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Personalized News Search ResultsGuardian: Horse racing: The Derby winner is predicted to be retired from racing after the Arc to be put out to stud. [ Visit website ]

"It is a bitter blow, and a very bleak day for breeding" For the embattled, almost crippled breeding industry in New South Wales , the major Thoroughbred nursery in Australia , the news seems to worsen every day. via Blood ... [ Visit website ]

A public-private partnership success FROM her remote farm in southern Kentucky, Lajuana Wilcher checks an online database for local ranchers demanding alfalfa. She can specify at what price she is willing to sell, which counties to search and whether... [ Visit website ]

Feedster-powered RSS search result feed on:horse breedingSearch on Feedster"Macho Uno exemplifies the best of our racing and breeding programs, and he deserves the opportunity to take up residence in Kentucky alongside his half-brother, Awesome Again" Macho Uno is moving to ... [ Visit website ]

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Orange County is where horse winners are bredTimes Herald-Record, NY - Oct 24, 2007It's one of the larger horse-breeding farms in Orange County, a place that used to be known as Anchel's Farm, the home of Air Forbes Won, the Wood ... [ Visit website ]

In a Time of Great Need, Maryland Breeders Deserve SupportWashington Post, United States - Oct 11, 2007The horse breeding business in Maryland was healthy, an economic and environmental asset to the state, until slot money infused other breeding programs in ... [ Visit website ]

The AgeHorse flu has whole industry broodingThe Age, Australia - Oct 29, 2007Horse owners need to keep feeding their horses, with no possibility of prizemoney or breeding income. In infected zones, vets report business is down as ... [ Visit website ]

sportal.com.auAidan O'Brien delivers stinging blowMelbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 8 hours agoAfter inspecting Scorpion for 15 minutes at the Sandown quarantine centre, O'Brien rang the owner of international horse-breeding giant Coolmore, ...Injury puts topweight Scorpion out of Melbourne Cup Melbourne Herald Sunall ... [ Visit website ]

Yahoo! EurosportBreeders’ Cup wins lift Smart Strike to record seasonThoroughbred Times, KY - 3 hours agoThe half brother to Canadian Horse of the Year, Canadian Triple Crown winner, and Eclipse Award winner Dance Smartly has sired 293 winners and 51 stakes ...Scatuorchio ... [ Visit website ]

CBC NewsBreeders' Cup winners soon to be breedingESPN - Oct 28, 2007Let's say his initial stud fee would be 000, a conservative estimate for a well-bred horse who is a Preakness and Breeders' Cup Classic winner and is ...To breed ... [ Visit website ]

San Diego Union TribuneHorse owners toast to their good fortuneSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - Oct 28, 2007The county's biggest horse breeding farms, which occupy gorgeous landscapes vulnerable to wildfires, were mostly unscathed last week. ... [ Visit website ]

First British win in event horse breeding champsHorsetalk, New Zealand - 19 hours agoShe led from the front on Cast Away ll, an Irish Sport Horse imported by Vere Phillipps and bred by Noel Cawley by Clover Brigade out of a ... [ Visit website ]

Horse breeding to become a thriving industry in KyrgyzstanTimes of Central Asia (subscription), Kyrgyzstan - 10 hours ago“Horse breeding is to become a thriving industry in Kyrgyzstan”, the head of husbandry and veterinary department of Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, ... [ Visit website ]

Punjab farmers take to horse breeding as alternative source of incomeDailyIndia.com, FL - 7 hours agoBy Ravi Khandelwal Muktsar (Punjab), Oct 30: Farmers in Punjab are taking to horse breeding as an alternative source of income. Farmers in south-west Punjab ... [ Visit website ]

The New York State Racing and Wagering Board said today it is seeking public opinion on possibly adopting a regulation restricting steroid use by horses in the thoroughbred and harness industry. The proposed plan is to allow just four types of... [ Visit website ]

In his Hall of Fame riding career, Gary Stevens rode in 99 of these Breeders’ Cup races. He found the finish line first eight times. Now, riding on the biggest stage is a little different than getting a leg up ... [ Visit website ]

