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Trainers Jorge Navarro and Jason Servis entered pleas of not guilty to federal charges of involvement in a misbranding conspiracy during an April 2 teleconference arraignment before United States District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil.

The lab in College Station, Texas, is assembling more than 2,000 kits from the supplies used to create viral test kits for livestock and poultry.

The lab in College Station, Texas, is assembling more than 2,000 kits from the supplies used to create viral test kits for livestock and poultry.

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Godolphin Flying Start has taken measures to protect the health of trainees, management, applicants, and the communities in which they are all based by proceeding with the course remotely.

COVID-19-related cancellations have gutted most of the stakes action across the country this weekend, but there is still one stakes race left standing on April 4: the $100,000 Purple Martin Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Nearly two years after finding a law that had prevented states from allowing sports gambling to be unconstitutional, the Supreme Court is now being asked by professional sports leagues to weigh in on related litigation.

Thoroughbred Charities of America will host a webinar entitled Fundraising in Challenging Times on Friday, April 3 at 2 p.m. EST to aid nonprofit organizations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance has announced a new wave of grants worth approximately $1.7 million, which is awarded to accredited organizations for the care of Thoroughbreds.

A run on its ventless goggles motivated Kroop's Brands to start making face shields, too.

This week is a recap of I'll Have Another's victory in the April 7, 2012 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The recap, written by Tracy Gantz, ran in the April 14, 2012 magazine issue. It carried the headline "Close Call."

While many older racehorses are in a holding pattern due to extensive COVID-19-related track closures and delayed meet openings, 2-year-olds are waiting to merely take flight.

The 161st running of the Queen's Plate will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Woodbine Entertainment announced April 1.

Jockey Manny Franco has elected to stay at his Hempstead, N.Y., home to be with his family and says he will not ride again until racing resumes at Belmont Park at some point in the future.

Colonial Downs Group, which operates Rosie's Gaming Emporiums and the Colonial Downs Racetrack, announced this morning that they will continue to pay all company employees through the end of April,

A tax expert encouraged the many horse racing industry businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown that followed to quickly apply for the aid packages and loans that have been made available by the federal government.

Royal Ascot, the Randox Health Grand National, and the Investec Derby (G1) are all insured against loss due to a communicable disease such as COVID-19.

Trainer Linda Rice notched 40 wins for her second consecutive winter meet crown, while jockey Manny Franco posted 64 victories to win his third consecutive winter meet title at Aqueduct Racetrack.

French jockey Mickaëlle Michel marked a record-setting 30th win for short-term licensed jockeys on the National Association of Racing circuit March 31 at Funabashi Racecourse.

For trainers like Stamullen-based John McConnell, racing's shutdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic comes at a particularly bad time for an expanding operation getting increasingly good results, especially in the past couple of years.

Several Central Kentucky community organizations have announced the creation of Nourish Lexington, an initiative to utilize unemployed hospitality workers as well as other community food assets to provide meals to those needing access to food.