Colonial Downs Cancels Sunday Card
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70949/colonial-downs-cancels-sunday-card
Due to yesterday’s severe storm and current power outage, Colonial Downs has canceled its live race card for Sunday, July 1. Saturday’s card was discontinued after the fourth race when strong winds, rain, and lightning hit the New Kent area for the third time in six days.
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Charles Town Cancels Sunday Card
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70919/charles-town-cancels-sunday-card
Due to anticipated heat in the region and temperatures expected to reach the mid-to-upper 90’s, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled its afternoon card scheduled for July 1.
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Racing feeling the heat, literally.
Cancellations, adjustments, as tracks, horsemen prepare for heat – Thoroughbred Times
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2012/06/29/cancellations-adjustments-as-tracks-horsemen-prepare-for-heat.aspx
With record high temperatures looming, racetracks and horsemen across the South, Ohio Valley, and Mid-Atlantic regions are preparing for weekend racing, with several tracks canceling programs, some modifying their schedules, and horsemen planning to take extra precautions if needed.
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This is going to be a battle, with strong opinions on both sides.
Quest to Ban Race-Day Salix Called ‘Insanity’
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70918/quest-to-ban-race-day-salix-called-insanity
During a June 29 meeting that showed the battle over race-day furosemide is escalating, supporters ripped their opponents and vowed to take their case—that the medication is good for the racehorse—to the public.
It was no surprise speakers at a “Truth About Lasix” forum hosted by the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association support the anti-bleeding drug also known as Salix, but their comments clearly took the argument to a new level. They pulled no punches in their characterization of those trying to phase out or ban Salix.
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CHRB Taking Longer Look at Exchange Wagering
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70896/chrb-taking-longer-look-at-exchange-wagering
Love it or hate it, exchange wagering seems to be getting all the scrutiny it can handle from the California Horse Racing Board. Nearly two years after the concept was signed into law, the board decided to delay implementation during its meeting June 28.
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Evening Cards for Remainder of Churchill Meet
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/70864/evening-cards-for-remainder-of-churchill-meet
Churchill Downs officials will adjust post times and race exclusively in the evening for the final three days of the 2012 spring meet due to looming near-record triple-digit heat in the forecast for Louisville, the track announced June 27. The first race on the June 29, 30, and July 1 cards will be 6:30 p.m. EDT. Churchill decided to cancel the June 28 nine-race program because National Weather Service forecasters were calling for a high of 103 with a southwest wind of 5-15 mph and gusts up to 26 mph
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Churchill cancels Thursday card because of heat
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/26/2869592/churchill-cancels-thursday-card.html
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has canceled Thursday’s race card because the temperature is expected to be around 100 degrees.
Track President Kevin Flanery said in a statement on Tuesday that Churchill consulted with the National Weather Service before deciding to cancel racing, and would continue to do so for the three remaining race days – Friday through Sunday – of the spring meet. The weather service expects highs around 100 all three days.
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Interesting how a horse race, in this case the Illinois Derby, brings people together. The Illinois Derby should remain as part of the Kentucky Derby qualification process
Dick Duchossois: Arlington Chairman Dick Duchossois at center of Illinois Derby debate – chicagotribune.com
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/horseracing/ct-spt-0624-side-arlington-hawthorne–20120624,0,7472087.story?track=rss
An intriguing sub-plot in the Arlington-Hawthorne squabble involves Arlington International Racecourse Chairman Dick Duchossois, by far the biggest stockholder in Churchill Downs Inc.
Although Duchossois has a 31.8 percent share and controls three of the 11 seats on Arlington’s parent company’s board of directors, he focuses on Arlington and has no formal role in running the Louisville facility. The tracks merged as a business entity in 2000.
Now, the decision to exclude the Illinois Derby from the list of Kentucky Derby qualifying races flies in the face of a joint statement Duchossois and Hawthorne chief Tom Carey issued in April after they finally settled some lingering legal disputes.
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Frog juice? Seriously?
Horse Racing Discovers New Drug Problem, One Linked to Frogs – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/sports/horse-racing-discovers-new-drug-problem-one-linked-to-frogs.html?_r=1
But for months postrace testing could not find the substance, a painkiller far more powerful than morphine. Then a lab in the Denver area tweaked its testing procedure, and in recent weeks more than 30 horses from four states have tested positive for the substance, dermorphin, which is suspected of helping horses run faster.
No trainer has yet been formally charged, although racing regulators expect that to happen soon. Because of its potency and ability to affect the outcome of a race, the use of dermorphin is considered to be one of the industry’s most serious drug violations.
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This is wonderful news for all racing fans. Secretariat now officially holds the record for all three Triple Crown races. I’m wondering if they wouldn’t mind taking a look at another short film taken 10 years before Secretariat’s Preakness and clearing up another matter…
Secretariat’s ’73 Preakness time is a record, racing commission rules – CNN.com
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/19/sport/secretariat-preakness-record/index.html
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Officials rule that 1973 winner is Preakness record-holder
- The official time of 1:54 2/5 was disputed by independent timers
- Using video evidence commission revises time to 1:53 flat
- Triple Crown winner now owns the official record time in all three races
(CNN) — In 1973, Secretariat won horse racing’s Triple Crown and set records that still stand today at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Now, 39 years later, the legend has been recognized as having also set a still-standing record at the Preakness Stakes.
The Maryland Racing Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday that evidence shows Secretariat’s Preakness time was faster than originally recorded, said the commission’s executive director, Mike Hopkins.
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