Students from the New Mexico Equine Industry Study Tour recently took a tour of New Mexico’s of various equine facilities and ranches. This year’s tour included W. L. Mooring’s Double L Farm’s one of the largest race horse breeding operations in New Mexico. The students also stopped by the New Mexico Horse Breeders Association where Executive Director Anna Faye Davis explained the New Mexico Breeders [read story]
This article from the Las Cruces Sun News contains a time-line of the FBI raid at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack on Tuesday. The article also contains some anonymous comments by trainers, an assistant trainer, a jockey, and Ruidoso Downs Racetrack officials. “You hear about this stuff all the time. I think that stuff has been going on a long time. How do this people roll up in [read story]
Reminder Horsemen: Sustaining Payments Due for all 2012 NMSF/Downs at Albuquerque Futurities & QH Derby—$200 by June 15th – questions call Lorie (505) 266-5555. Downs at Albuquerque stall applications are due June 20. Ruidoso Downs Nominations Closing No closing nominations this week. SunRay Park Nominations Closing Closing June 16, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. The Tommy “Duke” Smith (runs Saturday, June 23) Purse: $75,000 Guaranteed For: Fillies Three Years [read story]
A tribute to one of the greatest horses of all time. Man o’ War: A Photographic Tribute: Images from the life of the great Man O’ War. Via www.bloodhorse.com
A New York database listing every race horse breakdown will soon be available to the public. The information included: track related equine death equine injuries incidents involving horses rulings going back several years against anyone licensed by the state of New York, including owners, trainers, jockeys, grooms, etc. The publication of the database has been in the works for several months and is not a result of the [read story]
The premise is good, but how will theory hold up to implementation? Will this apply to horses only stabled at the track? How about horses at the various training tracks? Trainers, you had better be meticulous about record keeping. You need to make sure you have dates and treatments down where you can quickly access the records. Be sure to check other products such as liniments, ointments, and supplements [read story]
The time is growing near! The 2012 SunRay Park season starts in less than a month. Barn area opens April 9th and the track opens for training April 10th. SunRay Park Racetrack has announced its Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes schedule for its 42-day meet, which begins April 20. Read the article: SunRay Park to Begin 2012 Season April 20 | BloodHorse.com View the Stakes Schedule: [read story]
I have to say I am not surprised. It seems the powers that be are formulating their statements to be released later in the week. The quiet from the industry is roaring through the public sector. People are accusing the regulatory agencies of “taking time to get their stories straight”. It will be interesting to see the responses as they trickle out. Kudos to Sunland [read story]
Who will be allowed to give the medication? If I am understanding this correctly, if this rule is passed, the track and state vets maybe very busy on race days running around giving Lasix shots. Edited press releaseSeveral changes were recently adopted by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) Model Rules Committee, including rules limiting who can administer race-day furosemide and the reporting of changes [read story]
Via Scoop.it – New Mexico Horse Racing News There was a time it was understood that the Sport of Kings was called that because it took a considerable amount of money to own and race a horse(s). As an owner, you were doing very well if your horses made enough in purse money to break even. At some point in the last three decades, owning [read story]