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Contributions to Jockey Club Checkoff Program Tax Deductable

The Jockey Club President and chief operating officer James L. Gagliano announced Monday (July 11) that owners' and breeders' contributions to The Jockey Club's retirement checkoff program in support of the aftercare of Thoroughbred racehorses now qualify as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. The retirement checkoff program was implemented in 2009 with proceeds benefiting the retirement, retraining, and adoption efforts of Thoroughb

Breeders` Cup Begins Drug Phase-Out in 2012

Breeders' Cup officials announced that the use of race-day medication will be prohibited in World Championships races for 2-year-olds in 2012 and all events in 2013. The board of directors made the decision at its July 14 meeting. Officials said the move is necessary to get Breeders' Cup policies in line with those in other countries at a time of growing international participation in the World Championships and related programs. "Given the high level of

William Buick will keep Dream Ahead ride

Dream Ahead`s trainer David Simcock will remain loyal to jockey William Buick, despite Hayley Turners July Cup success with the three-year-old. Buick was riding in York, meaning Turner stepped in to become the first woman to win a Group One race outright. "William will keep the ride, that was always the case," Newmarket-based Simcock told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

"Hayley will fully understand that, theyre all professionals at the end of the d

Newmarket: Hayley Turner wins July Cup on Dream Ahead

Turner was the first female jockey to ride 100 winners in a year - Jockey Hayley Turner became the first female jockey to win a Group One race outright as she landed the July Cup at Newmarket on Dream Ahead. Turner was drafted in after the colt's regular rider, William Buick, was required to ride at York.

She hit the front on David Simcock's 7-1 chance in the last 50 yards. Alex Greaves was the only previous woman to win at the highest level -

Kentucky Derby Winner Animal Kingdom Recovering from Surgery

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner Animal Kingdom had successful surgery to repair a hairline slab fracture, Barry Irwin, president of the colt's ownership syndicate Team Valor International, said in a statement July 7. Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, head of surgery at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center, performed the successful operation June 30. It required two screws to c

Timepiece lands Falmouth Stakes victory

Timepiece came in at 16-1 under Tom Queally to give trainer Sir Henry Cecil a surprise win in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket. The filly had disappointed when she was a leading fancy for last year's Oaks at Epsom but won at Warwick last time out. Timepiece raced strongly and had all her rivals beaten going into the final furlong.

The 13-8 favourite Sahpresa challenged late but Timepiece went on to win by a length and a quarter. "She's a very go

Trainer Andrew Balding aims to continue hot streak

Kingsclere trainer Andrew Balding is hopeful of more success this weekend after his hat-trick last Saturday. Andrew Balding had three winners at Sandown, while this weekend he has runners at Newmarket, York, Ascot and Chester. They include Dalghar in the group one July Cup at Newmarket, Constant Contact races at York and Side Glance in the group two Summer Mile at Ascot.

Balding told BBC Berkshire: "We're spread far and wide but hopefully we'll

July Festival: Roman Soldier gets July Stakes nod

Roman Soldier has been backed to put in a strong performance in the July Stakes by trainer Jeremy Noseda. The two-year-old Coventry Stakes runner-up is one of eight declarations for Thursdays race, including Windsor Castle Stakes winner Frederick Engels. Noseda told BBC Radio Suffolk: "Roman Solider will be very competitive.

"I think it will be a tough race, he went well at Royal Ascot, hes in good form, a little bit of rain would be a help,

BBQ Offer at Sandown Park Races

After the success of our last BBQ in May - Sandown Park is offering another exclusive BBQ offer for Comedy at the Races on 4 August for just £39 per person. Enjoy the exciting racing followed by live comedy at approximately 8:45pm* and take advantage of the long summer evenings at Sandown Park with an ice cold drink and delicious food. THE OFFER INCLUDES - Premier Entrance Badge. - Gourmet BBQ beef burger. - Potato Wedges & Relish. - Pint of beer or glass

Comedy At Sandown Park Races

Sandown Park’s Comedy at The Races is a highly-sociable mix of flat racing and far-from-flat entertainment from three stand-up performers, courtesy of London’s famous Comedy Store. After an evening's racing, three top comedians; Alistair Barrie, Paul Thorne and Pete Johansson; will take to the stage to provide much raucous hilarity, courtesy of the famous Comedy Store. These acts have performed in all four corners of the world, won numerous awards between

Kempton Park - The Hothouse Flowers

The Kempton Live series continues with our annual Irish Night celebrations on Wednesday, August 3. Be prepared for plenty of craic, a pint or two of the black stuff and some phenomenal live music. This year one of Ireland’s greatest bands, the hugely popular Hothouse Flowers, will be rocking Kempton Park with their uniquely soulful sound after racing. The band burst onto the music scene in the late 1980s after U2’s Bono heard the then-unsigned band. The

Michael Owen`'s horse Brown Panther fifth in German Derby

Waldpark won the German Derby as Brown Panther, the horse owned and bred by Michael Owen, was beaten into fifth at Hamburg. Owen was left in tears when the colt won the King George V Handicap by six lengths at Royal Ascot in June. But he was unable to repeat the triumph and was edged out for third in a photo finish.

