The ownership of Sunland Park - through the Stanley E. Fulton Family Foundation - has donated $500,000 to an area charity that will help individuals and businesses in need and support general economic growth in Southern New Mexico. 

Below is a press release from Clear Creek Stud in Louisiana, which is offering a $5,000 scholarship to students with ties to the state's racing industry: 

With an eye toward the future of our industry, Clear Creek Stud will once again be making a $5,000 Scholarship Donation in the name of their clients to a college student with Louisiana based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Breeding and Racing Industry. 

Clear Creek Stud recognizes that for many of the people who perform the hard work of this industry day in and day out, the rewards are often not financial. “We want to help the children who come from these families who put in the long hours and hard work that are essential to keep our industry in operation,” says Val Murrell, general manager of Clear Creek Stud.

The scholarship recipient will be chosen by the Louisiana Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (LaHBPA) and based on their opinion and evaluation of need and merit. 

Interested students should send a letter and resume to Eddie Fenasci at the La.H.B.P.A. office by Friday, March 4, 2022. Letters can be mailed to La.H.B.P.A. attention to Eddie Fenasci 1535 Gentilly Blvd. New Orleans, La. 70119 or email to efenasci@lahbpa.org. 

The recipient will be named on the final day of the Fair Grounds meet, Sunday, March 27, 2022.

Delaware Park has canceled its Wednesday card due to excessive heat. Temperature are forecast to be in the upper 90's.

The pick-6 Friday at Belmont Park returned $11,440.50 for a $1-wager as bettors chased a two-card carryover of $260,473.

Bettors poured in another $901,076 into the pool on Friday.

There were only two winning favorites in the sequence of 7-8-7-6-7-13_ Shamrocket ($4.70) in race 8 and Portfolio Hedge ($4.70) in race 9. The victory by Shamrocket was the last of three consecutive winners trained by Todd Pletcher, who also won the 6th with Just Ok is Not Ok ($16) and race 7 with Don’t Call Me Mary ($9.10).

The sequence began in race 4 with Forest Spirit ($16.60), the fifth choice in a nine-horse field pulling an upset. Race 5 went to second choice Canarsie Angel ($8.30), the second choice.

Trainer Ron Moquett said Tuesday morning that champion Whitmore emerged from a Monday workout in good order and will soon ship from his winter base of Oaklawn to Churchill Downs. He said the horse is a candidate for the Grade 1, $500,000 Churchill Downs on Saturday. Moquett has a base at Churchill. 

Whitmore worked a half-mile in 48 seconds, which was the fastest of 26 moves at the distance Monday at Oaklawn. The track was fast. 

Oaklawn closes out its meet Saturday. 

Greatest Honour turned in the first of his two scheduled works in preparation for the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 27, breezing an easy half-mile in company Saturday morning at Payson Park. The work was his first since rallying to a 1 ½ length victory over Drain the Clock in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park two weeks earlier.

“I didn’t expect anything different, that’s pretty much him and that’s all fine with me,” said McGaughey about an hour and one half after the work. “He’s not a real good work horse. He gets a lot out of what he does galloping. That’s that same kind of work he ran off prior to the Fountain of Youth and Holy Bull.”

McGaughey says as of now the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on March 27 remains the final target for Greatest Honour prior to the Kentucky Derby on May 1.

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A quarantine imposed on two barns earlier this morning at Gulfstream Park has been lifted track officials said late Wednesday afternoon. Training and racing will resume as normal on Thursday.  The quarantine, which came about after a horse was euthanized late Tuesday evening while exhibiting neurological symptoms, resulted in more than a dozen horses being scratched from Wednesday's card. The quarantine was imposed for precautionary reasons, although the afflicted horse had reportedly gotten loose during training hours and suffered what ultimately were diagnosed as injuries of a neurological nature. The name of the stricken horse has not been released. Two adjacent barns located on the south side of the stable area, were quarantined due to reports the horse had potentially been in both barns while running loose.

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Wednesday program at Gulfstream Park has been severely affected as a result of the scratches of all horses stabled in the two barns temporarily placed under quarantine here this morning. The track is currently awaiting the test results on a horse who died yesterday due to a training related incident, track officials opting to err on the side of caution and take precautionary measures until they can 100 per cent rule out any neurological disorder might have been involved in the death. Wednesday'a early scratches to follow.

1st-Dreaming of Gus Mayor Remo

2nd- Lease, Spheroid

5th- Bella Gabriella  Facts Only  Gaga Oh La La  Peachy Queen  Speeding Ticket

6th  Dr. Duke

7th  Lululla  Sara Mia  Mary of Scotland

8th  No Commission    Awesome Beach  Hard Game

10th  He Ain't No Saint   Unimpeached   Now a Jaguar  

.-   Gulfstream Park officials are on the verge of finalizing plans to install a Tapeta racetrack in the area that is now the  outer section of the turf course, giving the track the option at some point later this season to begin running races over three different surfaces. No time frame for the project, which would take approximately 60 days to complete, has been set. The track is implementing the plan primarily to offset the loss of field size when races locally must be moved from the turf to the dirt due to inclement weather. Track officials said over 100 races were taken off the turf here last season. The Tapeta surface could also be used in the morning for training as well as to write races for some of the cheaper claiming horses who now compete on the grass.

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TRUE TIMBER was declared from consideration from the $3 million on Pegasus early Wednesday when trainer Jack Sisterson said via Twitter that the 7-year-old horse “came up slightly off” at his Palm Meadows training base.

The ailment is sufficiently minor that “while it appears he might be able to run in the Pegasus, we always prioritize the best interest of the horse and have elected to defer to caution,” Sisterson wrote.

True Timber, as winner of the Grade 1 Cigar Mile in December in his last start, figured as one of the middling wagering choices for the Pegasus. Owned by Calumet Farm, True Timber has won five of 29 starts and more than $1.2 million.

His defection moves LAST JUDGMENT into the 12-horse Pegasus field. Trained by Mike Maker, Last Judgment was a 6 1/2-length winner of the Sunshine Classic versus Florida-breds here last Saturday.

Entries for the Pegasus and Pegasus Turf will be drawn today at 1:45 p.m. Eastern. These 12 are expected for the Pegasus: Coastal Defense, Code of Honor, Harpers First Ride, Independence Hall, Jesus’ Team, Kiss Today Goodbye, Knicks Go, Last Judgment, Math Wizard, Mr Freeze, Sleepy Eyes Todd, Tax.