Oxbow Cracks Top Ten with Preakness Upset

May 20, 2013 –  Oxbow, a longshot at odds of 15-1, scored a wire-to-wire victory in Saturday’s $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico to climb to fifth on the North American equine standings with $886,000.

It was the sixth Preakness victory for Oxbow’s trainer D. Wayne Lukas and jockey Gary Stevens’ third. The duo also teamed up to win with Skyring in Pimlico’s $300,000 Dixie Stakes immediately preceding the Preakness.

Todd Pletcher continues to lead the North American trainers’ standings with $9,682,493. Graham Motion is second with $8,015,201 and Bob Baffert, trainer of Friday’s $500,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winner Fiftyshadesofhay, is third with $6,327,324.

Animal Kingdom leads the equine standings with $6,060,000. Orb, fourth in the Preakness, is second with $2,340,900.

Game On Dude is third with $1,570,000.

Joel Rosario, Orb’s and Fiftyshadesofhay’s rider, is far in front in the jockeys’ standings with $14,710,119. Javier Castellano is second with $7,959,829 and John Velazquez, rider of Preakness runner-up Itsmyluckyday, moved into third with $6,608,836.

Equine earnings are for all starters of at least one race in North America and include earnings from all international races. Trainer and jockey standings are for North American-based individuals but include earnings from select international races.

For a listing of the weekly leaders for horses, trainers, and jockeys through May 19, 2012, click here.

CHRB assigns 2014-15 dates in post-Hollywood era

by Ray Paulick - 05.23.2013 - 10:48pm - Paulick Report

The California Horse Racing Board has approved racing dates for 2014 and 2015 featuring an extended Santa Anita Park meeting that runs from its traditional Dec. 26 opening until after the Fourth of July along with a new autumn meeting at Del Mar. The changes to the traditional racing calendar became necessary after the owners of Betfair Hollywood Park said the 75-year-old track will run its final live race this year.

The issue of what is to become of the approximately 1,000 horses currently stabled at Hollywood Park has the Thoroughbred Owners of California and California Thoroughbred Trainers at odds. The TOC said 500 horses can stable year-round at San Luis Rey Downs in Bonsall, located about 100 miles south of Santa Anita Park via a heavily travelled Interstate. San Luis Rey, owned by the Stronach Group, is expected to undergo major renovation that would include a turf course training track. Another 500 can stable at Los Alamitos in Orange County, about 30 miles to the south of Santa Anita, TOC said.

In January 1946, the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) was incorporated as a private investigative agency whose principal mission was to address issues of integrity and security in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the TRA, TRPB represents a unified effort by TRA-member racetrack associations to maintain high standards, protect the legitimate business interests and integrity of the sport, and foster and maintain public confidence.

The Fred Russell-Grantland Rice Scholarship, begun in 1956, originally was named in honor of the late Grantland Rice, a Vanderbilt alumnus and one of the best known sports writers of the 20th century. In 1986, the name was changed to also honor the late Fred Russell, another Vanderbilt alumnus who helped guide the scholarship and its recipients. A $500,000 grant was made on behalf of the TRA in 1986 to ensure the future of this valuable stipend. The scholarship, co-sponsored by Vanderbilt, is awarded annually to students with special interest and potential in the field of sports writing.   Click here for a list of previous winners.

The deadline for applying is January 1 each year. High school seniors may obtain a scholarship application form and further information from: Coordinator of Special Scholarships, Undergraduate Admission, Vanderbilt University, 2305 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203-1727; (615) 322-2561.

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Subsidiaries of the TRA and The Jockey Club formed Equibase in a 1990 partnership to accumulate the racing data necessary for the unfettered growth of simulcast wagering. Prior to that time, the Daily Racing Form had been the sole collector of chart data and the dissemination of past performance information.

Recognizing the broadest possible availability of race data in daily racing programs was integral to the growth of simulcasting revenues for the tracks, the TRA found The Jockey Club a capable and eager partner in undertaking the technological and logistical issues association with building a data information company.

With the advent of the internet to general consumer use in the mid-Nineties, Equibase quickly found itself well-positioned to enter and serve the fast-growing world of electronic commerce.

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