Bill Finley

6 days ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Bill Finley

Trainer Brian Knippenberg knew there was something wrong with Mercante (Gun Runner), but didn't know what it was. He also knew that the horse had a ton of talent and maybe he could patch him up and he'd be a useful horse. Not many would have done so. It would have been easy to give up on a horse that was sidelined for 15 months after he finished third in a July 22, 2023 allowance race at Saratoga for trainer Bill Mott.

1 week ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Bill Finley

After a sizzling win in a May 23 maiden on the grass at Churchill Downs, Wesley Ward confirmed what he already knew. 'TDN Rising Star' Outfielder (Speightstown) is among the best 2-year-olds he has ever trained. So it's no surprise that the colt will soon be on his way to Royal Ascot to compete in the G2 Norfolk Stakes June 19. “I was nervous going into the race at Churchill, just because I was so excited and he's one of those colts who has so much ability, Ward said.

1 week ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Bill Finley

Christophe Clement, a native of Paris, France, who started training full-time in the U.S. in 1991, has passed away after battling Metastatic Uveal Melanoma. He was 59. Clement was introduced to the sport by his father Miguel, a French trainer. He went to work for top French trainer Alec Head before coming to the U.S. to work for Shug McGaughey. He made one more stop in Europe, working as an assistant to Luca Cumani before opening up his own U.S. based stable in 1991.

2 weeks ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Bill Finley

The 1,116-page bill the House passed early Thursday morning could have a profound effect on the horse racing industry. Currently, horse owners can only write off 40 percent of the cost of a race horse once it enters service. Under the Trump bill, the write-off, known as bonus deprecation, will be 100% for five years. With the bill now headed to the Senate, there is some speculation that the 100 percent deduction will be made permanent.

2 weeks ago | tucson.com | Bill Finley

On Day 2 of their long-ago journey from San Diego to Tucson, Sister Monica Corrigan and her six fellow travelers — all nuns wearing full, flowing habits and proper black shoes — were approached by a group of friendly ranch hands who … well, let her tell it. “Some of them proposed marriage to us, saying we would do better by accepting the offer than by going on to Tucson, for we would all be massacred by the Indians.”On Day 3, they were forced to negotiate the Jacumba Mountains on foot.