The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) are clear how the drug testing laboratories under their jurisdiction must be operationally independent and free from any potential conflict of interests. According to HISA, these Laboratories “shall be administratively and operationally independent from any organization or person(s) that could exert undue

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Boyd Racing LLC and By Talla Racing LLC's Splendora (Audible–Miss Freeze, by Frost Giant), winner of last year's GI PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and scratched two days before this year's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, has been retired from racing, according to a post on Instagram from boyracingofficial. “Our girl Splendora

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With one session remaining, the 2026 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale surpassed its 2025 total gross during the eighth day of the nine-day auction, with cumulative through-the-ring sales of $238,926,000. The previous record was $237,456,400 in through-the-ring sales for the entire auction last year. On Tuesday, Keeneland sold 191 horses for $2,696,100, for an average

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Joe Talamo, who has not ridden since Oct. 4, 2024 and has worked of late as an analyst for FanDuel TV, will end his retirement at the start of the Fair Grounds meet, which begins Nov. 19. The news was released on X by Ron Faucheux, who will be his agent. “Seventeen years ago, a

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With 21 wins from 214 starts and earnings of more than $525,000 at Horseshoe Indianapolis, apprentice jockey Micah Meeks earned the 13th annual Juan Saez Leading Apprentice Jockey Award during closing week of the 2026 season at the track. From Northern California, Meeks got her first win at Sacramento in her sixth career start during

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