Michael Gill, controversial horse owner, quits racing business (The Patriot-News)

Gill said he plans to file antitrust and defamation lawsuits against Penn National and the jockeys who race there. After Gill’s Laughing Moon horse collapsed after a race last week, jockeys declared they wouldn’t ride in any race that had one of Gill’s horses, fearing for their safety.
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Horse racing: The latest news and best bets in Talking Horses, our daily racing blog (Guardian Unlimited)

The latest news and best bets in our daily horse racing blog, plus our weekly tipping competition If you’re looking for someone who schmoozes and socialises with all of racing’s brightest stars, then you’ve got the wrong guy. Silvestre de Sousa rejected my friendship request on Facebook (I think I may have been under the influence when asking), David Elsworth always calls me ‘Dave’ and when I …
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52 days of horse racing: Racing board, union reach pact (Belleville News-Democrat)

Fairmount Park announced Monday there will be 52 race dates at the metro-east horse track this upcoming season, up from the three dates issued by the Illinois Racing Board late last year.
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Like it or not, Rachel Alexandra is Horse of Year (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Cleaning up after the racing news deluge that hit last Monday, coinciding with the other deluge. Horse of the Year. Jess Jackson, owner of Rachel Alexandra, was complimentary toward Zenyatta owners Jerry and Ann Moss before, during and after the announcement of Rachel Alexandra’s 130-99 victory in voting for the honor.
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Another run at helping Neb. horse racing industry (AP via Yahoo! News)

A Nebraska lawmaker is making another run at helping the state’s ailing horse-racing industry.
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