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  • Heart Monitors Assist Training

    As with human athletes, horses need to build up fitness and strength over a period of time before running in any racing events. Once a satisfactory fitness level has been achieved, it is ...

  • EHV-1 Scare at San Miguel County Fairgrounds

    It is the second time that San Miguel County Fairgrounds has closed its doors and cancelled all racing and equine related events in a quarter century. The San Miguel Racing Association Spring ...

  • Synthetic Tracks Make Horse Racing Safer

    Since horse racing is sometimes criticized for its safety record, every effort to avoid accidents during races is worthwhile. Some risks relate to dangerous riding and racing stewards hand out ...

  • Mine That Bird, Dunkirk In Spotlight For Belmont Stakes

    With a history going back to May 1905, Belmont Park in New York provides a charming setting for the third and final leg of the Triple Crown – the Belmont Stakes. Horseracing enthusiasts are no ...

  • A Reign of 250 Years Ends in British Horse Racing History

    April 2006 is a watershed year for British horse racing, as a new regulator takes charge of the sport in Great Britain.

  • Mel Lawson Honored

    Since its inauguration in 1976, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame has paid tribute to horse trainers, horse racing industry builders, standardbred horses, thoroughbred horses, jockeys and ...

  • Get Stormy Victorious at Keeneland

    It seems that Get Stormy was just a little bit of a late developer, as he has been going into his latest events with more determination, and leaving with more victories. At the start of the ...

  • The Equestrian and Racing Industry Gives Back

    It is not every day that the opportunity arises to help service men and woman, who have been injured. To assist in raising funds, the Horses for Heroes initiative has recently been launched and ...

  • Hear the Echo Takes Charge

    No matter how many times spectators are warned that anything can happen during a racing event, they never seem to believe that a huge upset is possible until it unfolds right before their eyes. ...

  • Zenyatta Celebration – Honoring a Legend

    Winner of the 2010 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, with 87% of the public's vote, Zenyatta was victorious in nineteen of the twenty races of her career, becoming the American record-holder ...

  • The World-Renowned Grand National Steeplechase

    The Grand National Steeplechase is well known all over the world and attracts as many as 150,000 spectators every year. The Grand National is held at the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool on the ...

  • Top International Racing in Singapore this May

    In the year 2000, the Singapore Racecourse was inaugurated in Kranji and the Singapore Airlines International Cup was held for the first time. It is the only horse racing event in Singapore ...