Two committees of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday morning unanimously approved proposed rules that would limit the use of the whip at racetracks in the state, according to participants in the meeting.
The Louisiana Racing Commission on Friday approved the transfer of 10 Quarter Horse dates from Fair Grounds to Evangeline Downs as part of a plan to run 39 total Quarter Horse dates at Evangeline.
Parx racetrack in Bensalem, Penn., plans to reopen on June 22 provided the racing commission can bring back employees to provide regulatory personnel following a four-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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.
