The Calder Soccer League again has six teams made up of grooms, exercise riders, hot walkers and Calder employees. The teams play every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings on the training track field... Full Story

I recently was told that Calder had already made a $100,000,000 on slots through July 31, 2010, and they were only paying out a small amount to purses. A good story but like most emanating from the backside, not to factual... Full Story

On July 10th, Calder again held the 1.35 million dollar Summit of Speed or the SOS... Full Story

Some 400 years later, I’m sure Shakespeare’s Prince Hamlet didn’t foresee his famous words being used in the topic of a panel discussion between those who advocate maintaining the phenylbutazone threshold of 5 mcg/ml in the thoroughbred race horse and those that wish to see it lowered to 2 mcg/ml. This forum held during the National HBPA Convention in Minneapolis on July 23rd was, if not one of the best ever hosted by the NHBPA, certainly the all time largest in number of panel members... Full Story

The week of April 12, 2010 was a very interesting week in Lexington and not just because the 800 lb gorilla, Keeneland, was in action once again. For me it was most interesting because the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) had their meeting followed by the Association of Racing Commissioners International and the National HBPA executive committee meeting... Full Story

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