Jockeys seeking to ride on opening day at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington on Oct. 2 will need to receive a COVID-19 test from the racetrack on Sept. 29, the track announced on Tuesday.
The Monday announcement by Sen. Mitch McConnell that he supports federal legislation seeking to unify medication rules across the United States was unquestionably a major coup for those who support the bill. But despite grand talk of a consensus on the bill at the Monday conference, there remains strong pockets of resistance to the legislation throughout the racing industry.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the powerful U.S. Senate Majority Leader from Kentucky, will support efforts to pass legislation sought by some racing constituencies that would attempt to put in place uniform medication regulations across the country, McConnell said Monday.
Quarter Horse trainer John Buchanan died Friday in Ruidoso, N.M., a little more than a week before his stable puts leading runners in two major stakes at Ruidoso Downs.
A U.S. appeals court has upheld a ruling that disallowed judicial review of the stewards’ decision to disqualify Maximum Security from first place in the 2019 Kentucky Derby.
The dates committee for the California Horse Racing Board met for two hours Wednesday, but did not reach a final proposal for 2021 racing dates. Racing board vice-chairman Oscar Gonzales, who directs the dates committee, plans to make a presentation to the board on Thursday reviewing Wednesday’s meeting. Gonzales said the dates committee would not recommend a 2021 calendar until September at the earliest.
The New York Racing Association can continue to operate without facing viability concerns or deep cuts to its operations and purses through at least the first half of 2021 under current conditions, top officials for the association told a state oversight board Tuesday.
The members of The Jockey Club have voted in Larry Bramlage and William S. Farish Jr. to the organization’s 10-person Board of Stewards, the organization announced Tuesday.
The California Horse Racing Board’s dates committee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday via teleconference to discuss proposals recently submitted by some racetracks and the Thoroughbred Owners of California. On Thursday, the full racing board is scheduled to meet via teleconference and could act on racing dates, or defer the subject to a future meeting.
The North American Thoroughbred racing industry should seriously consider scrapping the widespread use of claiming races and replace the system with one that assigns ratings to horses, a top racing official said Sunday at The Jockey Club’s virtual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing.
