by HorseMinute.com | Dec 8, 2025 | Horse Breeding
Since its 2023 launch, the Agricultural Consortium and Teagasc’s Farm Apprenticeship Programmes have significantly transformed agricultural education in Ireland, expanding rapidly from 98 farms to over 200 registered employers by 2025. Building on this success,...
by HorseMinute.com | Dec 7, 2025 | Horse Breeding
Oklahoma native Elliot Campbell’s journey into horse racing began unexpectedly after moving to Baltimore and learning about graded stakes winner Cherokee’s Boy from a local GNC store owner, the late Dave Picarello. Following Picarello’s passing in 2023, Campbell...
by HorseMinute.com | Dec 7, 2025 | Horse Breeding
A 133-year-old tradition at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse is ending as Great Canadian Entertainment will cease live horse racing after the province announced it will terminate the slot-machine revenue stream supporting B.C.’s racing sector by January 31, 2026. This...
by HorseMinute.com | Dec 7, 2025 | Horse Breeding
The University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program will host the 51st Global Symposium on Racing from December 8-10, 2025, at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona. The event, the largest annual racing conference globally with over 575 expected...
by HorseMinute.com | Dec 6, 2025 | Horse Breeding
Trainer Karl Burke achieved a remarkable feat by turning a modest €12,000 yearling into Half Sovereign, a filly who sold for a staggering €2.6 million at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville. The bidding war for the Prix Miesque (G3) winner was...
by HorseMinute.com | Dec 6, 2025 | Horse Breeding
Hastings Park announced it will cease Thoroughbred racing after more than 130 years, following the provincial government’s decision to end slot machine revenue sharing for horse racing by January 31, 2026. Slot revenue, which began in 2008 and contributed an...
