Chaplain LaPointe’s “New” Van Chaplain Tom LaPointe of His Place Ministries which has served South Florida horsemen and their tracks for over 20 years realized that his 2003 Ford van with over 170,000 on the odometer was on its last legs as a service vehicle, so he came to the FHBPA looking for help in...Read More
Gulfstream Park announced today it will kick off its 2015-16 Championship Meet Saturday, Dec. 5 with the 17th running of the $1.1 million Claiming Crown. It will mark the fourth consecutive year the Claiming Crown has been contested at Gulfstream Park. Last year’s Claiming Crown, which had total handle of more than $10 million, featured...Read More
Leopoldo Azpurua Sr, was born December 6th, 1932 in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended George Washington University. His racing career was between Monmouth and Gulfstream Park. In 1971 he was one the inaugural horse trainers at Calder Race Course until 1980. Then he moved to Ocala to start Parkhurts Farm where he broke and developed over...Read More
If you are running in a Non-Lasix race and you have raced on Lasix previously, you must submit to the Stewards or Racing Secretary a Request to Discontinue Salix 48 hours prior to racing your horse. This horse then may then go back on Lasix after the Non-Lasix race, but only by exhibiting a bleeding...Read More
Get ready for a fantastic, FREE day-long educational horse racing industry event packed with celebrity guests LIVE from Keeneland via Webcast! To view the agenda, click HERE! To register, click HERE! The sixth annual Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, scheduled for Wednesday, July 8, will be streamed live in its entirety at grayson-jockeyclub.org/WelfareSafety/default.asp?section=48. ...Read More
