A Kentucky county judge on Wednesday granted a motion sought by a New York investment fund to put all of the assets of Zayat Stables in receivership in response to a lawsuit claiming that the owner of the stable, Ahmed Zayat, defaulted on loans and misrepresented his assets.
The California Horse Racing Board on Wednesday passed a motion that would put in place threshold levels for commonly used painkillers for horses that are conducting training exercises, as part of a suite of new rules intended to reduce injuries and fatalities of horses and address concerns from critics of the sport.
A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 28 to discuss issues surrounding horse racing and a bill that would create a federal framework to regulate the sport, according to the leaders of the committee.
A large chunk of Tuesday's 3 ½-hour Illinois Racing Board meeting centered on a contract dispute between Arlington and the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.
Recommendations contained in a report released Wednesday examining the fatal injury suffered by Mongolian Groom in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic can be implemented at racetracks with far less prestige and personnel than those that host the year-end event, the author of the report, Dr. Larry Bramlage, said on Thursday.
A committee in the Kentucky House of Representatives advanced a bill on Wednesday that would allow sports betting at the state’s racetracks.
He Looks Hot, the survivor of three colic surgeries in the last five years and the winner of the prestigious Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos last month, was named 2019 World Champion Racing Quarter Horse in a ceremony at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City on Wednesday evening.
Equibase, the industry-owned racing data company, has reached an agreement to acquire the timing assets owned by American Teletimer Corporation.
Bricks and Mortar, a leading candidate for 2019 Horse of the Year, has been named the recipient of the Vox Populi Award, an honor created 10 years ago by the late Penny Chenery.
Brad Kimbrell, the longtime head of InCompass Solutions, has retired and will be replaced by Harold Palmer, The Jockey Club announced Tuesday.
