John Signor, who has worked at Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. for 24 years – the last 19 as the company’s president and chief executive officer – announced his retirement in a press release issued by the company Thursday.
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James Gagliano will retire as president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club effective Jan. 1, 2027, it was announced Monday by Everett Dobson, chair of The Jockey Club.
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Arthur Hancock, the operator of a famous Kentucky breeding farm, a member of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and the breeder of the famous 1989 Horse of the Year Sunday Silence, among others, died on Friday at his Kentucky home, his farm and family announced.
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Gary Contessa always had a desire to be on the management side of the racing business. After four decades of training horses, he's getting a chance to live on other side of the fence. Contessa, 68, is working at Canterbury Downs in Minnesota.
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The Wednesday continuation of a Monday hearing regarding Hawthorne Race Course’s bankruptcy did not yield any official action, but it seems more a matter of when and how than if the sale of the Hawthorne property will go through.
Breeders’ Cup has adopted a three-tier structure for its foal nomination fees that will be based on a stallion’s stud fee, the organization announced on Wednesday.
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Greg Maffei, the former head of the operating company for Formula 1 and the co-founder of a company seeking to create a franchise-based racing league, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Jockey Club Round Table.
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A start-up co-founded by the former head of the Formula 1 auto-racing series has announced plans to launch a Thoroughbred league, with 10 teams drafting from a pool of 80 horses purchased by the start-up for races held in 2027.
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Trainer Jena Antonucci will not be suspended for 15 days under a settlement the trainer reached with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority in a case involving a positive test for the regulated painkiller lidocaine in a horse she trained, according to documents related to the case.
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All-sources handle for the Belmont at the Big A spring meet that concluded June 28 was $396,862,961, down 3.9 percent from the $413,005,553 handled last year, according to figures supplied by the New York Racing Association.
