After an especially wet winter forced Turf Paradise to cancel numerous races, the Phoenix racetrack took the bold step of renovating its racing surface.

Drafted, a 9-year-old gray or roan son of Field Commission, arrives at his 2023 debut with a ledger of 10-3-4 in 33 starts and earnings of $1,157,443 as the field’s lone millionaire. 

Donato Poliseno was sentenced on Jan. 25 to serve four months in federal custody in connection with doping offenses in harness racing.

The colt was born at Hartwell Farm out of the Bodemeister mare Hope So.

Justin Evans got fined as the trainer of record for two fillies that got each other’s lip tattoo numbers as 2-year-olds and later raced under the wrong name. This is the second identification mix-up he’s been involved with since August 2021.

Commentary from Industry Figures

Multiple champion trainer John Gosden warned British horse racing Jan. 25 that the imposition of intrusive affordability and source-of-funds checks on bettors combined with the lure of the black market could prove catastrophic for the sport.

Scheduled as a points event on the 2022 NHC Tour, the grand prizes will be seats for the top two finishers in the National Horseplayers Championship finals, including hotel and airfare.  

We Are NY Horse Racing released letters Jan. 25 from major unions along with a dozen small businesses and advocacy groups urging Governor Kathy Hochul to include the modernization of Belmont Park in the FY 24 Executive Budget Proposal.  

After his victory in the 2022 Gun Runner Stakes last out which awarded 10 qualifying points toward the Road to the Kentucky Derby, Jace’s Road returns Jan. 28 at Oaklawn Park for a shot at the Southwest Stakes (G3).