(January 31, 2014)- The Pennsylvania Equine Coalition is fully opposed to the proposed legislation introduced by Representative Todd Stephens to transfer $250 million annually from the Race Horse Development Fund (RHDF) to support traditionally underfunded schools. Representative Stephens has unfortunately chosen to propose this legislation as a means to score political points. While we agree Read more »

By Myra Lewyn,   Photo: Coglianese Photos Pacesetter Storming Inti was all heart in denying tenacious favorite We Miss Artie by a head in a white-knuckled finish to the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes (VIDEO) Jan. 19 at Gulfstream Park. With veteran Alan Garcia at the reins, Santa Rosa Racing Stables’ son of Stormy Atlantic   set Read more »

An almost two-month quarantine tied to equine herpesvirus at Parx Racing in Pennsylvania has been officially lifted, a track official said Jan. 13. “We are all clear,” director of racing Sal Sinatra said. The quarantine of two barns began in early November when a horse tested positive for EHV-1. The situation kept horses from entering Read more »

By Jay Privman 5 Email Benoit & Associates ARCADIA, Calif. – Golden Production was taken for $40,000 the first time she showed up in a claiming race back in October, hasn’t been in a claiming race since, and likely won’t be for a while now, if ever, following a stakes victory Sunday at Santa Anita Read more »

By Steve Haskins   Ed Stanco most likely will not have an Eclipse statue on his mantle, or wherever he is displaying his collection of Princess of Sylmar trophies. But that is the only thing he won’t have. What he does have is the respect of everyone in the industry, most notably the fans, Santa Read more »

Patton, a stakes-winning son of Lord at War and a retiree at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement farm in Georgetown, KY, was euthanized at Hagyards Equine Medical Institute January 5th. Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, made the announcement today. The 23 year-old-stallion had been at the clinic for several days undergoing diagnostic and Read more »

By Blood-Horse Staff   Silver Train  , a two-time grade I winner including the 2005 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), died from a colic attack Dec. 29 while shuttling to the United States from Brazil, Northview Stallion Station reported Dec. 30. Silver Train moved to Northview PA near Peach Bottom, Pa., in 2011, and had just Read more »

Nov 16: ’10 f EMOTIONAL KITTEN 1st 175K Mrs. Revere S G2 1-1/16M T – CD Nov 23: ’11 f Hey Kiddo 2nd 150K New York Stallion Series S (2yof -R) – 6F Aqueduct Nov 23: ’10 c All the Way Jose* 2nd 25K Raymond G. Woolfe Memorial S – 2M hurdles – Camden (* Read more »

By Blood-Horse Staff   Photo: Coglianese Photos/Courtney Stafford Doubles Partner     Freshman sire Talent Search   and new sire Doubles Partner will join the stallion roster at Glenn and Becky Brok’s Diamond B Farm in Mohrsville, Pa.   Talent Search, who ranks 16th on the current freshman sire list through Nov. 25, stood his first Read more »

Millionaire Corinthian (Pulpit – Multiply, by Easy Goer), the best dirt miler in the world in 2007 and among the nation’s leading young sires over the past three seasons, moves from Gainesway in Lexington, Ky., to Dr. William Solomon’s Pin Oak Lane in New Freedom, Pa., for 2014. The 10-year-old son of Pulpit, who first Read more »