Breeders’ Cup will not award automatic entries to its races or qualifying points to horses in graded stakes this year if the races are not run with bans on the raceday administration of Lasix, the organization announced Wednesday.
A Kentucky House committee on Wednesday morning overwhelmingly approved a bill sanctioning a type of gambling device currently in use at a number of racetracks, setting the stage for a final vote on the House floor.
A divided Kentucky state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would sanction electronic gambling devices that are currently in use at most of the state’s racetracks, providing a measure of relief to the state’s racing industry.
Dr. Jeff Blea, a Southern California racetrack practitioner for the last 28 years, will serve as the California Horse Racing Board’s equine medical director in July after the planned retirement of Dr. Rick Arthur, the CHRB announced on Monday.
Knicks Go got the green light to travel across the world for the Feb. 20 Saudi Cup after working Saturday at Fair Grounds and showing trainer Brad Cox and his team that he’s up for the trip.
Marshall Cassidy, the voice of the New York Racing Association from 1979-1990, died in his sleep Sunday at his home in Saratoga. He was 75.
Due to an expected snowstorm, Aqueduct will move Sunday’s card to Monday, the New York Racing Association announced Saturday.
Total wagering on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. tracks jumped nearly 10 percent in January compared to the same month in 2020 despite a six percent drop in races held, according to figures released by Equibase on Thursday.
Churchill Downs Inc. has filed a suit against Thoroughbred Owners of California seeking to block the organization’s invocation of a state law that would put the two sides in binding arbitration over the amount that Churchill’s account-wagering company pays to Thoroughbred interests in the state.
For the third time in five years, Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement to buy back an enormous bloc of shares from a company controlled by the Duchossois family, the former owner of Arlington Park near Chicago.