By insisting that the racehorse he owns a share in continues to compete, Ron Bamberger is giving racing enthusiasts a rare treat: seeing a horse improve with age.... [ Visit website ]

"I don't know why it's going so well" Stitch is getting his due. While his owner, Victoria's Brittany Pozzi-Pharr has grabbed attention in barrel racing throughout the year, it's the 10-year-old horse who is getting honored. via Victoria Advocate... [ Visit website ]

Northwest District Awards Boys DIVISION I FIRST TEAM: Kyle Laberdee, Bowling Green; Paul VanDeventer, Celina; Matt Ball, Lexington; Erik Hoops, Perrysburg; Michael Schmitmeyer, St... [ Visit website ]

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The Breeders’ Cup Classic is the race everyone wants to see. And everyone has an opinion. Here’s a sample of what some of my press box colleagues feel about the big race. Feel free to send along your opinion and ... [ Visit website ]

"Woodson's gotten a lot better than he was last year" Horse racing enthusiasts will gather today at Keeneland, the picturesque racetrack on the west side of this city in the heart of the Bluegrass, for the final day of racing ... [ Visit website ]

"Macho Uno exemplifies the best of our racing and breeding programs, and he deserves the opportunity to take up residence in Kentucky alongside his half-brother, Awesome Again" Macho Uno is moving to Adena Springs Kentucky. Photo: Louise Reinagel... [ Visit website ]

Feedster-powered RSS search result feed on:horse racingSearch on FeedsterAlderman Joe Besco has been racing horses his whole life, but he believes that could stop if the state builds more casinos... [ Visit website ]

Guardian: Horse racing: Kerrin McEvoy rode Ibn Khaldun to glory in the Racing Post Trophy as Godolphin's success continued. [ Visit website ]

Guardian: Horse racing: A sodden Breeders' Cup ended in tragedy as last year's champion miler George Washington sustained a fatal injury. [ Visit website ]

San Diego Union-Tribune: NOTEBOOK OCEANPORT, N.J. – Horse racing almost got through its season-ending championship day without a fatal breakdown. Then, within 220 yards of the finish in the last race, the million Classic, European import George Washington fractured ... [ Visit website ]

New Zealand Herald: No dreadful starting gate gate dramas. no hard luck. just a horse race run as it should be. And won in the same way by a horse who is clearly the best going around. In a sport that has ... [ Visit website ]

New Zealand Herald: PARIS - A row between France and the European Union is coming to a head, and the future of Europe's most vibrant horse-racing industry could be at stake. The battle is about a time-honoured state monopoly on sports ... [ Visit website ]

Guardian: Horse racing: George Washington's death at the Breeders' Cup may accelerate the introduction of synthetic surfaces. [ Visit website ]

New Zealand Herald: Tabcorp Holdings says the equine influenza outbreak in August has cut its wagering turnover by A1 million and is expected to lead to a total reduction in turnover of about A0 million by the time the ... [ Visit website ]

New Zealand Herald: Levin trainer Peter McKenzie made the long trek to Auckland yesterday knowing his horse Sculptor probably needs to win on Saturday to gain a Melbourne Cup start. McKenzie made the A00 third declaration Cup payment with... [ Visit website ]

Guardian: Horse racing: A court heard a senior race steward condemn a Kieren Fallon ride as 'quite extraordinary'. [ Visit website ]

Personalized News Search ResultsNew Zealand Herald: Melbourne Cup topweight Scorpion is out of next Tuesday's big race. Trainer Aidan O'Brien confirmed the withdrawal yesterday after making a brief inspection of the horse who injured a stifle in a workout at Sandown ... [ Visit website ]

The improving Criminologist got the soft going she relishes and rolled to her third consecutive victory Oct. 13 in the 9,100 Athenia Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Belmont Park Widener Turf Course. [ Visit website ]

Boxed in and looking for running room, Bold Hawk found it and nipped Twilight Meteor on the line in the 0,000 Hawthorne Derby (gr. IIIT) Oct. 13. [ Visit website ]

