December 2006

12/29/06 Last updated: 12/28/06 4:08 PM Gulfstream Park officials have ruled that the 10 jockeys recently banned by other tracks will not be allowed to participate in the upcoming 2007 racing season […]

12/29/06 Last updated: 12/28/06 9:26 PM Lone Star Park will stage 32 stakes worth a total of more than $3.4 million during its 2007 Spring meet. Among the key changes on the […]

12/29/06 Last updated: 12/28/06 9:27 PM Grade 1 queen TAKE D’ TOUR (Tour d’Or) will return off a near two-month break as the 124-pound highweight in Saturday’s $100,000 Stage Door Betty H. […]

12/29/06 Last updated: 12/28/06 9:26 PM Balance has been sidelined for more than seven months (Alex Evers/Horsephotos.com) BALANCE (Thunder Gulch) dominated the […]

12/29/06 Last updated: 12/28/06 9:26 PM WBAL Radio in Baltimore has won the 2006 Media Eclipse Award in the Audio/Multi-Media Internet category for its live coverage of the 131st Preakness S. […]

12/28/06 Last updated: 12/27/06 7:23 PM Multiple Grade 2 winner TOO MUCH BLING (Rubiano) has been retired and will enter stud at Sequel Stallions near Ocala, Florida, where he will stand for […]

12/28/06 Last updated: 12/27/06 2:59 PM Alex Waldrop, former president of Churchill Downs, was appointed president and chief executive officer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) during a special board […]

12/28/06 Last updated: 12/28/06 9:25 PM THOROUGHBRED BEAT DECEMBER 28, 2006 by James Scully Spin — Three years ago, Smarty Jones used the Pennsylvania Nursery S. as a springboard […]

12/28/06 Last updated: 12/27/06 3:56 PM Multiple Grade 2 winner TOO MUCH BLING (Rubiano) has been retired and will enter stud at Sequel Stallions near Ocala, Florida, where he will stand for […]

12/27/06 Last updated: 12/26/06 6:31 PM Jockey Garrett Gomez, who ranks as the nation’s leading jockey in purse earnings this year, donated $10,000 to the Winners Foundation during Tuesday’s opening day […]