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The Third Annual Horse Racing Women's Summit, set for Sept. 25-27 in Arcadia, California, will include two panel discussions and a host of other events, the conference planners said in a release on Friday afternoon. FanDuel TV's Christina Blacker will emcee the event which begins at the Le Meridien Hotel with a welcome address hosted by Catherine Iste, Chief Administrative Officer of the Los Angeles Chargers. After the opening address, panel discussions include: Panel 1: Peak Performance, moderated by Britney Eurton, NBC & Amazon Prime Zoe Cadman, XBTV and 1/ST...

It's about to be uber-busy season at Keeneland. The fall meet begins Oct. 4. But first there is the annual extravaganza that is the Keeneland September sale. That begins Sept. 9 and more than 4,000 horses are in the catalogue. The sale and the upcoming racing meet were among the topics of discussion when Keeneland CEO and President Shannon Arvin joined the TDN Writers' Room Podcast presented by Keeneland. Arvin is expecting that this will be a strong sale. "The economic indicators so far are really good," she said. "We,...

Keeneland's President and CEO Shannon Arvin joined this week's TDN Writers' Room ahead of a particularly busy season at Keeneland with the September Yearling Sale and November Breeding Stock Sale, as well as the October Race Meet, all coming up in the months ahead.

Kentucky Downs Vice President of Racing Ted Nicholson may have the easiest job in racing, which he'll readily admit. Thanks to the popularity of the Historical Horse Racing Machines, he's got a boatload of money to spend. Every year, it's the same thing...he has to decide where and how to spend millions of dollars. How do you divide up the money and which races deserve a purse increase? "Business has been very strong on the gaming side," said Nicholson, this week's Green Group Guest of the Week on the TDN...

Kentucky Downs is offering massive purses this year--even more massive than usual--and their VP of Racing, Ted Nicholson joins the hosts to discuss how the track pulls it off.

It took trainer Phil Bauer and his owner Richard Rigney a little while to figure the racing game out. From the time Bauer went to work for Rigney in 2013 through 2021, the stable had never had more than 17 wins in a year or earnings in excess of $1,724,016. But the last three years have seen the stable flourish into a win machine and one that can compete at the highest levels of the sport. From 2022 to present, Bauer has had 70 winners from 316 starters for a...

Off to a fast start in Saratoga, trainer Phil Bauer joined this week's TDN Writers' Room to discuss Too Sharp, Halina's Forte, Buchu and more.

Owners Karl and Cathi Glassman, this week's Green Group Guests of the Week on the TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland, bought their first horse in 2015 and initially didn't have much to show for it. But they understood patience and that good fortune would eventually come their way. Did it ever. The Glassmans have their first star, the GI Whitney winner Arthur's Ride (Tapit). Making his stakes debut at age 4, he was a 2 1/4-length winner on a rainy day in Saratoga. The win gave Bill Mott his...

Arthur's Ride ran a bang-up race in last week's Whitney Stakes, and the TDN Writers' Room celebrates that win this week with an interview with his owners, Karl and Cathi Glassman.

It's been a magical year for jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr., who rides the best 3-year-old filly in the country in Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) and one of the best 3-year-old males in Mystik Dan (Goldencents). For the veteran rider that has meant wins in the GI Kentucky Oaks, the GI Kentucky Derby, the GI Acorn S. and the GI Coaching Club American Oaks. Thorpedo Anna will take on the boys in her next scheduled start, the GI DraftKings Travers S. Appearing on the TDN Writers' Room Podcast, presented by Keeneland,...

Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. talks superstar filly Thorpedo Anna, who is bound for the GI Travers Stakes, on this week's TDN Writers' Room.

Change is on the horizon for Maryland racing with legislation passed earlier this year that allowed 1/ST Racing to turn both Pimlico and Laurel over to the state of Maryland. Corey Johnsen the interim CEO of the newly formed Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority (MTROA), joined this week's TDN Writers' Room podcast to discuss the future of racing in Maryland.