Evil Storm, Akronism, and Moon Catcher were among the winners on the Oct. 13 Maryland Million program at Laurel Park. [ Visit website ]

On a fast day at Woodbine, Leonnatus Anteas, Canada's champion 2-year-old male in 2006, set the Toronto oval's Polytrack record for 1 1/8 miles in the 0,000 Durham Cup Stakes (Can-III) Oct. 13. [ Visit website ]

The improving Daytona put it all together for trainer Dan Hendricks on the Santa Anita turf course Oct. 13, kicking clear of the field in upper stretch to register an easy 4 1/4-length win in the 0,000 Oak Tree Derby ... [ Visit website ]

No longer under consideration for the Breeders' Cup after his last-place finish in the Oak Tree Mile (gr. IIT) a week ago, Lava Man is being pointed to the 0,000 California Cup Classic at Santa Anita Nov. 3. [ Visit website ]

Century City, a grade II winner and Irish group II winner, was represented by his first winner when his son Joannie Not Jo won Oct. 11 at Woodbine. [ Visit website ]

Joe Bravo, hoping to recover from injury in time for the Breeders' Cup later this month, was victorious in his return to riding at the Meadowlands Oct. 13. [ Visit website ]

Neema Ghazi has been promoted to director of marketing for the New York Racing Association. [ Visit website ]

A public forum on preliminary recommendations by the Sales Integrity Task Force to the Kentucky legislature on auction transparency issues will be held at Keeneland Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. [ Visit website ]

Thoroughbreds have been allocated 162 racing dates for 2008--down from 169 this year--in Texas. [ Visit website ]

When Anthony Black broke a pair of ribs and three vertebrae in a spill at Philadelphia Park last November, it finally looked like the end for the 55-year-old jockey. But Black, who won a pair of stakes races on Maryland ... [ Visit website ]

Deputiformer rallied from 11th place after three-quarters and used a determined stretch drive to nip favored Cryptonite Kid by a neck in the 0,000 Cup And Saucer Stakes at Woodbine Oct. 14, a 1 1/16-mile event for 2-year-olds on the ... [ Visit website ]

Millennium Farms' Ro Parra has decided to run his star pupil Student Council in the .3 million Japan Cup Dirt (Jap-I), rather than the million Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I). The 1 1/4-mile Japan Cup ... [ Visit website ]

Hard-knocking Schiaparelli made it three group I wins in a row with a front-running victory in the Gran Premio del Jockey Club (Ity-I) at San Siro Oct. 14. [ Visit website ]

British raider Scintillo outran Italian star Gladiatorus in the final furlong to capture the Gran Criterium (Ity-I) for 2-year-olds at San Siro Oct. 14 by a half-length. [ Visit website ]

Smokey Stover, in his final local workout for the million TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) at Monmouth Park, turned in a sharp five-furlong drill in :58 1/5 Oct. 14 under jockey Russell Baze at Bay Meadows. [ Visit website ]

The New York Breeders' Sales Company's fall mixed sale Oct. 14 at Saratoga Race Course set records for total receipts (,776,900) and average sale price (,330). [ Visit website ]

Several advance deposit wagering companies have yet to secure contracts for the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a consultant said Oct. 15. [ Visit website ]

The Sales Integrity Task Force presented its initial recommendations Oct. 15 at Keeneland, suggesting the industry opt for self-regulation through the conditions of sale rather than through legislation. [ Visit website ]

Lane's End Farm has announced its stud fees for 2008. There are 20 stallions on the roster for next year. [ Visit website ]

Street Sense, winner of the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), worked a sharp five furlongs over his home track at Churchill Downs while Curlin got five furlongs in 1:01.20 at Keeneland. Both are training for the Breeders' ... [ Visit website ]

College students will receive free grandstand admission--a value--to the Oct. 26 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Monmouth Park, it was announced Oct. 15 by Breeders' Cup and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. [ Visit website ]

Storm Cat, whose fee of 0,000 from 2002-07 was North America's highest, will stand for 0,000 in 2008 at the Young family's Overbrook Farm near Lexington. His new fee is equaled to that of Lane's End stallion A.P. Indy. The ... [ Visit website ]

