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• Hammond, Burnham Named to Media Roll of Honor Hammond, Burnham Named to Media Roll of Honor Two-time Eclipse Award-winning broadcaster Tom Hammond and the late Eclipse Award-winning cinematographer Joe Burnham have been selected to the National Museum of Racing's Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor.
  
  
• Turfway Moves to 'Plan B' on Historical Racing Turfway Moves to 'Plan B' on Historical Racing After no significant move forward on a $25 million plan to renovate the grandstand and install historical racing machines, Turfway Park on unveiled a less daring plan Dec. 11 that[…]
  
  
• NYRA Promotes Backstretch Housing as National Standard NYRA Promotes Backstretch Housing as National Standard As New York regulators move to add new government oversight of backstretch housing at three New York Racing Association racetracks, NYRA officials Dec. 11 promoted the corporation's housing improvement efforts as[…]
  
  
• Derby Qualifying Points Boost Springboard Mile Derby Qualifying Points Boost Springboard Mile A race for juveniles that had attracted horses like Will Take Charge and Caleb's Posse in recent years, the Springboard Mile at Remington Park gained even more status when it[…]
  
  
• Asmussen Brings Quintet into Springboard Mile Asmussen Brings Quintet into Springboard Mile Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen brings strength in numbers into the $400,000 Remington Springboard Mile Stakes, boasting five entrants in the 11-horse field for the one-mile test on Dec.[…]
  
  
• Keeneland Expands Spring Meet Keeneland Expands Spring Meet Keeneland Dec. 12 announced expansions to its 2019 spring meet, which will open April 4, a day earlier than in previous years, and present two new stakes, both $100,000 turf[…]
  
  
• Audible Makes Graded Return in Harlan's Holiday Audible Makes Graded Return in Harlan's Holiday China Horse Club, WinStar Farm, Starlight Racing, and Head of Plains Partners' Audible, undefeated in two starts last winter at Gulfstream Park, returns to South Florida for the $100,000 Harlan's[…]
  
  
• Chad Brown Seeks Rampart Double with Electric Forest Chad Brown Seeks Rampart Double with Electric Forest One year after trainer Chad Brown trainee Lewis Bay scored a dominating, gate-to-wire run in the $100,000 Rampart Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, the trainer returns to the Florida track[…]
  
  
• Maryland Stadium Authority Calls for Rebuilt Pimlico Maryland Stadium Authority Calls for Rebuilt Pimlico The Maryland Stadium Authority's completed study about the future of Pimlico Race Course, expected to be released Dec. 13,will lay out a plan that includes the demolishing and rebuilding of[…]
  
  
• Charles Town Classic to Offer $1 Million Purse in 2019 Charles Town Classic to Offer $1 Million Purse in 2019 With Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races unveiling a 2019 stakes schedule with a reduced purse for the Charles Town Classic (G2), the West Virginia Racing Commission unanimously approved that[…]
  
  

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