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NYRA raises jockey mount fees for its racetracks
Riders at New York Racing Association tracks will begin receiving slightly higher fees for losing rides as of Feb. 1 under a new three-year deal on mount fees.
Matt HegartyJan 29, 2025
Riders at New York Racing Association tracks will begin receiving slightly higher fees for losing rides as of Feb. 1 under a new three-year deal on mount fees.
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Kevin Lavin, a partner in an insurance firm specializing in equine policies whose family has long been involved in racing, has been named the chair of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, the organization announced on Tuesday.
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Total handle on Saturday's 13-race Gulfstream card, which featured the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes and seven other stakes races, was down 11.4 percent compared to betting on the same card last year.
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The group representing trainers and owners at Gulfstream Park in Florida has begun to “reassess” its position regarding Gulfstream’s plans to support legislation that would remove a statutory requirement to hold live racing in order to continue to operate its casino, the group said in a statement released on Friday afternoon.
2024 Eclipse Awards: Thorpedo Anna, Sierra Leone, Chad Brown, and more.
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The New York Racing Association will support a measure in the governor’s proposed budget that would use penny breakage for all payouts on bets at New York racetracks
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After a one-year absence from the podium, Southern California-based horses could win anywhere from two to five Eclipse Awards on Thursday when Thoroughbred racing's champions for 2024 are announced at a black-tie ceremony held at the Breakers Palm Beach, a resort in South Florida.
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Veteran jockey Paco Lopez, who was issued an indefinite suspension in early December by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority for striking a horse after a race, will be allowed to return to riding as of Jan. 23, HISA said on Saturday morning.
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A representative of the parent company of Gulfstream Park in Florida told the track’s horsemen on Wednesday that live racing would continue at the track for the next three years provided the horsemen supported the company’s effort to pass legislation allowing it to continue to operate a casino at the property without a statutory live-racing requirement, according to multiple trainers who attended the closed-door meeting.
Churchill Downs Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan Gaming Control Board alleging that the regulator is illegally blocking its ability to take bets from the state’s residents through its account-wagering subsidiary.