#WORLD RACING – Dubai World Cup goes ahead without spectators
Dubai Racing Club will welcome limited horse connections, racing officials, accredited media and sponsors to Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse on March 27. Dubai Racing Club will host the race meeting, without spectators and tickets will not be sold. All races will be contested and regulated in a standard fashion and results will be […]
#UK RACING: Amateur rider Rob James banned for social media video
Amateur jockey Rob James has been handed a 12-month ban, the last eight of which are suspended, following an Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board referral hearing into the video posted on social media of him sitting on a dead horse. The hearing took place on Wednesday evening, after the IHRB concluded its investigation into the incident. […]
US RACING: Two barns quarantined at Gulfstream Park following death of horse
Gulfstream Park quarantined two barns after a horse died Tuesday, and veterinary officials are working to determine what caused the death. Dr. Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer for The Stronach Group, said in a statement that officials were notified a horse at Gulfstream had "fell ill while exhibiting neurological symptoms and was humanely euthanized. Out […]
#US RACING: Veterinarian in federal doping case given 18 months in prison
One year to the day after federal indictments were handed down in a massive horse-doping scandal that allegedly involved trainers Jason Servis and Jorge Navarro, veterinarian Scott Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Robinson pleaded guilty in September to a charge related to sourcing and shipping performance enhancing drugs intended for racehorses. The […]
#T&T RACING: Racing lockdown
KINGSTON, Jamaica - DAY five of this year’s Arima Race Club (ARC) season was cancelled Saturday (March 6) at Santa Rosa Park in Arima. At noon, only two jockeys had signed in to the clerk of the scale. Those riders were Romario Hernandez and Nela Mohammed. On Friday, the Jockeys’ Association wrote to the president […]
#UK RACING: Trainer Gordon Elliott banned over dead horse photo
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) - Three-time Grand National-winning trainer Gordon Elliott was Friday banned for a year, six months of which are suspended, by Irish racing authorities after a photograph emerged of him sitting on a dead horse. The image of the grinning trainer sitting astride the animal with two fingers raised in a "V for […]
#US RACING: Watch the 10 races from Gulfstream Park for today Thursday, March 4, 2021
#UK RACING: Hollie Doyle rides five straight winners at Kempton
The ground-breaking rider, who claimed a rare success for Ireland's champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins less than a fortnight ago when partnering True Self to victory at Riyadh's hugely valuable Saudi Cup meeting, was back to winning ways on home soil at Wolverhampton on Monday evening, but really went through the gears at Kempton, winning […]
#UK RACING: Trainer Elliott's hearing set as he loses horses over photo scandal
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) - Leading Irish trainer Gordon Elliott's apology for being photographed talking on the phone while sitting on a dead horse has fallen on deaf ears, with English owners Cheveley Park Stud removing their horses from his charge on Tuesday. The 43-year-old will face a hearing on Friday held by the Irish Horseracing […]
#UK RACING: Trainer Gordon Elliott's hearing set as he loses horses over photo scandal
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) - Leading Irish trainer Gordon Elliott's apology for being photographed talking on the phone while sitting on a dead horse has fallen on deaf ears, with English owners Cheveley Park Stud removing their horses from his charge on Tuesday. The 43-year-old will face a hearing on Friday held by the Irish Horseracing […]