It was a second British sporting defeat of the weekend in Hamburg after boxer Wladimir Klitschko beat David Haye. Richard Kingscote

Horse Dies Before Traditional Italian Race

An Italian racehorse died July 1 during a practice session for the Palio di Siena horse race that takes place near Tuscany, according to a report from the United Kingdom-based news website Mail Online.

The Palio di Siena is a bareback horse race run twice a year during the summer (in July and August) around the main square of Siena. The horses run on a layer of dirt that is put down as extra cushion for the cobblestone surface. The Palio consis

Veitch, Veterinarians Testify in Life At Ten Case

The chief state steward overseeing racing in Kentucky and several veterinarians working at Churchill Downs during last fall's Breeders' Cup World Championships testified June 29 that they saw nothing out of the ordinary with Life At Ten prior to her participation in the Ladies' Classic held Nov. 5. John Veitch, the chief steward who is facing an administrative hearing initiated by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) into whether he violated racing

Derby Winner Animal Kingdom Out for the Year

After examining a second set of X rays, it was determined that the leg injury suffered by Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner Animal Kingdom was more serious than initially thought and he will not race again this season, Team Valor International president Barry Irwin said June 29. The left hind leg injury, which is believed to have occurred at the start of the June 11 Belmont Stakes, was initially diagnosed June 15 as a small fissure on the tip

Former jockey Richard Fox dies after fall

Former jockey Richard Fox has died aged 57 after spending almost two months on a life-support machine. The Irishman was admitted to West Suffolk Hospital on 30 April after hitting his head in a fall while shopping in his home town of Newmarket. Racing broadcaster and friend Derek Thompson told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "He was a great jockey and a great guy to be with.

"Whenever you were with him you would laugh so much it would hurt." The light

Tony McCoy receives OBE from Queen at Buckingham Palace

Champion jockey Tony McCoy has received his OBE from the Queen at a ceremony in the Buckingham Palace ballroom. McCoy won his 16th consecutive British jump racing champion jockey title in April, a year after winning his first Grand National on Don't Push It. McCoy was joined by his wife Chantelle and three-year-old daughter Eve.

"It's an amazing honour and something that I'm very proud of - this has been a pretty special time for me which will b

Workforce and So You Think among Eclipse field at Sandown

The 2010 Epsom Derby winner Workforce and So You Think are among eight horses left in Saturday's Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. Workforce returned with victory at Sandown after winning the Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe last season. Australian import So You Think, now with Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien, was defeated by Rewilding at Royal Ascot.

Workforce's stablemate Confront is also entered, while O'Brien has Cape Blanco, Jan Vermeer and

Breeders` Cup: Life At Ten Case Drawing to a Close

At Ten saga will enter its final stage June 28 when a hearing begins into whether senior Kentucky horse racing steward John Veitch violated any state racing rules in his handling of the situation during last year's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Churchill Downs in Louisville.The public hearing, scheduled for June 28-30 at the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) offices near Lexington, is a result of action by the racing commission in March in which

Tominator surges to victory in Northumberland Plate

Tominator sprang a surprise for veteran trainer Reg Hollinshead and apprentice Paul Pickard in the John Smith's Northumberland Plate at Newcastle. Last year's winner Overturn made another brave attempt to make all the running but was swallowed up by the field in the last couple of furlongs. Totally unexposed at the trip, it was 25-1 shot Tominator who surged home at the end of the two-mile stamina test. Montaff (18-1) was beaten by a length and three-quar

Queen`s Carlton House goes for Irish Derby success

Carlton House, owned by the Queen, aims to make up for the disappointment of failing to win the Epsom Derby by landing Sunday's Irish version. The colt, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, has reportedly recovered well and is expected to head the betting. Carlton House was third in the English Classic behind the fast-finishing French-trained winner Pour Moi. Epsom runner-up Treasure Beach is in the field along with Memphis Tennessee (fourth) and Native Khan (f

Breeders` Cup Winner Unrivaled Belle Retired After Breaking Withers

Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winner Unrivaled Belle, who broke her withers after flipping over backwards in the paddock while waiting to be saddled for the June 18 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., has been retired from racing. She exits with 13 top three finishes from 14 starts and earnings of $1,854,706 for breeder/owners Gary Seidler and Peter Vegso.

