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• US Racing Industry Pursues Safer Racing Environment

  Attended by owners, breeders, horsemen, trainers, jockeys, veterinarians, track managers and regulators, the recent two-day Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit held in Lexington, ...

• Horse Racing in Jamaica: Past and Present

  Horse racing is probably one of the oldest sports in the world today. It is known that as far back as 4 500 BC tribesmen were racing their horses on a less official basis than exists today. In ...

• Fortune Finds Victory with Lucarno

  One of the most anticipated races at the Newmarket Racecourse in the United Kingdom, during July, is the Princess of Wales’s Stakes. Run over a distance of 2 414 meters, this flat racing event ...

• 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 ...

• Caring for Arabian Horses in Horse Racing

  It is believed that the Arabian horses has been in existence for approximately 3000 years. This makes the Arabian, the oldest breed of horse known to man and also makes it one of the purest ...

• Curlin Still in Top Form

  On Saturday, Curlin once again proved that he deserves his Horse of the Year title. He has not raced on United States soil for a few months now, and after a successful international campaign ...

• Suffolk Downs Purse Increase

  The stables at Suffolk Downs opened on the 28th of March 2008 and training sessions were in full swing by the end of the day on the 1st of April 2008. A month of preparation and planning will be ...

• Retirement to Kentucky Horse Park for Funny Cide

  The Kentucky Horse Park is a facility that is dedicated to horses and educating the public on these magnificent animals. Located on a picturesque one thousand two hundred acre piece of land, the ...

• Storm Cat Looks Forward to Full Retirement

  Two retirement announcements rocked the horse racing industry when Coolmore gave a public statement that Sadler’s Wells was retiring from breeding, and a day later Overbrook Farm retired Storm ...

• Retirement Plans For Peppers Pride

  When Peppers Pride managed to secure her sixteenth consecutive victory, she made history. She joined an elite group of horses such as Cigar, Hallowed Dreams and Citation, who also achieved this ...

• Training Centers Under Discussion

  The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission seems to be leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the safety and welfare of horses, addressing the progress made on old issues raised at its last ...

• Homeland Security Standards for UK Horse Racing

  The John Smith's Grand National, which is part of the Aintree Festival in Merseyside in the UK, is so popular a horse racing event that the local police hedge their bets for a safe public ...