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Horse racing at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, is suspended following the death of 12 horses at the track. Spring and summer races will be rescheduled to take place at Ellis Park. However, practice at Churchill Downs is still permitted for now. A report on Horse Racing Nation stated the following about the tragic situation: “Even though the investigations and expert reports have indicated no surface issues, in an abundance of caution, and in alignment with a recommendation from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Churchill Downs Inc. has elected to relocate the meet in order to conduct...

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a legislative fix to a law designed to make horse racing safer after an appeals court last month ruled it unconstitutional, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters. The changes to the law, which would provide greater federal oversight of the board charged with writing and implementing safety rules, would be included in a full-year spending bill, known as an omnibus, which could pass later this month. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) was created by Congress in 2020 to replace the state-by-state patchwork of regulations with...

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Former President Donald Trump will use the 2022 Kentucky Derby as a fundraiser when he attends the race next month, according to an invitation that was posted Thursday on Twitter by a New York Times reporter. The invitation shared by Maggie Haberman came from Trump’s political action committee. It specifically said the event would be May 7 at Churchill Downs “with special guest President Donald J. Trump.”

The Freeper Canteen Presents....~ It's Kentucky Derby Time!! ~ Barbershop Quartet ~ Star Spangled BannerCall To The Post KENTUCKY DERBY TROPHY Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner of the famed "Run for the Roses." History is unclear if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadically made in following years. Finally, in 1924, legendary Churchill Downs President Matt Winn commissioned that a standard design be developed for the "Golden Anniversary" of the...

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TP Racing LLP, which operates Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz., filed a civil lawsuit against American Home Assurance Company last week for what the racing group says is a failure to pay for COVID-related losses covered under the group's insurance policy. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, seeks a jury trial for the racing group's claim on its American Home policy, which the company denied in July 2020. According to TP Racing, the organization maintained a policy with American Home which promised to pay for business income losses, losses caused by loss of...

Monday, Mark Cuban appeared on the Megyn Kelly Show. The NBA owner spun the NBA’s tank-job as hard as he could, discussing the league’s ratings collapse, Black Lives Matter, and the NBA’s relationship with China. As Outkick has written, the 2020 NBA Finals are an historic disaster — with games down as much as 58% year-over-year. Kelly accurately blames the league’s decision to go political for the millions of Americans turning away. “You wear a pink ribbon to support breast cancer is one thing. Putting BLM in the middle of the court when it’s not supported by virtually any Republican...

Authentic will look to become the 38th horse to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes when he breaks from the No. 9 gate on Saturday at 5:36 p.m. ET from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Twenty-four horses have won only those two races, while 13 others have gone on to win the Triple Crown. With the Triple Crown schedule flipped around, Saturday's 2020 Preakness Stakes marks the third jewel this season after the Belmont Stakes was held in June and the Kentucky Derby ran in September. Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law isn't in the 2020 Preakness Stakes field,...

Oscar de la Torre, an activist and organizer who has led efforts to protect backstretch workers at Southern California racetracks, recently authored an opinion piece in the Spanish language newspaper La Opinión in which he said animal rights extremists have subjected Hispanic workers to openly hostile racism while protesting against horse racing at Santa Anita and Del Mar. “Based on my experience over the last several years helping to organize largely immigrant Latinx workers in the horse racing community in California,” de la Torre wrote in an English language version of the article sent to the Paulick Report, “it is...

"Maryland, My Maryland” remains – controversially – Maryland’s state song. But it won’t be heard this Preakness day – or likely ever again at Pimlico – snapping a tradition that dated back to 1909. A company spokesperson confirmed the move September 10. The Maryland Jockey Club’s decision to ditch the song came as part of the company’s, and the nation’s, reckoning with issues of race and racism that have come to the fore this year following the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man killed by police.

The most unusual Triple Crown horse racing season in history will finally continue Saturday, Sept. 5 (7:01 p.m. ET post time, NBC) with the 2020 Kentucky Derby. The first jewel was postponed from the first Saturday in May, which now makes it the second jewel. Tiz The Law, which cruised to victory at the Belmont Stakes on June 20 and followed that up with another big win at the Travers Stakes on Aug. 8, will be looking to keep his Triple Crown hopes alive and well ahead of the Preakness (Oct. 3), trading his home-state tracks in New York for...

They’re supposed to facilitate races, not racism. The New York Racing Association paid a black Spanish-language horse-racing announcer less than half the salary of white broadcasters who were required to perform fewer duties — and axed him after he complained about the disparity, according to a new federal lawsuit.

After several attempts to dwindle down the capacity, the decision has finally been made to hold this year's Kentucky Derby without fans. Churchill Downs made the announcement to reverse course on Friday. It said, in part: "Churchill Downs has worked diligently over the last several months to plan a safe Derby with a limited number of spectators in attendance. We were confident in that plan, but dedicated to remaining flexible using the best and most reliable information available. With the current significant increases in COVID-19 cases in Louisville as well as across the region, we needed to again revisit our...

But this year Giordano, and the estimated 1 million other fans, won’t be able to experience what for many is the highlight of their summers – the 40-day meet at Saratoga. No one, except those essential to the meet, will be allowed to push through the turnstiles, a precaution as COVID-19 continues to ravage the country. Thus on Thursday, when the bugle signals the first race of the season, the seats overlooking the track will be empty of fans. As the closure of businesses, loss of employment and deaths associated with the pandemic is in the forefront of everyone's minds,...

Horse racing fans experienced a full day of action on Saturday with several events leading up to the 2020 Belmont Stakes. Tiz the Law secured the win during the opening Triple Crown event, but a different horse created conversations on social media. American Pharoah's daughter Sweet Melania won the Wonder Again race, creating conversations about the first lady. Several Twitter users made proclamations about Melania Trump and Sweet Melania alike on Saturday afternoon following the victory. Some thought it was the perfect name for the horse while others wanted to discuss political opinions. Others expressed that they loved the horse,...

Tiz the Law remained unbeaten in three starts at age 3 with an authoritative win in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) June 20 at Belmont Park over runner-up Dr Post and third-place Max Player. The son of Constitution , trained by Barclay Tagg and owned by Sackatoga Stable, stalked the pace in third down the backstretch, as Tap It to Win went to the lead under pressure from Fore Left. Tiz the Law then assumed command and drew clear in the lane. He raced 1 1/8 miles under Manny Franco on a fast track in 1:46.53. He...

The 2020 Dubai World Cup card, scheduled for March 28, was canceled on Sunday by Dubai government officials. A release from the government of Dubai media office announced what was translated into English as a postponement until next year, meaning there will be no 2020 World Cup. The United Emirates Racing season begins in the autumn and all but wraps up before the hottest months with the World Cup in late March. Iran sits just north of Dubai across the Strait of Hormuz and has close commercial ties to the United Arab Emirates. Iran became an early hotspot in the...