Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night
Author: by Bob Pandolfo
Equiwinner celebrates 20 years of balancing electrolytes in horses
Known by horsemen and women worldwide as the go-to treatment for electrolyte imbalance-related issues in horses, Equiwinner is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Ranger crushed Monday with six wins at Plainridge Park
With the 10,000 win plateau now in his rear-view mirror, Bruce Ranger just continues to add to that gaudy total and chalked up six more wins to the tally after his reining rampage at Plainridge Park on Monday.
Sprocket surges to Harrington win
Tlb Racing’s Sprocket ($12, Pat Berry) was a 1:52 winner in the $20,000 featured Open Pace Monday (May 22) at Harrington Raceway.
Camluck Classic, Forest City Pace post draws complete
The Raceway at Western Fair District conducted the post position draws for its two signature events, the $150,000 Camluck Classic presented by Seelster Farms and the $50,000 Forest City Pace, on Monday evening (May 22) during the track’s pre-game show.
Bucyrus Fair matinee announcement for June 4
The Bucyrus, OH matinee will be held on Saturday, June 4 with a first post time of 11 a.m.
Herodotus, Once In A Lifetime PA All-Stars winners
The first clash of the Hambletonian-hopeful 3-year-old trotting males took place Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with even-money shots Herodotus and Once In A Lifetime earning new speed marks while winning their respective $37,500 divisions.
Texas judge denies injunction to halt launch of HISA medication program
On Wednesday (May 18), Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas, denied an injunction sought by opponents of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act from implementing their Anti-Doping and Medication Control program starting on Monday (May 22).
An open letter to The Jockey Club from the USTA
We did not anticipate reaching out to you, but we couldn’t help reacting to the broadside that your president, James L. Gagliano, directed at the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (NHPBA) on May 12 for having the temerity to challenge The Jockey Club’s wounded sacred cow, the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (HISA). You didn’t mention the U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) by name, but there’s a clear implication that the USTA is one of those “unrelated, agenda-driven, special interest activist” plaintiffs that you flippantly accuse as trying to “hoodwink” the racing public. How ironic.
Texas federal district judge finds HISA constitutional
U.S. District Court Judge James Hendrix ruled on Thursday that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, which was amended by Congress and signed into law in December 2022, is constitutional according to a story in Thoroughbred Daily News.