Up to the Minute Thourghbred Racing and Breeding NewsDarby Dan Farm has announced its 2008 stallion fees. [ Visit website ]

Equine influenza has spread to several horses at the Ipswich racing center, approximately 24 miles southwest of Brisbane, Queensland Racing Ltd. confirmed on Wednesday. [ Visit website ]

Weekend Hussler, the short priced favorite, powered away to win Melbourne Racing Club's 1,600-meter (7.95-furlong) Caulfield Guineas (Aus-G1) at Caulfield racecourse on Saturday. [ Visit website ]

Group 1 winner Indio Glorioso stamped himself as one of Argentina's top three-year-olds on turf with a clear victory on Saturday at San Isidro in the Gran Premio Jockey Club (Arg-G1), the second leg of Argentina's Triple Crown. [ Visit website ]

German-based Schiaparelli added another Group 1 victory to his record when he scored an easy 1 ¾-length win on Sunday in the 6,869 Gran Premio del Jockey Club (Ity-G1) at San Siro racecourse in Milan. [ Visit website ]

Macho Posmo, narrow winner of the Clasico Polla de Potrillos (Arg-G2) on August 5, rallied home to his second classic victory at La Plata in the Gran Premio Provincia de Buenos Aires (Arg-G1) to take the final leg of that ... [ Visit website ]

Brazilian star Celtic Princess delivered a sizzling performance to win the Grande Premio Linneo de Paula Machado (Brz-G1) (Gran Criterium) on Sunday at Hipodromo La Gavea in Rio de Janeiro. [ Visit website ]

Haras Rancho Fatima homebred filly Faraqueen, fifth in last month's Clasico Polla de Potrancas (Per-G1) (Peruvian One Thousand Guineas), returned with a vengeance Sunday to post a convincing win in the Clasico Enrique Ayulo Pardo (Per-G1) at Hipodromo de Monterrico. [ Visit website ]

International headlines for ThoroughbredTimes.com. Thoroughbred Times is a leading weekly newsmagazine of thoroughbred racing.Ancona, winner of the Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Uruguayan One Thousand Guineas), reaffirmed her dominance in Uruguay's three-year-old filly division with a clear victory in ... [ Visit website ]

Master Command, a record-setting, multiple graded stakes-winning son of A.P. Indy, has been retired to Taylor Made Stallions, in Nicholasville, Ky. Purchased for 0,000 by Aaron and Marie Jones at the 2003 Saratoga Select Yearling sale, the flashy chestnut went ... [ Visit website ]

Grade I winner Political Force arrived Oct. 11 at Claiborne Farm, where he will enter stud next year for ,000 live foal. Political Force made his last start in the Sept. 30 Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I), in which ... [ Visit website ]

Avenue of Flags, whose 23 stakes winners includes grade I winners Joey Franco and Notable Career, will stand at Hourigan Horse Farm near Anthony, N.M. [ Visit website ]

Cat's Career, a graded stakes-winning son of Mr. Prospector, has been purchased by Ashcraft Farms. [ Visit website ]

Attila's Storm, a 2007 graded stakes winner, will enter stud at Jim Helzer's JEH Stallion Station near Hondo, N.M., upon his retirement from racing. [ Visit website ]

Three of our top four quick picks for Saturday's grade I Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland came out of a strong grade I race at Belmont Park. The key to this race might be whether any of ... [ Visit website ]

The world-record price for a yearling filly was shattered by a Sadler's Wells filly Oct. 12 during book one of the Tattersalls October yearling sale. [ Visit website ]

Regulations ultimately resulting in a race-day ban on anabolic steroids most likely will be in place in many states in the Mid-Atlantic region by April 1, 2008. [ Visit website ]

Grade I winner Sligo Bay was represented by his first stakes winner Oct. 11, when Craig Singer's Wind In My Wings took the 0,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland for trainer Reade Baker. [ Visit website ]

The American Horse Council has released the agenda for its National Issues Fall Forum Nov. 2 in Lexington. Deadlines for registration are approaching. [ Visit website ]

