Oak Tree Racing

By Bloodhorse.com
BURBANK, Calif. (Apr. 14, 2014) -- Heaven Szent, a 14-year-old who never won a race under his registered name of General Attack, was the star of the April 12-13 Thoroughbred Classic Horse Show at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, Calif.

From CHRB
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Apr. 10, 2014) – The California Horse Racing Board is moving to adopt strict penalties for riders using electrical devices in races or workouts. In the interim, Executive Director Rick Baedeker has issued a directive for CHRB investigators to refer any such cases directly to the racing commissioners for hearings and also to notify the local District Attorney for possible criminal prosecution.

By Jay Privman
ARCADIA, Calif. – It has been 59 years since Art Sherman first went to the Kentucky Derby as an 18-year-old exercise rider for 1955 Derby winner Swaps. After that, he was a jockey, then a trainer, but never has he returned to the Derby. But now he has a good reason to go back, and no one is riding higher.

By NTRA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Thursday, April 3, 2014) – The United States Senate Finance Committee reported today legislation that would extend expired or expiring tax provisions for race horses, including a provision to extend the three-year recovery period. 

From NTRA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr. 3, 2014) -- Click here to view the 2013 NTRA Legislative annual report.  Features of the report include:

From The Jockey Club
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Mar. 31, 2014) -- The Jockey Club today released the fatality statistics collected from the Equine Injury Database  for the five-year period from 2009 to 2013.

By Bloodhorse.com
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Mar. 26, 2014) -- Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Joel Rosario has been named recipient of the 6th annual Bill Hartack Award, the Bill Hartack Charitable Foundation announced March 25.

From CHRB
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Mar. 23, 2014) – The California Horse Racing Board conducted its regular meeting Friday, March 21, 2014, at Cal Expo. 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.

By Bloodhorse.com
ALBANY, Calif. (Mar. 22, 2014) -- Patrick Mackey has been named as racing secretary at Golden Gate Fields and will begin his duties in mid-May. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/83940/mackey-named-racing-secretary-at-golden-gate

By DRF.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Mar. 22, 2014) -- After months of discussion, the California Horse Racing Board finalized the racing schedule for the Northern California fair circuit in July and August of 2015 at its monthly meeting on Friday, giving Cal-Expo in Sacramento and the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa consecutive three-week meetings.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Mar. 15, 2014) -- The Jockey Club announced today that the 2014 edition of the Fact Book is available in the Resources section of its website at jockeyclub.com.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Mar. 15, 2014) -- Southern Gaming Magazine announced today that Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) has been selected as one of two charitable beneficiaries of the Derby Poker Celebrity Bourbon Bash, sponsored by Jim Beam and Twinspires.com. The party and poker tournament will be held on Thursday, May 1 at the Olmsted in Louisville , Ky. and will be hosted by Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum and poker professionals Phil Hellmuth, Jr. and Robert Williamson, III. Louisville-based Blessings in a Backpack has also been selected as a beneficiary.

By DRF.com
SARATOGA, N.Y. (Mar. 7, 2014) -- Curlin, a two-time Horse of the Year, and his trainer, Steve Asmussen, the second-winningest trainer in racing history, are among the four horses, four jockeys, and two trainers who make up the 10 finalists for this year’s Hall of Fame, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame announced on Friday.

From The Jockey Club
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2014) -- The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation today announced that the fifth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit will be held Tuesday, July 8, and Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Lexington, Ky.

From The Jockey Club
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2013) -- OwnerView, the website and information resource developed by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to assist both current and prospective Thoroughbred owners, will host a national, two-day Thoroughbred ownership conference in October 2014 at Keeneland Race Course, it was announced today.