Oak Tree Racing

By DRF.com
POMONA, Calif. (Jan. 28, 2015) -- The Barretts January mixed sale finished on Monday with returns on-par with last year’s renewal.

From CTFMA
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 28, 2015) – The California Thoroughbred Farm Managers Association will sponsor a pedigree clinic in February, with sessions held in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.

The first will be Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Arcadia area, the second on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the San Diego Area.

By Thoroughbredracing.com
John Gosden is uniquely placed to compare and contrast the racing scenes in the United States and Europe. He trained with conspicuous success in California from 1979, winning Eclipse Awards with Bates Motel and Royal Heroine, before he returned to his native Britain in 1989.

By Bloodhorse.com
POMONA, Calif. (Jan. 26, 2015) -- It is one short line in a regional sale catalog, yet it harkens back to one of the highest peaks in the world of Thoroughbred racing: "Complete Dispersal of Karen & Mickey Taylor.

From Barretts
POMONA, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2015) -- The catalog for the 26th Annual Barretts Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training is now on-line and will be mailed soon.  This auction of 116 two-year-olds will be held on Monday, February 23 in the Hinds Pavilion located on the grounds of Fairplex Park in Pomona, California beginning at 2 p.m. The catalog can be viewed now http://www.barretts.com/sales/Catalogs/catmarch2015/catalog.asp here.

By Bloodhorse.com
Peter Redekop's Alert Bay survived a lengthy stewards' inquiry to collect his fifth straight stakes score Jan. 24 in the $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic Stakes at Santa Anita Park

By DRF.com
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2015) -- Eblouissante, a half-sister to 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, has been retired from racing and will be bred to one of England’s leading stallions in coming months.  http://www.drf.com/news/eblouissante-headed-europe-broodmare

From CHRB
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2015) -- The date for the next meeting of the California Horse Racing Board, originally scheduled for Thursday, February 19, has been changed to Wednesday, February 18. The meeting location remains at Santa Anita Park. An agenda for this meeting, including its starting time, will be posted on the CHRB website no later than February 8.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2015) -- The Jockey Club reminds owners and breeders that a valid attempt to name foals of 2013 must be made by Feb. 1, 2015, to avoid a $100 late fee.

From NTRA
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 17, 2015) – California Chrome, last year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, has won the 2014 Horse of the Year, which was announced Saturday evening at the 44th annual Eclipse Awards, presented by Daily Racing Form, Breeders’ Cup and The Stronach Group. The Eclipse Awards, held at Gulfstream Park, honor excellence in Thoroughbred racing and are voted on by representatives of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form (DRF) and the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters (NTWAB).

By Jay Privman
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – California Chrome proved as popular with Eclipse Award voters as he was with the general public, earning titles as both Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male at the 44th annual Eclipse Awards dinner Saturday night at Gulfstream Park.

From TOC
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2014) -- The TOC Open Forum at Santa Anita (originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 7) has been moved to Saturday, Mar. 14 at 10:30 a.m. due to a conflict.

From CHRB
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2015) – The California Horse Racing Board conducted its regular meeting Thursday, January 15, at Santa Anita Park. Chairman Chuck Winner presided. 1st Vice Chair Bo Derek, 2nd Vice Chair Richard Rosenberg and Commissioners Madeline Auerbach, Steve Beneto, Jesse Choper and George Krikorian were in attendance.

From NTRA
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (Jan.y 16, 2015) – Based on an online vote by nearly 2,000 racing fans, California Chrome’s authoritative win in the 140th Kentucky Derby was named the 2014 National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Moment of the Year. The results of the poll were announced this morning at the third annual ThoroFan Awards Breakfast at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino in Hallandale Beach, Fla.