TVG has taken umbrage with a published report about the joint dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the account wagering company by Churchill Downs Inc., claiming there was no settlement involved. [ Visit website ]

Play Bingo, winner of the 2005 Maryland Million Classic, will not start in this year's renewal of the race at Laurel Park Oct. 13 because of a quarter crack in his left hind hoof, owner/trainer John "Doc" Fisher said Oct. ... [ Visit website ]

Claiborne Farm has announced its 2008 stud fees with no major changes to its roster of 14 stallions, which stand at the Hancock family's farm near Paris, Ky. [ Visit website ]

Woodbine Mile (Can-IT) winner Shakespeare, who won seven of eight career starts for Frank Justice's Dell Ridge Farm, has been retired from racing after suffering a flare-up of the old tendon injury that once kept him from racing for 21 ... [ Visit website ]

Jockey Edgar Prado has been given medical clearance to ride and will take his recovery from a broken ankle to the next level the morning of Oct. 13, when he gets on horses, said his agent, Bob Frieze. [ Visit website ]

Northview Stallion Station has purchased a 171-acre farm site in Lancaster County, Pa., to be named Northview PA. Plans call for the farm to be in operation for the 2009 breeding season. [ Visit website ]

Scipion, a graded stakes-winning son of A.P. Indy, will enter stud at Allen and Audrey Murray's Murmur Farm in Darlington, Md. [ Visit website ]

When reviewing the action during the 2007 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s fall mixed sale Oct. 8-12 in Central Florida, Tom Ventura, OBS general manager and director of sales, said it is difficult to compare the results with those of last ... [ Visit website ]

Due to mounting pressure by heavyweight Australian breeders on Inglis and Magic Millions to rethink their previously announced new dates for the all-important sales series in Australia next year, one of the auction companies -- Inglis -- has yielded. It ... [ Visit website ]

Three Chimneys' stallion fees will remain the same or decrease in 2008, the farm announced Oct. 12. Also, the farm will contractually limit the stallion books to 110 mares, as has been its informal custom for several years. [ Visit website ]

A law designed to provide more efficient enforcement of California Horse Racing Board regulations involving prohibited substances has been signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. [ Visit website ]

With a world-record yearling filly in the mix, business during the final session of Book One of Tattersalls' 2007 October sale is strong with an 18% upswing in gross over last year's total. [ Visit website ]

Youbet.com disclosed Oct. 12 that the federal government has seized .5 million in funds from three Nevada bank accounts affiliated with the company's off-shore entity, IRG. [ Visit website ]

Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Monarchos will stand the 2008 breeding season at Nuckols Farm near Midway, Ky., it was announced Oct. 12 by owner John Oxley. [ Visit website ]

Up to the Minute Thourghbred Racing and Breeding NewsThe Jockeys' Guild has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Federal Bankruptcy Court in Louisville, according to a press release sent out by the organization Oct. 12. [ Visit website ]

International headlines for ThoroughbredTimes.com. Thoroughbred Times is a leading weekly newsmagazine of thoroughbred racing.Equine influenza has spread to several horses at the Ipswich racing center, approximately 24 miles southwest of Brisbane, Queensland Racing Ltd. confirmed on Wednesday. [ Visit website ]

Federal officials are investigating customer records of International Racing Group, a licensed rebate betting shop owned by Youbet.com Inc. [ Visit website ]

The financially troubled Jockeys’ Guild is considering filing for bankruptcy.The Guild Senate voted to declare bankruptcy but National Manager Terry Meyocks said the Guild is considering several options to restore its financial crisis.“Like many other organizations in North America, the ... [ Visit website ]

Despite a decline in race days compared to 2006, North American handle and purses increased during the third quarter. [ Visit website ]

A memorial service will be held for two-time Horse of the Year John Henry on October 19 at 2 p.m. EDT at the Kentucky Horse Park Hall of Champions in Lexington. [ Visit website ]

Trainer Patrick Biancone has appealed a one-year suspension handed down earlier this month by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority and will be able to continue working in Kentucky pending the outcome of the appeal. [ Visit website ]

Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp. have withdrawn from the Empire Racing Associates bid to operate the New York racing franchise currently held by the New York Racing Association. [ Visit website ]

Old Friends, a Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky, is teaming with the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington to create a privately funded memorial for John Henry, the two-time Horse of the Year who was euthanized on October 8 because ... [ Visit website ]

Purse increases that began during Belmont Park’s spring-summer meeting this year will extend through Aqueduct’s 45-day fall meet, which begins on October 24 and runs through December 30. [ Visit website ]

A federal judge has delayed implementation of new rules that would require employees whose names do not match Social Security numbers in a federal database to be fired within 90 days. [ Visit website ]

A hearing has been scheduled for Monday in the matter of Charles Town Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association President Randy Funkhouser, who stands accused of misusing his position as HBPA president to get a rival horse scratched from a race. [ Visit website ]

National headlines for ThoroughbredTimes.com. Thoroughbred Times is a leading weekly newsmagazine of thoroughbred racing.A consultant negotiating simulcast deals for this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships said it is unlikely advance-deposit wagering outlet Youbet.com will carry this year’s event. [ Visit website ]

Jim Scatuorchio, owner of multiple stakes winner Ready's Image, said Wednesday the colt came out of the Oct. 6 Champagne Stakes (gr. I) with a chip in his knee and will undergo arthoscopic surgery. [ Visit website ]

A convincing winner of back-to-back stakes races in Florida, Calder dirt specialist Electrify will be seeking his first graded win Oct. 13 as the 122-pound highweight in the 0,000 Spend a Buck Handicap (gr. III). [ Visit website ]

Champion filly Dreaming of Anna will put her three-race win streak on the line and get her final prep for the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in the 0,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) Oct. 13 on ... [ Visit website ]

Fair Weather Stan and Fearless Eagle renew their rivalry as part of a full field entered for the 0,000 Calder Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (gr. IIIT) on the Florida track's turf course Oct. 13. [ Visit website ]

Success may not follow Summer Doldrums all the time, but the son of Street Cry has been competitive in nearly all his 12 career starts, many of them in graded stakes competition. That back class will make him one of ... [ Visit website ]

The 9-year-old The Tin Man, second by a length in Oak Tree's Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship (gr. I) at Santa Anita Oct. 6, is likely to pass the John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), trainer Richard Mandella said. [ Visit website ]

A lawyer for six-time British champion jockey Kieren Fallon told a London court Oct. 10 the suggestion Fallon deliberately tried to lose races was absurd. On the third day of trial, John Kelsey-Fry described his client as "a man driven ... [ Visit website ]

Live Oak Plantation's Les Grands Trois has been the victor in all but one of his four career starts despite an on-again off-again training regimen due to physical issues. The son of Officer looks for his first graded stakes win ... [ Visit website ]

Jockey Joe Bravo, sidelined with a fractured left clavicle bone following a Sept. 7 spill at Belmont Park, will return to the saddle Oct. 13 at Belmont Park, said his agent, Drew Mollica. [ Visit website ]

Amazer, a stakes-placed mare in foal to Exchange Rate, led the way Wednesday during the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. fall mixed sale, selling for ,000 to Marion G. Montanari. [ Visit website ]

Improvement has come quickly for Augment, especially since trainer Paddy Gallagher switched him to the turf this summer, including a surprising second-place finish in the Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT) last time out. The Aptitude gelding is sure to attract ... [ Visit website ]

Trainer Patrick Biancone, suspended for one year for possessing on the grounds of Keeneland three sealed vials of alpha-cobratoxin (cobra venom), a Class A substance under the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority Uniform Drug and Medication Classification Schedule, was granted a ... [ Visit website ]

A Gone West colt topped the second session of the Tattersalls October yearling sale Oct. 10, selling for more than million in England. [ Visit website ]

Karen Keen's 2-year-old Silk Ridge will seek a sweep of the Florida Stallion Series in her division when she heads to the post in the 0,000 My Dear Girl Stakes at Calder Race Course Oct. 13, the track's Calder Derby ... [ Visit website ]

