Dana Stead News Today

Goal was awareness of the racing industry, its relationship with veterinary medicine, and the opportunities for a career on the track

Dana Stead, longtime Southern California track veterinarian, is resigning his position after 14 years, reports the Daily Racing Form.

Fun to Dream and Juan Hernandez take Betty Grable stakes; second ‘sudden death’ occurs after a race at Del Mar

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DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Modern Games won the $1 million Juvenile Turf at the Breeders’ Cup. Anyone who bet on him didn't cash a ticket and got their money back because of a mistake by the veterinarians.

By Ed McNamara Modern Games wasn't hurt, but the veterinarians standing nearby didn't realize that. While his stablemate, Albahr, was flipping over in the stall…

McCarthy, Centeno Avoid Serious Injury In Los Alamitos Spill Sponsored by: Jockey Trevor McCarthy Jockeys Trevor McCarthy and Alexis Centeno escaped injury after being involved in a scary incident in Sundays fourth race at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif. Sherlock, Centenos mount in the race for 2-year-old maidens bred or sired in California, broke fast from his outside post, but steadily veered in sharply and crashed into Creative Peak, who had broken from the inside under McCarthy. B...