Oak Tree Racing

From Office of Gov. Brown
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Feb. 28, 2015) -- Jesse Choper, 79, of Orinda, has been reappointed to the California Horse Racing Board, where he has served since 2006.

By Santa Anita Publicity
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 27, 2015)–Due to a high probability of rain, Santa Anita Park has cancelled a special screening of the 2003 hit movie Seabiscuit this Saturday, which had been scheduled to start following the races at 6:30 p.m. in the track’s Paddock Gardens Area

By DRF.com
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 27, 2015) -- Trainer A.C. Avila has been suspended 60 days and fined $10,000 by the California Horse Racing Board after one of his runners tested in excess of the permitted level of the tranquilizer acepromazine, according to a statement published Friday on the racing board’s website. http://www.drf.com/news/trainer-avila-handed-60-day-ban-10000-fine

By Bloodhorse.com
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 27, 2015) -- The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced Feb. 27 that The Jockey Club Information Systems has purchased a majority ownership interest in Blood-Horse magazine. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90361/tjc-acquires-majority-interest-in-blood-horse

WASINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 26, 2015) -- Horse PAC, the bipartisan political action committee of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), has surpassed the $3 million mark in total disbursements to federal political candidates and parties since its inception in 2002.

By Jay Hovdey, DRF.com
DEL MAR, Calif. (Feb. 26, 2015) -- It was a simple portrait of Native Diver found in a book that lit the flame, a head shot of the dark brown gelding with the intense eyes, the greedy nostrils, and the mushroom-cloud blaze.

By DRF.com
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (Feb. 25, 2015) -- Jerry Lambert, best known for riding Hall of Famer Native Diver in the 1960s and for winning a celebrated match race aboard Convenience against Typecast in 1972, was found dead Monday at Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, Calif., where he had been working, according to a release put out Tuesday by Santa Anita. Lambert was 74. http://www.drf.com/news/former-jockey-lambert-dies-74

By Bloodhorse.com
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2015) -- After reviewing the off-the-turf renewal of this year's Joe Hernandez Stakes conducted Feb. 22 at Santa Anita Park, the American Graded Stakes Committee has decided not to reinstate the listed status of the race. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90328/status-not-reinstated-for-2015-joe-hernandez

By DRF.com
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2015) -- A colt by the young stallion Twirling Candy sold for $400,000 at Monday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training, topping a sale with across-the-board declines in gross, average, and median compared with 2014.

By DRF.com
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2015) -- Mike Luzzi on Tuesday was officially announced as the winner of the 2015 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, which is voted on by members of the Jockeys’ Guild and presented by Santa Anita to a rider who has conducted himself in exemplary manner both on and off the track. http://www.drf.com/news/mike-luzzi-named-winner-woolf-award

By Bloodhorse.com
ALBANY, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2015) -- The California Horse Racing Board has suspended trainer Genaro Vallejo for 180 days and fined $5,000 after a horse under his care tested positive for the Class 3 medication Promazine, a metabolite of Acepromazine. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90259/vallejo-suspended-180-days-fined-5000

From CHRB
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2015) --  – The California Horse Racing Board conducted its regular meeting Wednesday, February 18, at Santa Anita Park. Chairman Chuck Winner presided. Second Vice Chairman Richard Rosenberg and Commissioners Madeline Auerbach, Steve Beneto, Jesse Choper and George Krikorian were in attendance.The audio of this entire Board meeting is available on the CHRB Website (www.chrb.ca.gov) under the Webcast link. In brief:

From NTRA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 19,2015) -- Racehorse trainers that use the H2-B visa program to hire non-agricultural temporary seasonal foreign nationals face a potential shortage of available workers and possible wage rate increases for fiscal year 2015.

By Bloodhorse.com
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers and Broadcasters and Daily Racing Form announced Feb. 19 rules modifications and name changes in two Eclipse Awards categories. The older male category has been renamed older dirt male and the older female category has been renamed older dirt female. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90244/older-male-female-eclipse-restricted-to-dirt

By Bloodhorse.com
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 17, 2015) -- The NBC Sports Group will provide live radio coverage of all three Triple Crown races for the first time on NBC Sports Radio, it was announced Feb. 17.  http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/90205/nbc-sports-adds-triple-crown-radio-coverage