| Horse Racing (Richmond Times-Dispatch) |
| | HORSE RACING THURSDAY FIRST RACE $8,500, 3-year-olds & up, 1 1/16 Miles Also ran: Pulverizer, Royal Assembly, Adios My Lady, Henry's Hero Late scratches: Great Peace Race time: 1:45.36 Exacta (3-6) $121.20; Superfecta (3-6-4-1) $634.80; Trifecta (3-6-4) $466.40 $8,500, 3-year-olds & up, |
| Beshear reorganizes horse racing authority (Lexington Herald-Leader) |
| | Gov. Steve Beshear on Thursday reorganized the state panel that regulates horse racing in Kentucky, adding several new members that are major Democratic party backers. Beshear said he was making the move because racing is .in crisis and immediate, aggressive action is necessary to preserve its integrity.. The move comes as Ellis Park, a Thoroughbred racetrack in Henderson, abruptly ... |
| Kentucky Horse Racing Authority replaced by Governor Beshear with new oversight gr... |
| | LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear eliminated the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority on Thursday and replaced it with a new oversight group for the state's equine industry with a slightly different name but some of the same members. |
| Morpeth on horse-racing map (Chatham Daily News) |
| | Big Brown has helped propel a family-owned company in this tiny southeast Chatham-Kent community into the big leagues of horse racing. The winner of this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes sported a pair of horse shoes developed by Morpeth native Ian McKinlay. Known as the Yasha [...] |
| HORSE RACING: Favorable start to Curlin's grass career (The Santa Rosa Press Democ... |
| | LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jockey Robby Albarado admits he was a little nervous as he guided reigning Horse of the Year Curlin out to the turf course at Churchill Downs on Tuesday morning for arguably the most important training session of the 4-year-old colt's career. |
| The sport has no central power to provide leadership on issues such as horse safet... |
| | In most sports, when things go badly, as they often have the last few years in horse racing, they fire the person in charge. |
| Horse-racing to award £2m prize (Financial Times) |
| | Horse-racing is offering owners and trainers a £2m prize for the champion horse of the flat racing season in an attempt to revive interest in the Derby and other elite races. |
| Beshear dissolves racing authority (Louisville Courier-Journal) |
| | Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order yesterday to dissolve the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, reorganize it as the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and remove about half the membership. |
| Lights out at S. Korea horse races as oil soars (Straits Times) |
| | SEOUL - SOUTH KOREA plans to suspend night-time horse racing for the first time in nearly 20 years in order to cut down on electricity usage as oil prices set record highs, an official said on Friday. |
| HORSE RACING NOTEBOOK: Tracks, betting firms at odds (Houston Chronicle) |
| | There has been significant growth in the racing industry for account wagering companies. Television Games Network (TVG), TwinSpires, Xpressbet and YouBet.com allow residents in 15 states to kick back in their recliners and watch and wager on races from their homes. |
