Najja Thompson, a marketing and communications employee of the New York Racing Association for the past nine years, has been hired to head up the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc., the non-profit organization announced on Tuesday.
Joe Appelbaum, the president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, has been re-elected to a second term, the association announced on Tuesday, along with the election results for its board of directors.
Robert Hess Sr., a fixture among Northern California trainers for decades, died early Saturday of complications resulting from the COVID-19 virus, according to his son, trainer Bob Hess Jr.
Total handle on U.S. races dropped 6.3 percent in November compared to the same month of last year, according to figures released on Friday by Equibase, but the overall decline shrouded a sharp gain in average handle per-race due to a substantial drop in the number of races held in the month.
Woodbine Entertainment announced Friday that the shortened 2020 Thoroughbred meet at Woodbine produced an all-sources handle of $462,041,545, down more than $54 million compared to the 2019 meet handle of $516,189,419.
A medication committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a proposal that would extend the withdrawal time for clenbuterol from 14 days to 21 days and require a horse to test negative for the bronchial dilator before being allowed to race again.
BetMakers, an Australian gambling company with a toehold in the U.S. market, has reached a deal to purchase Sportech, a U.K.-based company that provides bet-processing services to a number of major racetracks and account-wagering companies in the U.S.
Del Mar completed a 15-day autumn meeting with all-sources total handle of $195.9 million, a gain of 33 percent over a 13-day meeting in 2019.
Paul Williams, the chief technology officer at The Stronach Group since 2018, has been made chief executive officer of the company’s new racing technology division, the company announced Friday.
Woodbine Entertainment has announced that Sunday afternoon’s thoroughbred card will be the track's final one of the year. The Ontario government announced Friday that Toronto will enter the province’s gray ‘lockdown’ phase of coronavirus-related restrictions, which allows for training but no horse racing.
