Horses running in jurisdictions that have put in place regulations allowing for voided claims have shown lower risks of fatal injuries in claiming races than before the rules were enacted, according to an epidemiologist who analyzes data in the Equine Injury Database.
Foal and stallion nominators to the Breeders’ Cup have elected 19 individuals as members, including the former chief executive of the organization, Craig Fravel, according to the organization.
Representatives of Arlington and the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association failed despite lengthy weekend negotiations to agree on a contract that would govern a 2020 racing season at the suburban track, and a summer Thoroughbred race meet here remained in limbo.
Kentucky’s racetrack-owned casinos will be allowed to reopen beginning Monday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday night.
The average field size for a race held in May at U.S. racetracks jumped 21.4 percent this year as horsemen flooded races at tracks that were able to hold live races in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures released by Equibase on Thursday.
Kevin Scheen, a steward in South Florida for the past 15 years, has been hired as the executive director of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Trainers of racehorses should focus on the adaptive changes to bone that occur in response to exercise in order to avoid catastrophic injuries, with a particular focus on those changes that occur when a horse has been returned to training after a long layoff or in older horses that have undergone high levels of training for a prolonged time, according to Dr. Sue Stover, a University of California-Davis professor who is one of the most foremost experts on musculoskeletal injuries in horses.
Philip Fitterer, who spent 30 years working for the Daily Racing Form, died May 27 following a short battle with cancer. He was 79.
Live races from Belmont Park in New York and from the two other tracks operated by the New York Racing Association will not be available on TVG this year for the first time in 20 years, according to officials for both companies.
A Kentucky Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the state’s horsemen’s group that would have barred tracks in the state from writing races in which raceday administrations of Lasix are banned absent a formal ban by the state’s racing commission.
