Thoroughbred Daily News turf writer Bill Finely reports on the recent cluster of COVID-19 positive cases among US jockey colonies. Rider Florent Geroux is the latest to test positive in the past week, along with a growing list of riders that include Luis Saez, Martin Garcia, Victor Espinoza, Flavien Prat and Eduard Rojas Fernandez. Read the link provided for more details:
Horsemen on April 3 were provided with a comprehensive outline of federal and state programs geared toward financial relief now available because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic… By Tom LaMarra
THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION: Covid-19 Horsemen Aid
Twinspires keeps you update on the latest US track closures due to COVID-19. Please support these few available race/betting opportunities for the sake of our horseman and all of our wonderful athletes. The link below will keep you informed:
TWINSPIRES: Tracking coronavirus COVID-19 impact on horse racing
Current headlines sound the alarm as racing now falls the latest victim to COVID-19. Unlike other sports where players simply take to the bench, horseman scramble to find resources to keep their horses safe and fed until the smoke clears. Tracks not only opt to close, but by rule of governing bodies, are forced to evict backstretch workers and horses normally stabled for full racing meets. Here are just a few articles from headlines across the United States:
Jockey Javier Castellano test positive for COVID-19 – Kentucky.com
COVID-19 Impact Costing Racing Millions of Dollars = The Bloodhorse
News concerning racing in the following states:
New Orleans | New Jersey | New York | Kentucky
The Bloodhorse continually reports on the tireless work those in our racing industry continue to do in the face of COVID-19. Read about Adiclere Evans and Lexington-based Bloodline Products. The maker of jockey silks, among other Thoroughbred racing-related items, has now shifted its resources to begin making two different types of surgical masks along with hospital gowns for doctors and nurses.
Down the stretch of memory lane: the opening screen of the original OFF THE PACE The Horse Racing Cartoon website, 2010.
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Race fans, if you are a California resident, please consider emailing Senator Feinstein your thoughts on horse racing as a valued industry. The Senator has been receiving information from opponents that will affect the future fate of Santa Anita. Please contact @ Senator Feinstein
Below is a letter skillfully written by horse owner and member of the ‘We Support Horse Racing’ movement, Karen Gentry.
Dear Senator Feinstein,
I am writing to you in response to your recent statement about Horse Racing’s critical test. I appreciate your concern for horses and I share your feelings of being heartbroken. Each horse is precious and loved by an owner and worker who cares for them daily.
That said, as an owner myself, it would appear there are some critical facts you have not brought up, that I would like to bring to your attention:
Spooktacular Morticia, from the barn of Rusty Arnold, captures the elegant beauty and profound mystery of her famous namesake. A scene from the film The Addams Family shows the beloved icon walking in the mist of night, reminding her family of their roots. This cartoon version offers similar settings with the race mare and her half-sister Macabre, symbolically dressed as Wednesday Addams.
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