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US RACING: Florida Derby in doubt because of COVID-19
In the wake of a Broward County ban on conducting non-essential business amid the coronavirus pandemic, and a subsequent request to close by the city
Marble Race
Marble race – listen to the commentator KINGSTON, Jamaica – With racing across the world curtailed by COVID-19, Quickgallop.com found this video featuring a marble
US RACING: Horse racing grapples with risks of running during pandemic
Horse racing is quickly learning it is not totally immune to the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on other sports, and now it's grappling
US RACING: Horse racing to resume at West Virginia track without fans
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Live horse racing is back on without the fans at a West Virginia track a few days after the facility
US RACING: Santa Anita gives all profit from Friday (March 20) race meet to assist COVID-19 pandemic effort
There was doubt heading into Friday (that California’s active Thoroughbred tracks, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields, would continue to race given a “stay
US RACING: Gulfstream Park puts COVID-19 protocols in place – no racing today (March 20) – returns tomorrow (March 21)
After multiple jockeys, including Eclipse Award winner Irad Ortiz Jr., announced intentions not to ride at Gulfstream Park amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the track announced
UK RACING – Aidan O’Brien skips Dubai World Cup
Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien has decided not to take his contenders to Meydan for the lucrative March 28 Dubai World Cup night card. Europe's Racing Post
US RACING: Jamaica’s Rajiv Maragh takes a break from the saddle, so too Irad Ortiz Jnr
Jockey Rajiv Maragh also took to Twitter to announce that he will no longer be race riding, effective immediately, "for the best chance of staying
British racing braces for coronavirus fallout
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - British horse racing is preparing itself for tough times ahead after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered racecourses, putting jobs at risk
US RACING: Jason Servis, Jorge Navarro to plead not guilty to doping charges
Jason Servis and Jorge Navarro, the top names in federal indictments unsealed last week tying the trainers into a doping scheme, will plead not guilty
US RACING: Aqueduct is down after backstretch staff tests positive for coronavirus
The New York Racing Association announced Thursday that live racing at Aqueduct Racetrack will be suspended until further notice due to changing circumstances in the racing
Australian racing goes on amid pandemic
SYDNEY (AP) — It's arguably more popular in Australia than any other country, so it's no surprise that horse racing is continuing — minus the