The fatality rate at North American racetracks that participate in the Equine Injury Database fell in 2025 to its lowest level ever recorded, at 1.07 per 1,000 starts, according to statistics released Tuesday by The Jockey Club, which maintains the database.
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Churchill Downs Inc. has requested a stay of an order issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority requiring the track to pay nearly $5.3 million in unpaid dues and interest, officials of HISA confirmed on Friday.
The Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit will return in 2026 and be held on June 29-30 at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, the sponsors of the conference announced on Wednesday.
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A panel of board members of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has issued a ruling requiring Churchill Downs Inc. to pay approximately $5.3 million in unpaid dues and interest within the next 10 days or lose its ability to send signals from its racetracks to out-of-state locations.
A former employee of the Penn National racing office has been arrested and charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the racetrack, according to records filed by the state police.
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The Florida legislature adjourned its regular 2026 session on Friday without the state Senate taking up a bill that would have allowed Gulfstream Park to decouple its racing and casino licenses, the second straight year that a decoupling measure failed to win approval.
Sam Calvario, who tied for first in the trainer’s standings at the Golden State Racing meeting at Pleasanton in the fall of 2024, was suspended by Santa Anita stewards for an outstanding debt on Feb. 28, according to a published ruling.
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A New York appeals court has sent a nearly four-year-old case involving an overage for a regulated medication in a horse trained by Todd Pletcher back to the New York State Gaming Commission for a new hearing.
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Louis Romanet, the longtime chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities with a long pedigree in racing, died on March 4 at the age of 78, according to organizations with ties to him.
A federal bankruptcy court in Illinois on Tuesday continued a hearing until Wednesday on a motion by Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney, Ill., that is seeking approval for the ability to tap into a $16 million line of credit for a reorganization plan under the protection of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy code, according to officials who attended the hearing.