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Banksters Bonus wins Ulster Derby at Down Royal

A well-timed challenge saw Banksters Bonus win the Ulster Derby at Down Royal on Saturday. The winner, trained by Jessica Harrington and ridden by Shane Foley, was the only three-year-old in the nine-strong field in the feature. Banksters Bonus, sent-off at 9-2, got up to beat the Dermot Weld-trained Force of Habit with Denny Crane in third place. Kildare trainer Harrington had won the race in 2008 with Fantoche.

The Ulster Oaks was won by 100-

Horse Power: Injured Paul Hanagan experiences the downs of racing

THE ups and downs of life in the saddle were again put into sharp focus yesterday when ECHO columnist Paul Hanagan was ruled out of the final day of Royal Ascot with a neck injury. The champion jockey has been on the crest of a wave for some time, winning the title last year and setting the pace this as well as some landmark triumphs. But he experienced the downside this week, drawing a blank in his bid to add to his two previous Royal Ascot winners. Aft

Kentucky Derby Winner Injured, Will Take Time Off

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner Animal Kingdom has suffered an injury to his left hind leg, Team Valor International president Barry Irwin confirmed June 16. Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, head of surgery at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center, examined a nuclear scan June 15 that indicated that something was amiss with the colt's left hock. On June 16 both Richardson and

Royal Ascot: Immortal Verse storms to win in Coronation Stakes

Immortal Verse won the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot as a French family affair spoiled home hopes. Gerald Mosse brought his mount from last to first to land the Group One contest for trainer Robert Collet, whose son Rod trained the runner-up Nova Hawk. The 8-1 chance Immortal Verse swooped round the outside of the field to win by two-and-a-quarter lengths from the 9-2 shot Nova Hawk.

Barefoot Lady (16-1) was best of the domestic runners, half

Paul Hanagan: I`m heading back north after a painful Royal Ascot

After four days at Royal Ascot, champion jockey and ECHO racing columnist Paul Hanagan heads to Scotland tomorrow in pursuit of winners. IT'S been a torrid week at Royal Ascot I have to admit. It just brings home how difficult a meeting it is at which to have winners, and I had plenty of frustrations over the first three days. I also woke yesterday at 5am with a spasm in my neck, and had physio before riding on Thursday afternoon. I'm not sure how the inju

Royal Ascot: Michael Owen`s tears of joy at winner

One had shed tears. The other sported jet-black wraparound shades which cast a cloak over his innermost thoughts. But both footballer Michael Owen and trainer Aidan O'Brien proved leading men on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot. Manchester United striker Owen showed the emotion - clearly choked at the success of Brown Panther, a horse he bred and owns, in Thursday's last race, the King George V Stakes.

Top Irish trainer O'Brien had savoured victory

Royal Ascot: Frankie Dettori handed nine-day ban

Frankie Dettori has been handed a nine-day riding ban for using his whip with excessive frequency when winning on Rewilding at Royal Ascot. Dettori, who is due to start a separate 10-day ban on Friday, struck his mount 24 times during the final two furlongs of the Prince of Wales's Stakes. Rewilding came from behind to beat the favourite So You Think at the meeting.

Dettori was set to miss the last two days of Ascot after his ban for failing to

White Paper on Racing Surfaces Released

The Racing Surfaces Committee formed at the inaugural Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit in 2006 has published a 34-page "Racing Surfaces White Paper" that details the current state of knowledge pertaining to training and racing surfaces. The document, drafted as a collection of published scientific papers and data, was co-authored by Mick Peterson, MS, PhD (University of Maine); C. Wayne McIlwraith, BVSc, FRCVS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, Dipl. ECVS (Colora

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Hayley Turner wins Nunthorpe Stakes on Margot Did

Hayley Turner wins Nunthorpe Stakes on Margot Did

Turner is the only woman to have won a Group One race outright Margot Did won the Nunthorpe Stakes at York's Ebor Festival to give jockey Hayley Turner the second Group One success of her career. The 20-1 shot, trained by Michael Bell, came home three-quarters of a length ahead of Hamish McGonagall (28-1), with Prohibit (12-1) third.

Tur

Countrywide Flame and Cinders And Ashes To Renew Rivalry

Countrywide Flame and Cinders And Ashes To Renew Rivalry

Countrywide Flame and Cinders And Ashes are on target for a rematch in the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day.

The former, trained by John Quinn, won the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham last season and routed his Donald McCain-trained rival in the Fighting Fifith Hurdle at Newcastle.

Countrywide Flame also

German Star Danedream Retired

German Star Danedream Retired

German filly Danedream, winner of the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and this year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, has been retired.

