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December 2007 - Posts

• NYRA, state oversight board reach temporary agreement
  Dec 31 2007, 08:10 AM

  An agreement between the New York Racing Association and a state oversight board to keep New York’s three major tracks operating through January 23 was finalized on Monday, the day NYRA’s current franchise was set to expire. Read More... Post Reactions

• Wolfson, owner of Affirmed, dead at 95
  Dec 31 2007, 07:31 AM

  Louis Wolfson, who raced Triple Crown winner Affirmed and three other champions, died on Sunday in Bal Harbour, Florida. He was 95. Read More... Post Reactions

• NYRA extension agreement uncertain after meeting with regulators
  Dec 29 2007, 07:17 AM

  An agreement to keep New York’s three major tracks operating might be in peril following a regulatory board’s decision not to grant New York Racing Association a license for a temporary extension. Read More... Post Reactions

• NYRA races to be available on TrackNet outlets, HRTV
  Dec 28 2007, 08:35 AM

  Continuing a trend of opening racing signals to all major advance deposit wagering (ADW) sites, the New York Racing Association on Friday said it would allow wagering on its races through TrackNet outlets such as Twinspires.com and XpressBet.com. Read More... Post Reactions

• NYRA to continue operating through January 23
  Dec 28 2007, 01:15 AM

  An agreement reached Thursday will keep New York’s racetracks operating through January 23 while state lawmakers keep working on a final franchise agreement. Read More... Post Reactions

• Bill Mooney wins second Eclipse Award
  Dec 27 2007, 09:52 AM

  Bill Mooney, a longtime Thoroughbred Times contributing editor, has won the 2007 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the news/commentary category for “Final Days for a Hall of Famer.” Read More... Post Reactions

• Deadline to name foals of 2006 is February 1
  Dec 27 2007, 09:30 AM

  Owners and breeders should attempt to name foals of 2006 by February 1 to avoid a $75 late fee, the Jockey Club announced Thursday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Hiro wins Media Eclipse Award for feature/enterprise writing
  Dec 27 2007, 06:53 AM

  Brian Hiro of the North County Times in Escondido, California, has won the 2007 Media Eclipse Award for Writing in the feature/enterprise category for “Death and Durability of the Racehorse,” a three-part series published from August 12-14. Read More... Post Reactions

• Historic plantation to be used as breeding farm
  Dec 27 2007, 02:44 AM

  Grade 1-winning sprinter Dream Rush will have a historic home when she retires.Virginia entrepreneur Halsey Minor, who in November acquired the female sprint division Eclipse Award candidate, has purchased Carter's Grove Plantation in Williamsburg, Virginia, for $15.3-million from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Minor plans to use the 400-acre property to breed Thoroughbreds. Read More... Post Reactions

• NYRA banktuptcy hearing postponed
  Dec 27 2007, 01:48 AM

  A confirmation hearing that might have resolved New York Racing Association’s bankruptcy has been postponed until January.The proceeding, in United States Bankruptcy Court, was scheduled for today, but state lawmakers have not reached a Thoroughbred franchise agreement yet with four days to go before NYRA’s contract to run Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park, and Aqueduct expires.The bankruptcy reorganization is based on NYRA’s non-binding agreement with Governor Eliot Spitzer that has drawn strong... Post Reactions

• Fruchtman, owner of Preakness winner Bally Ache, dies
  Dec 26 2007, 07:48 AM

  Leonard Fruchtman, who raced 1960 Preakness Stakes winner Bally Ache, died on December 22 in Toledo, Ohio. He was 86. Read More... Post Reactions

• Calder-based trainer Gomez dies at 78
  Dec 26 2007, 02:28 AM

  Frank Gomez, the early trainer of eventual champions Cherokee Run, Princess Rooney, and Smile, died on December 23 at his home in Pembroke Pines, Florida. He was 78. Read More... Post Reactions

• Fairplex begins planning for expansion
  Dec 25 2007, 06:31 AM

  With the long-term status of Hollywood Park unclear beyond 2008, the Los Angeles County Fair will attempt to position Fairplex Park as a venue to help fill a potential void in the Southern California circuit. Read More... Post Reactions

• Investigations continue into Fair Grounds wagering
  Dec 25 2007, 06:26 AM

  Two regulatory bodies and two racetrack associations have initiated separate investigations into a past posting incident on the third race at Fair Grounds Race Course on November 25, but so far, only the person who admitted to making the bet has called it anything but an isolated incident. Read More... Post Reactions

• Eclipse Award-winning trainer Baird dies in car accident
  Dec 25 2007, 06:11 AM

  One day after Jerry Hollendorfer became just the fourth trainer to win 5,000 races, the person with the most wins of any conditioner in the history of the sport died in an automobile accident.Dale Baird, who saddled the winners of 9,445 races and won a Special Eclipse Award in 2005, died on Sunday in Greenfield, Indiana, after his sport utility vehicle pulling an empty horse trailer went left of center and collided with oncoming traffic. Read More... Post Reactions