An investment related website is curious about a recent SEC filing related to thoroughbred racehorses: The description is the same throughout each filing at the start: “a recently formed corporation that has acquired 20 thoroughbred racehorses… offering 405,000 shares of common stock at $10.00 per share on a best effor

OREGON RACING COMMISSION 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 310 Portland, Oregon 97232 971-673-0207; 971-673-0213 fax http://racing.oregon.gov December, 15 2011 The Oregon Racing Commission will meet Thursday December 15, 2011 at 1:30 pm in Room 1B of the Portland State Office Building located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland

Portland, OR — Oregon Championship Day was filled with big performances all day long, including LG Jet who took home the $15,000 Bill Wineberg Stakes on Sunday. Sent off as the heavy 1 to 5 favorite, LG Jet ($2.60) went right to the lead under jockey Luis Torres and set very reasonable fractions in the early going as he

Nineteen runners entered for the first leg of the McFadden Memorial Sprint Claiming Series Portland, OR— Nineteen runners were entered into two separate divisions for Leg 1 of the Inaugural McFadden Memorial Spring Claiming Series that begins on Wednesday November 2nd at Portland Meadows. The races were carded as ra

For 67 days, the routine has gone unchanged. Jerry Taketa wakes up in his Vancouver home, says hello to his wife Charlynn, heads to work at the Portland Meadows race track, then returns to his spouse before telling her good night. This, more or less, has been the ex-jockey’s ritual since 1989. Thing is, for the past 6

From the Oregonian: Portland Meadows, which opened in 1946 on the edge of the now-vanished town of Vanport, launches its 2011 season today at noon. Nine races are on the card. Races will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday through December and continue on Mondays and Wednesdays in January, February and March. Closing day is M

From the DRF: Portland Meadows opens its 55-day season Monday with a mixed nine-race program that features two races for Quarter Horses and seven for Thoroughbreds. The forthcoming season, which runs until mid-March, may be the last of its kind. Complete article here

Just in time for the new race season, Portland Meadows has updated their website with a new look and content. If you haven't already, check it out

OREGON RACING COMMISSION 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 310 Portland, Oregon 97232 971-673-0207; 971-673-0213 fax http://racing.oregon.gov August 18, 2011 The Oregon Racing Commission will meet Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 12:00pm in Room 1A of the Portland State Office Building located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, O

From oregonlive.com: A horse trainer was killed this morning after being kicked by a horse at Portland Meadows. Just before 7:15 a.m., firefighters were called to the horse racing track at 1001 N. Schmeer. A female trainer in her late 40s or early 50s sustained severe head trauma after she was kicked by a horse she was

From the public safety log of our local newspaper: A mother in the 35100 block of Brewster Road notified deputies Thursday morning that her 20-year-old daughter was not staying in touch while traveling on a horse-racing circuit. The mom felt her daughter had fallen in with the wrong crowd and something might have happened

From OregonLive.com: The career of a jockey isn't much different than that of other professional athletes: younger is better. Which makes Joe Crispin's big-time results in 2011 quite notable. The Vancouver-based jockey is 50. Read the rest of the article here

From the DRF: Gulfstream Park owner Frank Stronach has asked Florida regulators to help him implement a program that would phase out all raceday medication, including Lasix, for 3-year-olds at the track, beginning with the 2011-12 meeting ...Stronach said he hopes to implement his plan at all his tracks: Santa Anita and G

OREGON RACING COMMISSION 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 310 Portland, Oregon 97232 971-673-0207; 971-673-0213 fax http://racing.oregon.gov July 21, 2011 The Oregon Racing Commission will meet Thursday July 21, 2011 at 1:30 pm in Room 1A of the Portland State Office Building located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR. At

From the DRF... Scrambling to stay relevant in Northwest racing, Portland Meadows will abandon its traditional winter meeting in 2012 in favor of a summer/fall schedule that will place it in direct competition with Emerald Downs. Final approval of race dates by the Oregon Horse Racing Commission could be months away, but

Portland Meadows, Oregon’s largest horse racing track has released its 2011-2012 Live Racing schedule. Live Racing will follow a similar format kicking off with Opening Day on Monday October 17, 2011 racing until Closing Day on Wednesday March 14, 2012. Live Racing will be conducted on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

The Mail Tribune profiles some of the folks who'll travel on to the next stop of summer racing at Prineville.

From the Mail Tribune: Carl Alleman has an urgency to seize the moment. At 92 years old, Alleman understands there won't be many more opportunities to win the biggest race of the season at Grants Pass Downs. Read the full story here

More on the non-story about security at Grants Pass Downs from KTVL

From the Blood Horse: The Stronach Group has officially acquired the racing and gaming assets of MI Developments, a company once headed by Frank Stronach. The reorganization of MID was approved by shareholders in late March. In the deal, Stronach acquired the company’s racetrack holdings, including Santa Anita Park and

Teri Beckner was bristling this week at the media's coverage of horseracing. One TV station in particular galled the longtime trainer by reporting that horses at Grants Pass Downs were mistreated, citing an anonymous source. complete story and a preview of the weekend races in the Mail Tribune

From the DRF: While he’s no threat to win the Emerald Downs training title – at least not this year – Jonathan Nance is having a terrific meeting. Entering this week, 30 of his 46 starters had finished first, second, or third, an in-the-money rate of 65 percent. Jerry Hollendorfer would be proud. Read the full stor

Recap of last weekends racing here

From Medford TV station KTVL: The Price of Winning Employee says horses are abused at track The horses at the Grants Pass Downs are part athletes and part entertainers. But one horse handler, who didn't want to be identified, currently working at the race track says the animals are treated like commodities. Full story a

OREGON RACING COMMISSION 800 N.E. Oregon Street, Suite 310 Portland, Oregon 97232 971-673-0207; 971-673-0213 fax http://racing.oregon.gov SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA June 29, 2011 The Oregon Racing Commission (ORC) will meet at 10:00a.m. in the Portland State Office Building located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland

Nice story in the Mail Tribune covering the card on Sunday at Grants Pass.

From The Mail Tribune: Luis Torres, last year's leading jockey at Grants Pass Downs, picked up where he left off as the nine-day meet opened Saturday. A recap of the races from Saturday here

From the Mail tribune: Logun Gotham is just 16 years old, but he has mounts in all 10 races at Grants Pass Downs, which opens its nine-day meet with today's 12:30 p.m. post time. "I've been racing since I was 12," said Gotham. Full story here

The Daily Courier has a video with interviews about opening weekend at GrP.

From the Medford Mail-Tribune: Shyann Garcia has some lofty goals. And the 20-year-old apprentice jockey's journey to achieve them begins with Saturday's opening at Grants Pass Downs. Full story over here Enteries for Saturday & Sunday at Truform Racing Services