HIWU Releases 2023 Annual Report
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit announced April 11 the release of its 2023 Annual Report, which is available online....
Grade 1-Winning Trainer Nicks Retires
Grade 1-winning trainer Ralph Nicks announced that he will call it a career April 14 after saddling a horse for the final time at Gulfstream Park....
Awaiting FTC Action, Adjudication of Meth Cases on Hold
Adjudication of cases involving trainers whose horses have tested positive for methamphetamine remains on hold by HIWU amid a long-awaited proposed rule change submitted to the Federal Trade Commiss...
Perfect Shances Delivers Easy First Win for Shancelot
Perfect Shances is a homebred for Al and Michelle Crawford, who also campaigned Shancelot with Gelfenstein Farm. Wesley Ward trains the first-time starter who won April 11 gate-to-wire by 4 3/4 length...
Elm Drive, Roses for Debra to Clash in Giant's Causeway
Roses for Debra returns April 13 after a ninth-place effort in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Santa Anita Park her last time out. Before that, the Liam's Map mare had top-three finishes in all...
Weaver Runner Tests Positive for Metformin
Trainer George Weaver was informed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit that his runner Anna's Wish tested positive for metformin following a third-place finish in the March 16 Cicada Stakes ...
NY Budget Plan for Equine Screening Program in Question
A plan to create a screening and advanced imaging program near Belmont Park in a partnership between the New York Racing Association and Cornell University is facing an uphill climb at the capital in ...
Zedan Legal Filing: CDI Defense to His Suit 'Perverse'
Attorneys for Amr Zedan's racing stable filed a scathing response to a request made by Churchill Downs Inc. for expedited relief from Zedan's suit seeking to overturn a ban of Bob Baffert racing at it...