A series of wildfires erupted in Southern California late Jan. 7, with one being especially close to Santa Anita Park in nearby Eaton Canyon, after a powerful windstorm with gusts as high as 80 mph swept through the region. View the full article
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has canceled live racing for both Jan. 8 and 9 due to single-digit forecasted temperatures and wind chills at first post time. View the full article
Good on the females, certainly dominated the card, was a great days racing up there, sun was out, thought the crowd was one of the biggest I've seen for some years, heaps of visitors campers filled the carpark, small fields but very competitive finishes, tracked looked good, interesting times for 1020m sprints around 1.01, yet the 1400m running 1.26, only downside was i couldn't back s winner, closest being Far Site win bet at 40s fixed, throughly enjoyed the day regardless, be interesting to see what the put through the tote if anyone out there knows, certainly enjoyed the day better than the last metropolitan meeting I attended, totally different atmosphere.
Through an international exchange program, Cody Watkins, a steward of the British Horseracing Authority, will serve as The Jockey Club-appointed steward at the New York Racing Association racetracks beginning in early January 2025.View the full article
Fabulous true story, beautifully written but it doesn't say who wrote it...this s what horse racing is all about (IMHO)
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/flashback-the-remarkable-story-of-the-1948-melbourne-cup-winner-20181103-p50dtn.html
I had decided not to comment on this in case someone thought I was being negative, but really....
I hope they didn't spend too much time or resources on this idea.
We don’t have strathayr in Europe but we have Polytrack though it’s my experience no two Polytrack surfaces are quite the same. 22 of George’s 32 UK winners in 2024 were on synthetic surfaces.
NZTR and 1/ST will cover travel and freight costs for Golden Ticket-winning horses travelling internationally to compete in the respective countries.
What might that cost at no obvious benefit to the NZ industry or participants?
Most likely nil. You see the government put the doggie industry on notice at least 2 years ago All they did was reconstruct Wanganui track and spent a couple of mill building the straight track at Wanganui race course. I wont even start on dog welfare like cheaper and easier to put a dog down rather than spend money on vet fees allowing at the least the dog to enjoy its retirement. Take time to visit Sunday jump outs/trails and on race day walk around the back of the stands dogs locked in trailers and hot vans. I am mates of an old trainer in his words the young ones are a different breed its now all about winners and making money the passion has slowly disappeared. For the record I have in the past owned and raced a few dogs but walked away a while ago. JUST to finish have a look at the dates of posts and replies on this dog site where few write and post a true reflection of the doggie peoples apathy
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