All-sources handle was down but average daily handle was up at New York Racing Association tracks in 2020, a year when operations were dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former jockey Luis Leon, who went on to work in the jockeys' room as a valet for decades, died Tuesday near San Diego, according to Santa Anita's publicity department, which learned of the death from Leon's son's, David.
It felt like a quiet Hawthorne race meeting that ended Sunday, Dec. 27, but the 2020 fall-winter race meet generated impressive betting numbers compared to the comparable Hawthorne season in 2019.
A federal legislative package including a bill that creates a national regulatory body for racing was signed into law on Sunday night by outgoing President Donald Trump.
Administration of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide, known by the trade name Lasix, will be prohibited within 48 hours of all stakes races conducted at New York Racing Association tracks in 2021, NYRA announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Senate on Monday night approved an omnibus legislative package that included a bill that will establish a national regulatory body for racing beginning in the summer of 2022. The passage of the bill represents the culmination of 10 years of effort by its supporters, a cast of characters that has broadened over the past two years to include most major constituencies in the Thoroughbred industry.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday night urged the state legislature to pass bills in 2021 legalizing sports betting and sanctioning gambling devices in use at state racetracks known as historical horse racing machines.
There is something about the rhythms and dynamics of Hong Kong races that lends considerable advantage to horses based on the circuit, and Golden Sixty, the big local hope for the Group 1, $3.23 million Hong Kong Mile on Sunday at Sha Tin, is no ordinary local hope.
Pennsylvania’s racetracks will be allowed to continue holding live race cards despite an order issued Thursday night by Gov. Tom Wolf for many businesses to sharply curtail their activities to mitigate a resurgence of coronavirus cases in the state.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved new rules further restricting the use of clenbuterol, the bronchial dilator that has been at the center of numerous allegations of abuse for more than a decade.
