A bill allowing Kentucky racetracks to offer fixed-odds betting on their races to Kentucky residents passed the state legislature late on Wednesday night. The bill also bans The Jockey Club from imposing a cap on the number of mares that can be covered by a stallion.
Equibase has begun adding the full gate-to-wire times of races to its official charts, the company announced on Thursday. The gate-to-wire times include the run-up, which is an often widely varying distance that horses must reach after breaking from the gate before the official time of the race starts.
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The New York Racing Association plans to add signals from top-tier tracks to its daily racing broadcasts on networks associated with FOX and is exploring the creation of a broadcast channel that would provide round-the clock coverage of racing, officials for NYRA said on Wednesday.
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A federal judge in Louisville has ruled that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority violated its enabling legislation when it used a formula that included purses in determining a track’s dues to the organization.
Equibase has changed its formula for assigning ratings to horses in a way that will significantly boost the rating for a horse that breaks its maiden within its first two starts, the company said on Wednesday.
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A national conservation group has secured an option to purchase Golden Gate Fields, the Bay Area racetrack owned by 1/ST Racing and Gaming that closed in 2024. The prospective new owner will seek to convert the 161-acre property into a park and recreational area if the purchase is completed.
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Keeneland is increasing the minimum wager for its superfecta from 10 cents to 50 cents and increasing the minimum for its pick three bets from 50 cents to $1, effective at the beginning of this year’s spring meet on April 3, the track announced on Thursday.
FanDuel TV, the cable network that has broadcast live horse races on a dedicated channel since 1999, will begin to phase out its horse racing studio productions this summer and cease operations as a cable channel at the end of 2027, according to an official familiar with the company’s plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Francisco Mena, who won more than 1,600 races in a career that spanned more than four decades, died on March 18 in a hospital in Rosarito, Mexico, according to his brother, Guillermo.
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Churchill Downs Inc. and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority have reached an agreement to resolve a dispute over dues the racing company owes to the authority, according to a notice posted on HISA’s website and a legal filing by Churchill Downs, both on Tuesday.
