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From the Paulick Report:

"Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, & Hotel announces the release of Condition Book 1, which covers the first 15 racing days, April 26 through May 19 ..."

"The book also provides details on the new Starter Bonus Incentive, which offers potential increased overnight purses during the first 12 days of the meet."

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From the Paulick Report:

"Newcomer David Cabrera became the first jockey to reach double-figure victories at the Oaklawn meeting when he swept Saturday's late daily double, including his first local stakes score aboard Swing and Sway in the $125,000 American Beauty for older female sprinters."

"Cabrera won the riding title at Lone Star as an apprentice in 2014. He's also topped the standings at another Texas track, Retama, and finished second to [Ramon] Vazquez last year at Prairie Meadows."

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From the Greater Tulsa Review:

"Broadcaster Chris Lincoln was honored with inclusion to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame in December at Remington Park."

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From DRF:

"Eddie Plesa Sr., whose son, trainer Eddie Plesa Jr., is a mainstay on the New Jersey and south Florida circuits, died Thursday. He was 90.

The elder Plesa left home at age 12 and won his first race as a jockey a year later at Ak Sar Ben."

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From DRF:

"Canterbury Park will host 35 stakes races worth $2.375 million during its 2018 racing season, the Twin Cities-area track announced in a press release Wednesday.

The stakes schedule includes three more races than the 2017 program and is worth $372,000 more than last year. According to the release, it’s the most lucrative stakes program in track history."

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From Bloodhorse:

"We're going to further enhance the guest experience both for our year-round entertainment and our live race meet. We have the new porte cochère and are adding valet parking. We are staging a Grand Re-Opening on Friday, March 23 to publicly show off all our renovations, having completely redone in the interior and exterior of our main building, as well as landscaping. Our new lounge area and terrace is perfect for watching horse racing and sports, or enjoying our live music

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From Bloodhorse:

"Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Jan. 23 that it has made a donation of $25,000 to California Thoroughbred Horsemen's Foundation (CTHF) to distribute to victims of the San Luis Rey Downs fire."

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From WEKU:

"A leader in the Kentucky senate believes electronic gambling machines focusing on previously run horse races are partly responsible for record purses at Lexington’s historic track. Keeneland announced its plans for the spring meet last week."

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From DRF:

"Diamond Joe, a fan favorite in Nebraska and the most successful son of 1995 Arkansas Derby winner Dazzling Falls, has been retired, trainer Chuck Turco said on Friday. Diamond Joe ranks fifth all time among Nebraska-breds in earnings, a list topped by his sire. Turco also trained Dazzling Falls.

“It was a great run with Joe, that’s for sure,” said Turco.

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From Bloodhorse:

"In a unanimous vote, the KHRC's rules committee approved Jan. 16 updates that would require all horses claimed in a race be subject to post-race drug testing. Furthermore, if a horse is placed on the vet's list after the race—any time through his appearance in the test barn—the connections who claimed the horse have the option to void that claim."

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