Headlines: January 12
– Should Todd Pletcher break Bobby Frankel’s four-year Eclipse Award streak later this month, the veteran trainer “appears ready for an all-out blitz” to retake his title in 2005. (TU)
– Jay Cronley confronts a chronic longshot winner. “Bystanders have rights.” (ESPN)
– More trouble for the Jockeys’ Guild: The California Horse Racing Board plans to look into claims that the Jockeys’ Guild double-billed the state and a Guild charity for the same expenses (SBJ); according to a recently-filed financial report, the Guild’s revenue declined 31% from 2002 to 2003. (BH)
– Santa Anita starts drying out. (DRF)
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