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• Black Caviar Favorite for Diamond Jubilee Stakes

  With 22 wins out of 22 starts in her racing career, Australian mare Black Caviar is widely considered to be the fastest horse in the world at this time – and she's heading to the Royal Ascot ...

• Wagering Action Plan

  Standardbred Canada have been looking for ways to develop and enhance the harness racing industry in Canada, which led them to creating committees dedicated to researching various sectors of the ...

• High Expectations for Medermit

  A great racehorse, foaled in April 1957 and passed away in May 1970, will be remembered as one of the most magnificent steeplechase horses of our life time. Arkle, who was owned by the Duchess ...

• Tension between Hong Kong and Australia over Munce

  Horse racing authorities all over the world usually work together as a united international authority to build healthy relationships with each other and to provide the public with the security ...

• Nebraska Tracks May Take On Historical Racing

  The introduction of historical racing at Nebraska's thoroughbred race tracks took a step closer to becoming a reality yesterday - following eight hours of debate, stretched over four days. ...

• Gentle Romeo Dominates at Santa Anita

  Gentle Romeo was born in 2004, on River Edge Farm, bred by his owners, Marty Wygod, his wife and daughter. Gentle Romeo was sired by Benchmark and Quiet Romance, of which both mare and sire also ...

• 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 ...

• Meydan Racecourse Project in Dubai

  The new Meydan Racecourse in Dubai is set to be a landmark structure of great proportion. Excitement around this project has been building up for months, and with the final designs and ideas ...

• May Festival Celebrations at Chester Racecourse

  Today, the May Festival celebrations will kick off at the Chester Racecourse. The first race was run here in 1539, and its racing traditions and splendor have lasted more than four hundred and ...

• Kevin Darley – A Legend Retires

  When you have had a long and successful career, as Kevin Darley has, the decision to retire from the sport that is your passion does not come easily. The horse racing community was shocked when ...

• New York Sire Stakes Annual Awards Banquet

  The New York Sire Stakes was established in the year 1965 and was the first program in North America to promote and support quality standardbred horse breeding. Many other programs followed ...

• Laminitis in Racehorses

  Laminitis is a word that strikes fear in the hearts of every horse owner, be it family horses or racehorses. In 1989, the magnificent Secretariat was euthanized because of laminitis; a similar ...