Dobson elected chairman of The Jockey Club
The board of stewards of The Jockey Club has formally elected Everett R. Dobson as its next chairman, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Matt HegartyJul 30, 2025
The board of stewards of The Jockey Club has formally elected Everett R. Dobson as its next chairman, the organization announced on Wednesday.
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Marc Holliday, the chairman of the New York Racing Association, and Bret Jones, the president of Airdrie Stud in Central Kentucky, have been elected as stewards of The Jockey Club, the organization announced on Monday.
Thistledown racetrack outside of Cleveland canceled the remainder of its Monday race card after a horse broke down in the first race, one week after the track experienced problems with its racing surface that caused a week-long shutdown of live racing.
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Santa Anita will run 22 stakes at its fall meeting from Sept. 26 to Oct. 26, with lower prize money available in four races compared to last year.
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Humerto Ascanio, former assistant to Bobby Frankel, died on Tuesday at his home in Arcadia, Calif., from the effects of another stroke suffered in 2024 and dementia, according to his son, Matthew Ascanio.
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Gabby Gaudet, one of the most familiar on-camera presences in Thoroughbred racing, is taking her talents to Lexington. Gaudet, who has been an on-air analyst and reporter at FanDuel TV and the New York Racing Association for most of the past decade, has been hired as the Director of Communications at Keeneland, the racetrack and sales company in the heart of horse country, Keeneland announced on Thursday.
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The Kentucky Derby will continue to “show meaningful growth” in revenue and visibility in the coming years, Churchill’s top executive said on Thursday during a conference call with analysts, despite the company acknowledging in financial statements released on Wednesday night that ticketing revenues declined in 2025.
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Trainer Phil Serpe has been handed a two-year suspension from an arbitrator appointed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit for a clenbuterol positive in a horse he trained that raced in New York in 2024.
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Oaklawn racing secretary Pat Pope said Friday that officials with the Hot Springs, Ark., track are headed to Saratoga next week to recruit stables for the Oaklawn meet that opens in December.
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Steve Kornacki, the NBC News political correspondent and an analyst on the network’s horse racing broadcasts, will deliver a keynote address during the July 31 Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga Springs, the organizer of the conference, The Jockey Club, announced on Thursday.