Horse Racing News

Opening of the 2015 meet at Oaklawn Park has been postponed until Thursday, Jan. 15, as a result of track conditions cause by cold weather.

Lochte will be loaded onto a horse van at Gulfstream Park West Jan. 10 for an eight-mile spin.

Grade 1 winner Hoppertunity returns to Santa Anita Park Jan.10 as the 4-year-old tops the field of 11 older horses in the Grade 2, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes at 1-1/16 miles.

Richard C. Pell's Calculator, coming off two straight Grade 1 runner-up finishes, will be seeking his first career victory when he faces seven challengers Jan. 10 in the $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

For the second consecutive day, live racing at Aqueduct Racetrack has been canceled Jan. 8 due to extreme weather conditions, including sub-zero wind chills, according to the New York Racing Association.

The nine-race Jan. 9 opening-day card at Oaklawn Park drew 92 entries, three more than the corresponding date last year and seven more than in 2013 at the Hot Springs, Ark., Thoroughbred track.

Aqueduct has canceled its card because of the frigid weather gripping the New York area.

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome, along with Bayern and Main Sequence, are finalists for Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards.

Citing unresolved investigations in New York and Kentucky of Steve Asmussen following a video last year from an animal rights group alleging horse abuse and other violations, the trainer will not be allowed to be considered in 2015 for Hall of Fame.

Stockbridge Capital Group, which owns the 238 acres that includes shuttered Hollywood Park, and the real estate development firm belonging to St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, have revealed plans to build an 80,000-seat NFL stadium on the Inglewood, Cali