Miss Finland (Redoute's Choice-Forest Pearl by Woodman) will contest the Aus.5 million Cox Plate over 10 furlongs at Moonee Valley racecourse in Melbourne Oct. 27. [ Visit website ]

Ingrid Fermin, executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, is undergoing a review of her job performance, according to the chairman of the board. [ Visit website ]

A consortium of major horse industry companies vying for the Thoroughbred franchise in new York began falling apart Oct. 10, as Magna Entertainment and Churchill Downs announced their withdrawal from Empire Racing Associates. [ Visit website ]

Aidan O'Brien, who has been a dominant force in the Breeders' Cup World Championships, likely will have only two starters in this year's event, but they will be a formidable pair. O'Brien will send out Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ... [ Visit website ]

Fabulous Strike, one of the pre-race favorites for the million TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) Oct. 27 at Monmouth Park, will not make the race, trainer Todd Beattie said Oct. 11. [ Visit website ]

After a fifth-place finish in the Oct. 7 Spinster Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland, Martin Schwartz's Asi Siempre has been retired and will be sold at the Fasig-Tipton selected fall mixed sale Nov. 4, trainer Patrick Biancone said Oct. 11. [ Visit website ]

Michael Blowen, president and founder of Old Friends, announced the Thoroughbred retirement facility would partner with Bill Oster and the Kentucky Horse Park to create a privately funded memorial for John Henry, who was euthanized Oct. 8 due to the ... [ Visit website ]

Coolmore's John Magnier bought the top lot in Newmarket on day three of part one of the marathon Tattersalls October yearling sale, spending 750,000 guineas on a son of Galileo (Ire) Oct. 11. [ Visit website ]

The New York Racing Association will again raises purses, this time for the 45-day Aqueduct fall meet that begins Oct. 24 and runs through Dec. 30. Projected purses will be the highest in recent memory for the fall meet. [ Visit website ]

Criminologist has four turf victories this year. Dance Away Capote is the lone starter with a graded stakes win to her credit. Those two headline a field of six in the 30th running of the 0,000 Athenia Handicap (gr. IIIT) ... [ Visit website ]

Up to the Minute Thourghbred Racing and Breeding NewsGrade II winner Teuflesberg, who fractured both sesamoid bones in his left front leg in the Oct. 6 Phoenix Stakes (gr. III) at Keeneland, underwent a successful surgery Oct. 11 at Rood ... [ Visit website ]

Legendary American racehorse John Henry has died at the age of 32 at the Kentucky Horse Park, his home since he retired 23 years ago. [ Visit website ]

Equine influenza had had a clear impact on the numbers of third acceptors in Melbourne's three spring feature events which are significantly down on recent years. [ Visit website ]

The equine influenza epidemic has spread to Toowoomba in Queensland and to Newcastle in NSW and is creeping closer to the Victorian border. [ Visit website ]

Matamata trainer Mark Walker has confirmed that his Kelt Capital Stakes winner Princess Coup is a definite runner in the .5million Caulfield Cup (2400m) on October 20. [ Visit website ]

Biosecurity Queensland Chief Veterinary Officer Ron Glanville said the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries put in an urgent request for the additional batch when a problem was discovered with a shipment of 4,800 vials that arrived fr [ Visit website ]

NSW will receive additional vaccine for 44,000 horses (estimated to be at least 88,000 doses) to fight Equine Influenza following a meeting in Sydney between Commonwealth and State Primary Industries Ministers [ Visit website ]

Having gatecrashed Golden Slipper day at Rosehill earlier this year, trainer Mark Kavanagh is set to become one of the stars of the Melbourne Spring Carnival. [ Visit website ]

The New South Wales racing and breeding industries have called for an end to the current policy of �hoping for the best� and want a national strategy to combat equine influenza. [ Visit website ]

Godolphin's fantastic miler Ramonti made it three Group One wins for the season with a characteristically tenacious victory under Frankie Dettori in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on September 29, to keep himself firmly in content