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Tim Thornton, Karl Broberg Wrap Up Titles At Delta Downs Meeet Sponsored by: Trainer Karl Broberg The 2020-21 Thoroughbred season at Delta Downs wrapped up on Friday with familiar names topping the standings. Tim Thornton won his third straight leading rider title while Karl Broberg notched his 10th consecutive crown in the training ranks. Broberg and Matt Johansen's End Zone Athletics, Inc. earned their sixth straight leading owner title and their ninth in the last 10 years. Thornton's season included 122 wins and $2,337,260 in mount earnings. The Louisiana native rode five winners...

Tulsa, Okla. As my wife and I were watching movers pack up our old apartment in Las Vegas, my phone blew up with angry reaction to a development that had become tiringly familiar lately. “No Indiana Grand for Nevada horseplayers,” was the gist of one Tweet. “Such a petty disservice in an industry that needs every ounce of interest/attraction it can muster,” was another reaction. It went on in another Tweet. “J-O-K-E. An issue for how many years?” You can take the boy out of Las Vegas, but you cannot take the dispute between the Nevada Pari-Mutuel Association and Churchill Downs In...

Louisiana Downs Recap David Alvarez (second from right) was honored as Louisiana Downs' leading jockey. PHOTO: Hodges Photography April 8, 2021 | Racing , Racing | Racing , Racing Louisiana Downs honored its leading jockey, trainer and owner for its 44-day Quarter Horse meet, which ended April 7. The meet, which began January 23, was impacted by the major winter storm in Louisiana, as sub-freezi...

Photo: Ryan Thompson Even though the Grade 2, $1 million Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn appears chalky, the Rebel undercard does present opportunities to play against vulnerable favorites. There are three specific stakes races that look good.                     Here are the three picks for those undercard races, plus a recap of the Rebel analysis and thoughts on the Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita. Oaklawn Race 5: $350,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) Letruska enters the Azeri with good form and no questions about fitness. In December, Letruska won the Rampart Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream b...

Sponsored by: Trainer Karl Broberg Leading North American trainer Karl Broberg is calling for a change in the testing laboratory in Louisiana after learning that split samples from a horse in his barn that originally tested positive for three drugs – including a Class 1 that he said would have been a “career ender” for him – all came back negative. Broberg, ranked first or second in North American wins each year since 2013, was notified by stewards at Delta Downs in late December that Tiz One Fee, a 7-year-old Louisiana-bred mare who was one of four winners he saddled on ope...