Betting on the five Breeders’ Cup races held on Friday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., was down 10.0 percent compared to the five races held on the first day of the event last year at Santa Anita in Southern California, according to charts of the races.
Andrew Byrnes, the longtime stakes coordinator for the New York Racing Association, testified Wednesday at a New York State Gaming Commission hearing that he personally returned an envelope that contained a monetary gift from trainer Linda Rice.
Total wagering on horse races held in the U.S. in the month of October once again climbed by double digits, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase, the third time in the last four months that betting has climbed significantly compared to the same month last year.
Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer who is currently facing potential penalties for four medication violations over the past seven months, released a statement Wednesday morning pledging to “raise the bar and set the standard for equine safety and rule compliance” in his barn operations.
Lawmakers in both houses of the New Jersey legislature have introduced bills that would formally authorize fixed-odds wagering on horse races, according to racing officials in the state.
Churchill Downs is planning to run next year’s Kentucky Derby on its traditional date on the first Saturday of May, but the track is currently limiting ticket sales to 40 percent to 50 percent of reserved-seating capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company’s chief executive said Thursday.
A working group of horse racing constituencies in seven states along the eastern seaboard will push to ban the use of the bronchial dilator clenbuterol without a prescription from the horse’s veterinarian and approval from regulatory authorities, the group said on Tuesday.
Jockey Carlos Hernandez was injured in an automobile accident near Monmouth Park on Saturday night following the closing-day card at the Oceanport, N.J., track, according to his agent John Salamone.
A group of racing companies seeking changes to racing rules and protocols has ratified eight new goals, a number of which pertain to oversight and regulation of horses while training.
The 2021 Thoroughbred racing calendar in Southern California will closely resemble schedules from 2014 through 2019, with racing at Los Alamitos in September, a two-month summer season preceded by an open week at Del Mar similar to this year, and the bulk of the racing dates at Santa Anita.
