May 14, 2012 – Todd Pletcher surpassed the $7 million mark in purses earned last week and maintains his lead on the North American trainers’ standings with a total of $7,029,266.

Bob Baffert, trainer of Preakness-bound Bodemeister, is second with $5,981,083 and Steve Asmussen is third with $4,592,623.

Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another tops the equine money list with $2,029,600 and will be attempting to add to this total in this Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

Derby runner-up and Preakness contender Bodemeister is second with $1,104,800 and Believe You Can is third with $947,200.

Javier Castellano continues to lead the jockeys’ standings with $7,524,531. Ramon Dominguez is second with $6,682,950 and Rafael Bejarano is third with $5,646,752.


For a listing of the weekly leaders for horses, trainers, and jockeys through May 13, 2012, click here.

Contact: Jane Murray, TRA Director of Services
(410) 392-9200, ext. 222  March 15, 2012

ELKTON, Md.—The Thoroughbred Racing Associations (TRA) has announced Clearwater Beach, Fla., as the host city for the 20th annual International Simulcast Conference. The 2012 conference will be held at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, October 1-3.

The TRA co-sponsors the annual event with the Harness Tracks of America (HTA), in conjunction with the American Greyhound Track Operators Association (AGTOA).

Arlington Park shows strong attendance gains

Article updated: 5/15/2012 4:32 PM
By Arlington Heights Daily Herald News Services

Under clear blue skies, attendance for the Mother’s Day crowd Sunday at Arlington Park racetrack was 18 percent higher than in 2011, track officials report.

Track officials also reported double-digit gains for the previous weekend, May 4-5, which featured a strong Friday Opening Day crowd followed by an even larger fan base Saturday for its annual Kentucky Derby Party.

The biggest crowd for the first two racing weekends at Arlington Park, however, was on Mother’s Day when 32,137 showed up, marking an 18 percent increase from the 27,246 that attended in 2011.

While Friday’s Opening Day on May 4 featured nine races and smaller fields, it still attracted a crowd of 9,307, roughly 23 percent higher than the 7,596 last year.

In January 1946, the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau was incorporated as a private investigative agency whose principal mission was to address issues of integrity and security in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the TRA, TRPB represents a unified effort by TRA-member racetrack associations to maintain high standards, protect the legitimate business interests and integrity of the sport, and foster and maintain public confidence.

The Fred Russell-Grantland Rice Scholarship, begun in 1956, originally was named in honor of the late Grantland Rice, a Vanderbilt alumnus and one of the best known sports writers of the 20th century. In 1986, the name was changed to also honor the late Fred Russell, another Vanderbilt alumnus who helped guide the scholarship and its recipients. A $500,000 grant was made on behalf of the TRA in 1986 to ensure the future of this valuable stipend. The scholarship, co-sponsored by Vanderbilt, is awarded annually to students with special interest and potential in the field of sports writing.   Click here for a list of previous winners.

The deadline for applying is January 1 each year. High school seniors may obtain a scholarship application form and further information from: Coordinator of Special Scholarships, Undergraduate Admission, Vanderbilt University, 2305 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203-1727; (615) 322-2561.

Equibase Company LLC is the race data provider for the Thoroughbred racing industry in North America, charting every Thoroughbred race run in the United States and Canada and disseminating the information throughout the vast international network of simulcast wagering.

Subsidiaries of the TRA and The Jockey Club formed Equibase in a 1990 partnership to accumulate the racing data necessary for the unfettered growth of simulcast wagering. Prior to that time, the Daily Racing Form had been the sole collector of chart data and the dissemination of past performance information.

Recognizing the broadest possible availability of race data in daily racing programs was integral to the growth of simulcasting revenues for the tracks, the TRA found The Jockey Club a capable and eager partner in undertaking the technological and logistical issues association with building a data information company.

With the advent of the internet to general consumer use in the mid-Nineties, Equibase quickly found itself well-positioned to enter and serve the fast-growing world of electronic commerce.

Equibase is the sole owner of TrackMaster, whose line of direct-to-consumer products include a wide variety of  handicapping and selection tools for all types of bettors.  

Click here for a listing of Equibase officers and management committee.

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