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#US RACING: Chicago Bears football team purchasers Arlington Park
The Chicago Bears have agreed to buy the Arlington Park property, a move that marks the end of Churchill Downs Inc.’s involvement in Illinois horse

#US RACING: The Grade 1 Woodward – odds and analysis
The Grade 1, US$500,000 Woodward returns to Belmont Park after being held for the last 15 years at Saratoga. The race will be run going 1 1/8


#US RACING: Watch Hot Rod Charlie win the Penn Derby
After a string of near misses at the Grade 1 level, Hot Rod Charlie finally broke through at the sport's highest level when prevailing as the favourite

#UK RACING: Jockey Rachel Blackmore set to return in two weeks
Rachael Blackmore is planning on being back in the saddle within the next fortnight. Blackmore, who won the Champion Hurdle on Honeysuckle and the Grand

#US RACING: Bob Baffert not starting Medina Spirit in Penn Derby – bad draw
Saturday’s Grade 1, US$1 million Pennsylvania Derby took a hit Tuesday when Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert announced that Medina Spirit, the 2-1 morning-line favourite, will not

#US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert Breeders’ Cup participation under review
Embattled trainer Bob Baffert’s status for participation at this year’s Breeders’ Cup is being reviewed by the organization in the wake of his two-year suspension

#US RACING: Jockey Tomas Meija banned 10 years for using 'buzzer' at Monmouth
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Jockey Tomas Mejia has been banned 10 years for using an electronic device to win a race at Monmouth Park earlier

#US RACING: Justify colt sells for US$1.55 million at Keeneland Sale
Hip 580, a yearling colt by 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify , sold for US$1.55 million to Talla Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds Sept. 15 during

#AUSTRALIAN RACING: Racing Victoria to mandate COVID-19 vaccine for workers
Racing Victoria will require its staff and participants, including trainers and jockeys, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of entry to its workplaces

#US RACING: Curlin colt sells for US1.3 m at Keeneland Sale
Coolmore's M.V. Magnier struck September 14 for a son of Curlin consigned as Hip 333 to the second day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, spending $1.3 million