New York State

Saratoga Springs, NY

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Kentucky Downs, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Thursday at Saratoga and for the first of six days of racing at Kentucky Downs:

Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: August 29, 2024

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.–While it wasn't the scenario he expected at the beginning of the month, trainer John Ortiz will be busy late Saturday afternoon saddling the fillies Brightwork (Outwork) and 'TDN Rising Star' Quietside (Malibu Moon) in consecutive stakes at Saratoga Race Course. First up will be WSS Racing's...

Saratoga Notebook, Presented By NYRA Bets: Circumstances Produced Back-To-Back Stakes Duty For Ortiz

Bensalem Township, PA

Pennsylvania's Parx Racing has issued a statement following news the turf course at the Bensalem track has been closed due to dangerous conditions. For background on the situation, which included the breakdown of Causes Trouble (Creative Cause) Aug. 24, please click here. HISA released a statement earlier Thursday indicating a series of tests will be run.

After Turf Racing Halted and HISA Steps In, Parx Issues Statement

Del Mar, CA

Santa Anita will once again implement the “Ship and Win” program for the 2024 Autumn Meet, which kicks off Friday, Sept. 27. The incentive program is designed to attract horses from outside California. Horses from out of state who made only one start at the Del Mar Summer...

Santa Anita's 'Ship and Win' Program is Back

Florida State

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Gainesville, FL

Akeena

Big changes are coming to Florida’s home improvement scene as LL Flooring, the company once known as Lumber Liquidators, is shutting down five of its stores across the state. This isn’t just a Florida issue—LL Flooring is going through a massive restructuring nationwide after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which will affect 94 stores in 31 states.

A home improvement store chain to shut down 5 locations in Florida due to bankruptcy issues

Kentucky State

Lexington, KY

Encouraging undergraduates to enter equine practice after graduation, Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar (OEPS) will hold a two-day seminar starting Friday, Aug. 30 at the Griffin Gate Marriott in Lexington, Kentucky, the organization said in a Thursday release. Reestablished in 2023 after a ten-year hiatus, the event hosts third-year veterinary...

Two-Day Seminar Geared To Future Equine Practitioners Set For Aug. 30-31

New Jersey State

Oceanport, NJ

The mixed-use community will be adjacent to Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport. US.- Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, and Morris Bailey, chairman of JEMB Realty, have commenced a development project on 80 acres adjacent to Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. The project includes the phased development of a 298-unit residential building, a 200-room hotel and a youth sports community centre.

Resorts Casino and Morris Bailey to start development project in New Jersey

West Long Branch, NJ

After a dozen years as lessee of Monmouth Park Racetrack, the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (NJTHA), in conjunction with the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (NJSEA) has transferred the racetrack, effective immediately, to Dennis Drazin's Darby Development LLC, under a new 85-year lease agreement, the track said in a release on Thursday.

Monmouth Transferred To Drazin's Darby Under New 85-Year Lease, 80-Acre Development Planned

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It was quite easy for Donegal Racing to come up with a name for Gate to Wire (Munnings), who turned in an eye-catching debut performance Friday. “He looked fast,” said Donegal CEO Jerry Crawford. Gate to Wire has lived up to his appearance in...

Donegal's Gate to Wire Graduates with Ease

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

Massachusetts State

NewsNation

There has been an influx of incoming migrants stretching the Massachusetts shelter system beyond its limits.

Record number of deportations seen in Massachusetts

Wyoming State

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With hot temperatures and most of the state under drought conditions as August gets under way, three wildfires are burning across Wyoming. The Pleasant Valley, Leeds Creek and Clearwater fires are burning more than 30,000 acres.

Three wildfires burning 30K acres in Wyoming as hot, dry conditions persist

Minnesota State

Savannah, GA

The Current GA

The Harris-Walz campaign opened its Savannah-area bus tour Wednesday with political pundits across the nation pondering weighty issues of whether the events showed Georgia to be either a red or blue state.

Harris, Walz make barbecue stop in Sandfly

Igaming provider Relax Gaming has announced that its North American-facing brand is expanding its New Jersey operations through a partnership with PlayStar Casino. “The partnership with PlayStar Casino will give our content more exposure, as we continue to strengthen our relationship and grow our popularity amongst passionate casino players,” Relax Gaming CEO Martin Stålros told CDC Gaming Reports. “Moving forward, the U.S. region is a key growth market for us, and we are determined to keep building on the momentum we’ve been seeing in New Jersey since going live in the Garden State in 2023.”

RLX Gaming expands its New Jersey presence via PlayStar Casino

This letter originally appeared on the Walking L Companies website and is republished in the TDN unedited and with permission. I believe that we are all involved in whichever corner of the Thoroughbred Racing Industry we each occupy because of our love first and foremost for the HORSES and that we all want to see racing grow and thrive for decades to come. Of course, there are many problems and challenges within our industry and many things that we need to fix in order for it to continue, let alone grow. There are many individuals and groups that focus on one problem or another and many that address a variety of them within their jurisdictions or regions. We all can, and must, discuss our industry's problems, challenges, and opportunities and share ideas and work on good solutions to each of them–it is our obligation.

Letter To The Editor: One Small Step For Horse Racing

Seattle, WA

Maria Shimizu Christensen

So the big holiday weekend is here and the weather forecast is fantastic. If you haven’t already decided what you’re going to do, there’s plenty to choose from. Of course, there are some big events that we look forward to all year, but if huge crowds aren’t your thing, there are smaller happenings all over the region.

Big Events and Other Things To Do for Labor Day Weekend

Darby Development, which has operated Monmouth Park for the past 12 years, has assumed full custody of the property under a new 85-year lease agreement, it was announced Aug. 29. Darby, which is under the leadership of Monmouth Park CEO and chairman Dennis Drazin, has plans for expansion of the property that includes an already under construction sports book, hotel, housing, and more.

Monmouth Park Ownership Transferred Under New Lease

As expected, undefeated Group 1 winner Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) is targeting the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes, with Ger Lyons stablemate Red Letter (GB) (Frankel {GB}) set to resurface on Irish Champions Weekend, according to Juddmonte's European racing manager Barry Mahon. Three-for-three in her young career, the daughter of Pavlosk...

Lyons And Juddmonte Aim To Keep Babouche And Red Letter Separate, As They Make Group 1 Plans

Montana State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Mercury Direct will provide three zodiac signs with abundance and fortune on August 28. It will help them get back on track and remove their obstacles. The astrological transit will put things for the signs. What’s holding you back from exploiting your potential?

3 Zodiac Signs Whose Fortune Era Will Start | August 28, 2024

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HISA Pens Letter in Support of NYRA Synthetic Decision for Belmont Winter Racing

As renovations continue at Belmont Park, The New York Racing Association (NYRA) divulged a plan July 1 to conduct approximately three months of winter racing annually...

HISA Pens Letter in Support of NYRA Synthetic Decision for Belmont Winter Racing

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