Trainer Peter Schiergen confirmed her retirement in an interview published Friday on the website Galopp-Online.

Some had hoped she would run in the Dubai Sheema Classic this comi

Silviniaco Conti Wins The Betfair Chase

Silviniaco Conti Wins The Betfair Chase

Silviniaco Conti led from start to finish in winning the Betfair Chase at Haydock.

The Paul Nicholls-trained horse made just one mistake, over the last fence, but jockey Ruby Walsh kept on to hold off favourite Long Run.

"He's a decent horse, he's only six and he jumps and stays," said Nicholls. "I may take him straight to the Gol

Niall Madden and Numbersixvalverde wins National

Niall Madden and Numbersixvalverde wins National

The 11-1 shot Numbersixvalverde won the Aintree Grand National from last year's winner and joint favourite Hedgehunter. Coming to the last, Hedgehunter looked set to become the first back-to-back winner since Red Rum. But Numbersixvalverde, ridden by Niall 'Slippers' Madden and trained by Martin Brassil in County Kildare, pulled away to win by six

Groups Draw Line on Salix Ban in Thoroughbred Racing

Groups Draw Line on Salix Ban in Thoroughbred Racing

Thoroughbred horsemen's groups largely support proposed changes in race-day medication rules for Thoroughbred racehorses but are drawing a line in the sand when it comes to the anti-bleeding drug furosemide, which is marketed under the trade name Salix. In the past few months two organizations have taken the first steps toward a race-day ban on Sal

I`m A Celeb: Scots jockey Willie Carson to enter the jungle in new series

I`m A Celeb: Scots jockey Willie Carson to enter the jungle in new series

RACING hero Willie Carson is the sole Scot on the new series of I'm A Celeb, it has been announced. The popular ITV show begins this Sunday, and Carson, 68, will go up against nine other celebs in the Australian jungle. They include comedy legend Freddie Starr, Coronation Street actor Antony Cotton, Hart to Hart actress Stefanie Powers and The Only

Sprinter Sacre Easily Wins The Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham

Sprinter Sacre Easily Wins The Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham

Sprinter Sacre trounced the opposition again as he won the Grade One Victor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham. Nicky Henderson`s exciting chaser went off at a price of 1/5 such was the confidence in the market, and those who took the odds never had a worry as he made it seven from seven over fences.

Mad Moose went on for an early advantage

Chantal Sutherland to be first woman to ride in Dubai World Cup

Chantal Sutherland to be first woman to ride in Dubai World Cup

Reports to DubaiRaceNight indicate that Game On Dude, controversial winner of the 2011 Santa Anita Handicap (G1), has received a formal invitation to the Dubai World Cup (G1). Further, Chantal Sutherland is scheduled to retain the ride for Bob Baffert, making her the first woman to ride in the world's richest race. Baffert has trained two Dubai W

James Millman Signs Off With A Winner

James Millman Signs Off With A Winner

James Millman`s last ever ride was a winner as Ishi broke her maiden tag at Lingfield.

The 5/2 chance, trained by his father Rod, saved ground as she hugged the rail around the home turn and kept for his rider's urgings in the final stages as she held off the challenge of Island Express by a length and a quarter.

Millman, who par

Liam Treadwell jumps off racing`s treadmill and into immortality

Liam Treadwell jumps off racing`s treadmill and into immortality

Liam Treadwell has spent seven years trying to make a breakthrough in his chosen profession, first on the Flat and then over jumps, but ultimately it took him just 9½ minutes of near-perfection to earn his slice of racing immortality in the Grand National.

Should he return to Aintree in 50 years time, as 1959 winner Michael Scudamore did

So You Think ready for the Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe

So You Think ready for the Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe

So You Think is likely to take part in next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The five-year-old Australian import has won four of his five starts this term for Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien. It will be a step up in class for the Irish Champion Stakes winner, who is priced at 6-1 for the Longchamp contest in Paris on Sunday, 2 October

He p

Frankie Dettori excited by British Champions Day at Ascot

Frankie Dettori excited by British Champions Day at Ascot

Frankie Dettori says he is "excited" by Saturday's inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot and has urged the public not to miss the action. The Italian revealed he will race in all five championship races and says the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes which features Frankel will be the highlight. Dettori also said he is most looking forward to riding Opin

Adrian Maguire bridges ten-year gap

Adrian Maguire bridges ten-year gap

Adrian Maguire, who was leading rider at the John Smith's Grand National meeting in 1994, walked through the Aintree gates for the first time in 10 years today and marvelled at the transformation of the racecourse. Maguire, who now trains an 18-strong team in Co Cork, is here to saddle 66/1 outsider Golden Kite in the world's most famous chase, th

















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