The California Horse Racing Board voted unanimously on Monday to approve a multi-point plan implemented by Los Alamitos for enhanced safety and greater veterinary oversight following a series of equine fatalities in recent months.
Curtis Sampson, a Minnesota telecommunications entrepreneur who with his son Randy purchased Canterbury Park and turned the track into a popular local destination, died Thursday, according to the track. He was 87.
Two-year-olds running in Maryland will not be allowed to be administered furosemide within 48 hours of a race through 2023 under an agreement reached between the owner of the state’s Thoroughbred tracks and its horsemen, according to officials for both sides.
Richard Dutrow, the trainer who began serving a 10-year ban handed down by New York regulators in 2013, withdrew his license application to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday after a committee of the commission indicated it would not rule on the application.
Laurel Park in Maryland will no longer allow outside jockeys to compete at its meet, starting with the resumption of racing on Friday, unless the rider self-quarantines for 14 days and tests negative for the novel coronavirus, the track announced Tuesday.
Florent Geroux, who most recently rode at Keeneland in Lexington, Belmont Park in New York, and Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, Ind., has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the top rider said in a social-media post Tuesday morning.
Richard Dutrow, the New York-based former trainer who was banned in 2011 for 10 years by New York regulators, has filed a license application with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and will have the application discussed Tuesday in front of the commission’s License Review Committee.
Gambling devices at Kentucky casinos that provide rich subsidies for racing generated nearly as much handle in June of this year as the same month of last year despite being opened for fewer days and operating at reduced capacity, according to figures tracked by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Keeneland Association, the Central Kentucky not-for-profit company that conducts high-profile race meets and auctions, has barred owner, breeder, and consignor Tom VanMeter from its premises as it conducts a review of VanMeter’s conduct, the association announced Wednesday.
Tom VanMeter, the Central Kentucky owner, breeder, and consignor whose racist comments on social media drew widespread attention Monday, has issued a statement saying that his words were “unjustifiable” and that he is “disgusted” by his actions.
