US jockey suspended for using whip on another rider in Arkansas
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A jockey has been suspended 60 days for misusing his whip — not on a horse — but on another rider in a race at an Arkansas track in the United States. A stewards' ruling posted Thursday on the Association of Racing Commissioners International website alleges that David Cohen "deliberately" […]
Major US tracks to ban race-day use of anti-bleeding medication
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — All three hosts of the Triple Crown were among several major tracks that agreed Thursday to phase out the use of a common anti-bleeding medication starting next year, sparked by the deaths of 23 horses in three months at Santa Anita. Starting in 2020, 2-year-old horses won't be allowed to be […]
Santa Anita to run 3 days a week, hikes purses for 6 weeks
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita will race three days a week instead of four over the next four weeks because the track has lost some of its horse population to out-of-state venues. Several stables have shipped horses to Kentucky to run at Keeneland and Churchill Downs, leaving Santa Anita with fewer horses to race […]