The disqualification of a horse trained by Graham Motion in the 2015 Bewitch Stakes at Keeneland Racecourse became official this week when the state’s Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal of an aspect of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s handling of the case.
Jockey Javier Castellano, who last rode on March 15 at Gulfstream Park in Florida, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a message posted on Twitter by his agent on Thursday.
Two days of hearings scheduled this week by the New York State Gaming Commission to discuss the possibility of revoking or suspending the license of trainer Linda Rice have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
An arraignment scheduled for Monday afternoon for many of the defendants in indictments unsealed two weeks ago alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to dope racehorses has been canceled due to coronavirus and has not been rescheduled, according to documents in the case.
Robert Manfuso, a mainstay of the Maryland racing and breeding industry who at one time held an ownership stake in the state’s tracks, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 82.
The Louisiana State Racing Commission on Friday ordered Evangeline Downs in Opelousas and all other racetracks in the state to continue to allow horses to be stabled on their backstretches for at least the next 30 days.
Laurel Park in Maryland on Thursday closed its backstretch to all shippers other than horses stabled at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and will scratch all horses that are stabled at other tracks for the race cards scheduled for Friday and Saturday, the state’s horsemen group said in an alert to its members.
A bill that will allow Maryland to use casino subsidies flowing to racing in order to fund renovations at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course in Maryland has been sent to the state’s governor after it passed a final procedural hurdle in the state’s House of Representatives on Wednesday
Cathy Dwyer dies this past weekend in New Port Richey, Fla., after a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer. Dwyer, 65, was the longtime simulcast director at Tampa Bay Downs and, most recently, the director of operations at Premier Turf Club.
Total handle on races held at U.S. racetracks from Friday to Sunday was $132.1 million, down 4.9 percent compared with the closest calendar weekend from last year, but per race handle was up 13.9 percent due to a large drop in the number of races held, according to an analysis of racing metrics conducted by Daily Racing Form.
