Horses that win a California-bred first-level allowance race will enjoy expanded opportunities beginning with the Dec. 26 opening of the Classic Meet at Santa Anita. The Thoroughbred Owners of ...

California Thoroughbred racing is not short on talent, tradition or investment. What it increasingly risks losing, however, is something far more difficult to replace — its center of gravity. For ...

The fleeting hopes by Northern California horsemen that as long as Golden Gate Fields was still standing, racing, even if only as a simulcast or gaming facility, could one day return to Northern ...

The hopes of Northern California racing and breeding interests were once again dashed when the California Horse Racing Board refused to license short racing dates to the Tehama District Fair and the ...

Daily Racing Form archives The Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale is among the Northern California venues hoping to host live racing in 2026. The California Horse Racing Board on Wednesday will hear a ...

Rick Baedeker, a former president of Hollywood Park and executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, announced his retirement from the sport at the racing board’s monthly meeting in ...