Jockeys in Summit Spotlight

This week, the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit brought new suggestions and recommendations to light to create a safer environment for horse racing. Over the years horses have been the main focus of the summit, so as to prevent deaths on the racecourse and provide equine athletes with the health and safety measures they deserve. However, at the latest summit the idea of creating a jockey injury database was brought to the forefront for serious consideration. By creating such a database, members of the summit hope to be able to find solutions to offer a safer environment for jockeys.

The Art of Show Jumping

Show jumping is a very difficult yet exquisitely exhilarating sport that is played in many parts of the world. The combined potential of a human and a horse at the same time make it an art, which quite frankly is astonishing and unbelievable, the way the horse jumps over the obstacles within a given time limit. In this thrilling sport horses are made to jump through different types of obstacles mainly including ditches, troughs, fences etc. The event may be of a given time limit or may sometimes be without a limit. However, a panel of judges makes the judgment because, just like other sports, show jumping is also played under some specified rules.

2010 Pepsi-Cola Handicap

The Pepsi-Cola Handicap is an annual event held at the Emerald Downs Racecourse and is hosted for horses that are three-years-old. It carries a purse amount of $50 000, and is an event that has become popular with local trainers and horse owners. Even though there were only six entrants into this year's race, it still provided spectators with a magnificent showdown of determination and endurance by competitors, which saw Koala Beach walk away victorious. Not only was it a wonderful day for the horse, but trainer Doris Harwood took exceptional pleasure in his winning performance.

Oak Tree to Find New Home

The non-profit organization, Oak Tree Racing Association, has been striving to develop and offer spectacular horse racing events in California and has been operating from the Santa Anita Park Racecourse since 1969. The Oak Tree is known throughout the racing community as one of the most popular racing meetings on the calendar, and they have also hosted the prestigious Breeders Cup for a number of years. Their future at Santa Anita Park Racecourse has now come to an end, with Oak Tree looking at different options for next year.

Affirmed Handicap 2010

The Affirmed Handicap was originally run under the name of the Silver Screen Handicap, and saw its name changed in 1993 to honor the magnificent racehorse Affirmed. Affirmed won the Triple Crown in the year 1978; a year prior to the inaugural running of this race. It is open to all three-year-old horses, and is hosted by the Hollywood Park Racecourse in California. This year the Grade III event was held on Saturday, 19 June 2010, with a spectacular victory by Golden Itiz captivating spectators.

Paddy O'Prado Wins the $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup

Paddy O'Prado, who finished 3rd in the Kentucky Derby, then 6th in the Preakness, decided to move back to the turf for the $500,000 Colonial Downs Turf Cup. Saddled by Kent Desormeaux and going off as the 3/2 favorite, Paddy didn't disappoint. He stalked early on the inside in 4th place; then, when they made the final turn, Desormeaux swung outside and asked Paddy O'Prado to go. He responded with a big kick and took the lead half down the backstretch. He drifted back in and won by an easy 3 lengths, could have been more if he needed it.

Phar Lap on Display

In celebration of the 150th Melbourne Cup Carnival, Australia will be welcoming back a horse that made history throughout the world and now stands in the halls of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The legendary Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup in the year 1930, exactly eighty years ago, and the museum has granted the Melbourne Museum permission to display this magnificent horse’s skeleton for the duration of the festival. Having this great race horse return to Australia has flooded the horse racing industry with memories of an era when Phar Lap ruled the racecourses.

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