TOC members Jeff Hug, Rick Goldfarb, and Harry Shapiro competed in Las Vegas at the 2015 Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC). The three players qualified at last year’s TOC Owners’ Challenge Handicapping Contests held in conjunction with our 2014 Annual Meetings — Shapiro and Goldfarb qualifying at Del Mar and Hug at Golden … Read more
Fourteen stakes races – nine of them graded – will serve as the touchstones for Del Mar’s new November race meeting opening Friday, November 7 for a 15-day run through Sunday, November 30. The total value of the stakes package is $2,250,000. The seaside track picked up a majority of the racing dates from the … Read more
The Arcadia Historical Society, City of Arcadia and Santa Anita Park have announced an official Grand Opening of California racing’s first-ever “Thoroughbred Racing Walk of Champions” on Saturday, Sept. 27, beginning at 5 p.m. on First Ave. between Wheeler St. and Huntington Drive. In a manner similar to that of the world famous “Hollywood Walk … Read more
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, California Chrome, worked six furlongs between the third and fourth races at Los Alamitos on Saturday, Sept. 6. Trainer Art Sherman and owners Steve and Carolyn Coburn were on hand to view the work, which was enthusiastically cheered by the on-track crowd. Click below to watch video.
Nearly 200 people attended the TOC Annual Membership Meeting at Del Mar on Saturday, August 23rd. Held in the Veranda Cafe, the event kicked off at 8:30 a.m. with a delicious breakfast. TOC President, Joe Morris, presided over the brief business meeting, during which he introduced board and staff members, provided information regarding TOC operations for … Read more
Stidham (left) watches as his runner Every Way heads out to the track for the John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar. By Randy Olson Trainer Michael Stidham, a familiar face in the Midwest during the summer months, has brought a string of 12 horses to Del Mar this year. Stidham, a multiple graded stakes winning … Read more
Alan Landsburg, a founding board member of TOC who served a total of ten years on the board – three as Chairman – passed away August 14. He was 81. An owner of Thoroughbred racehorses for over 30 years, Landsburg also served as commissioner and Chairman of the California Horse Racing Board and as a … Read more
Courtesy of the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, TOC is proud to offer a digital version of the August issue of California Thoroughbred. Click here to view.