosts two $1 million stakes for 3-year-olds, as well as a $300,000 stakes. One of the rich events, the Cotillion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, will be the first grade I stakes ever run in the Keystone State. Among those entered for the Pennsylvania Derby are the ...

Nearly two months have passed since a coalition of more than 60 owners launched an experiment into Salix-free racing, pledging to run their 2-year-olds without the controversial anti-bleeder medication (also known as Lasix) on race day. Several trainers managing the medication-free horses say not enough time has gone by to ascertain any ...

The following are images from the 2012 Saratoga meeting.All photos by Steve Haskin  Saratoga begins at Todd Pletcher's barn and his 2-year-old assault force, which sent out an amazing 23 individual winners. As you can see, there is no more aesthetic environment at the Spa than Pletcher Paradise. This hole in Archwarrior's stall is no ...

Seven weeks out from the Breeders' Cup World Championships and there is much to contemplate about this year's return to Santa Anita Park.A change to be closely scrutinized is the ban on race-day furosemide (known as Salix or Lasix) in all the 2-year-old races. The ban is the first step toward ending all use of the anti-bleeder medication in ...