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By Bloodhorse.com
CYPRESS, Calif. (Apr. 24, 2014) -- Los Alamitos Racing Association, in partnership with the California-based insurance brokerage firm Bolton & Company, will offer a $1 million bonus tied to the new $500,000 Los Alamitos Derby (gr. II) to be run on July 5 during the Orange County track's debut Thoroughbred racing season.

From The Jockey Club
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Apr. 22, 2014) -- A shadow box including a shoe worn by 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb will be offered on ebay from April 24 through May 4. Sale of the shadow box will benefit Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.

From CHRB
ALBANY, Calif. (Apr. 22, 2014) -- The California Horse Racing Board will conduct its regular meeting this Friday, April 25, in the Bayview Lounge (Turf Club) at Golden Gate Fields beginning at 9:30 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend. An audio-only webcast of the meeting can be heard through the “webcasts” link on the CHRB website (www.chrb.ca.gov).

By Bloodhorse.com
CYPRESS, Calif. (Apr. 22, 2014) -- If trainer Art Sherman seems surprisingly calm for a Triple Crown newcomer who figures to be saddling this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) favorite in California Chrome, some of that confidence traces to the solid racing foundation of the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner.

By DRF.com
ARCADIA, Calif. (Apr. 21, 2014) -- Eighteen of the major preps giving horses an automatic berth in a Breeders’ Cup race will be televised live on NBC or NBC Sports this summer and fall under a new agreement between Breeders’ Cup Ltd. and the network’s parent company, according to an announcement by both parties Monday.

From UTSanDiego.com
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (Apr. 18, 2014) — Art Sherman was a teenager hanging around his father’s barber shop at Silver Lake in the center of Los Angeles one day when a few of his father’s customers offered some career advice. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/12/horse-racing-art-sherman-derby-plan/

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:

By Ogden Mills Phipps, The Jockey Club Chairman
Following the allegations raised by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and reported on March 20, 2014, by The New York Times, many of us in the Thoroughbred industry are eagerly awaiting the final determination of these issues by the New York State Gaming Commission and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.

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.

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.