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Chris Merz, the former director of racing operations at Canterbury Park in Minnesota and a former racing secretary at Santa Anita Park, has been hired as the executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, the state’s Department of Labor announced on Wednesday.
Through an international exchange program, Cody Watkins, a steward of the British Horseracing Authority, has been appointed the Jockey Club steward at the New York Racing Association tracks, it was announced Wednesday in a press release.
Advanced-deposit wagering has ceased in the state of Michigan after the state’s gambling commission allowed its approval of third-party operators to lapse due to the closure of the state’s last remaining track.
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An agreement between the owner of Gulfstream Park and Florida’s horsemen to jointly support legislation that would allow Gulfstream to continue to operate its casino without any obligations to live racing will allow the track to obtain financing for improvements to the Gulfstream property, according to a top official at the company.
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With Kentucky in the grips of a major winter storm, followed by days of frigid temperatures, Turfway Park has again modified its schedule, cancelling Thursday evening's scheduled card.
Handy Dandy has been disqualified from a win and placed last in a $42,000 race at Del Mar in August after a positive medication test, according to a ruling published on Saturday by Santa Anita stewards.
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Total betting on U.S. races declined 3.35 percent in 2024, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Friday, the third year in a row in which Thoroughbred handle has dropped compared to the year prior.
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The New York Racing Association and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority have reached a settlement on a lawsuit NYRA filed jointly with Churchill Downs Inc. centered on a dispute over the calculation of HISA’s assessments on racetracks, the two companies said on Thursday.
Ray Thomas, who died in late November after a brief illness, was a mainstay at venues throughout California, and especially on the northern circuit at tracks such as Bay Meadows, Golden Gate Fields, and at fair meetings in Ferndale, Fresno, Pleasanton, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Vallejo.
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Flavien Prat, who this year set the record for most graded stakes victories by a jockey in a single year, finished 2024 with $37,274,176 in earnings, easily topping the 2024 rider’s list by purses.
