Darrell Vienna

Darrell Vienna is not one to roll the dice with abandon, but he feels he has a longshot chance to win Saturday’s Grade I Norfolk Stakes with an Irish-bred 2-year-old colt named Loukas, who will be making only his third start and his first in the United States. “It’s very ambitious, there’s no questi...Read More

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Streamline Baby Wins Hollywood Feature

Taking advantage of a contested pace, Streamline Baby earned her first win in Southern California in the $52,800 allowance feature Thursday at Hollywood Park. Kept in the clear by jockey Brice Blanc as she began her rally, the 2-1 favorite collared 7-1 shot Reddy Go Jaylo in the final sixtee...Read More

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Santa Anita Dirt Track Needs Work

Santa Anita’s dirt racetrack will be undergoing renovation in the coming months to bring it back to the combination of sand, silt, and clay initially approved when the new dirt surface was installed late last year. During an informal California Horse Racing Board hearing at Santa Anita May 17, repre...Read More

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Santa Anita Closed for Training

Santa Anita’s main track was closed for training for the second consecutive day on Sunday, with the likelihood of further days of cancellations early in the week because of continued wet weather, track president George Haines said. From early Friday to midday Sunday, the track had sustained four inc...Read More

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SHOULD THE TOC AND CTT MERGE INTO ONE ORGANIZATION?

A group of trainers in California is working to reunite two organizations–the California Thoroughbred Trainers and Thoroughbred Owners of California—created when the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association was dissolved is the state over a decade ago. California Horsemen for Change, which o...Read More

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New Wrinkle in Oak Tree Lease Mess

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PAULICK REPORT FORUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE IN CALIFORNIA?

A little over 15 years ago, the California Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association was replaced by the Thoroughbred Owners of California as the organization that negotiates with racetracks on important matters like purse and simulcast agreements and represents owners in the Golden State bef...Read More

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Stronach may leave Santa Anita surface alone

MI Developments Inc. Chairman Frank Stronach told the Thoroughbred Owners of California in a meeting on Monday at Santa Anita Park that he plans to put in a new surface on the training track at the Arcadia, California, facility but leave the main track alone. “That caught us by surprise,” TOC chair ...Read More

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San Luis Rey Downs may remain open

Reports of the demise of Southern California training center San Luis Rey Downs may be premature. The California Thoroughbred Trainers received word on February 16 from Magna Entertainment Corp., which operates San Luis Rey Downs for parent company Magna International Developments that the facility ...Read More

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Differing interpretations of Calif. injury stats

Statistics showing a reduction in fatal injuries in races since synthetic surfaces were installed at California racetracks was challenged as being a function of better oversight by race-day veterinarians, not necessarily safer surfaces, during a wide-ranging panel discussion Saturday morning at Sant...Read More

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As Dirt Track Looms, Santa Anita Synthetics Issue Rages On

Looking forward to today’s rescheduled Robert B. Lewis Memorial for Derby colts at Santa Anita, the same Lewis Memorial that was rained out last Saturday, along with the Las Virgenes and Strub Stakes. From backstretch to betting window, you could wager that racetrackers are awaiting the end of the P...Read More

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CTT Supports Replacing Synthetic Tracks

Meeting for the first time Jan. 27, the newly-elected board members of the organization representing California trainers announced its support for replacement of the state's synthetic tracks "with newly designed and composed natural surfaces."Read More

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Artificial Promises - By Darrell Vienna

In the middle of the last decade, the complaints from horsemen about injuries to their racehorses reached a crescendo. Nationally, it was epitomized by the fracture of the right hind leg of Barbaro. In California, horsemen were besieging the California Horse Racing Board with complaints of injuries ...Read More

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THE WILD WEST

The California racing and breeding industry appears to have the stability of a bowl of Jello. Two tracks, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields, are owned by bankrupt Magna Entertainment and their future is cloudy...Read More

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Magnum Uncorks San Antonio Handicap Surprise

BloodHorse, KY Champs Elysees, the third millionaire in the field coming off a grade I win on the Hollywood Park turf, trailed most of the way and never rallied, ...Read More

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