Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Shared Belief, 2013 champion 2-year-old, is doing fine as he nears his debut as a 4-year-old in the San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita Feb. 7. Trained and co-owned by Jerry Hollendorfer, Shared Belief is continuing […]
Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) announced Friday the creation of the new position of Executive Director of Racing with Mike Ziegler assuming the post. Ziegler will begin his new duties on Monday, Jan. 26 and will report […]
Hot Springs, AR (SportsNetwork.com) – Monday, while the nation observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Oaklawn Park begins its series of stakes for 3- year-olds with the one-mile, $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes. The Smarty Jones, named for the locally raced […]
Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Thoroughbred racing fans have voted as the top racing moment of 2014 the Kentucky Derby victory of California Chrome. Of the 10 nominated events for the 2014 National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Moment of the […]
Saratoga Springs, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Former New York track announcer Tom Durkin has joined West Point Thoroughbreds. The retired announcing legend will be an equity partner on horses within the West Point Thoroughbred partnerships. “We are thrilled to welcome Tom […]
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Horse of the Year finalist Bayern is recuperating from a quarter crack of the hoof which has halted his training. Trainer Bob Baffert reports that the injury is not a major one but is cause for […]
Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Lexie Lou, last year’s top Canadian 3-year- old filly, heads a field of eight older females for Saturday’s $200,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita. Owned by Gary Barber and trained by Mark Casse, Lexie Lou […]
Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Nick Eaves, president and CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), will be leaving the company on March 31, 2015. The announcement was made Thursday. “As I look back on the last 20 years, I am very […]
Berkeley, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Trainer Jeff Mullins is sending Soul Driver north from Santa Anita for Saturday’s $100,000 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields. The 1 1/16-mile stakes is the local prep for the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby at […]
New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) – Eagle, owned by William S. Farish, has drawn the far outside post in an 11-horse field for Saturday’s 71st running of the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds as the track commences its road to […]