Itay Fisher named CEO of Sports Information Group LLC
Sports Information Group LLC, the parent company of Daily Racing Form, announced Monday that Itay Fisher has been appointed as its chief executive officer.
DRF StaffDec 09, 2019
Sports Information Group LLC, the parent company of Daily Racing Form, announced Monday that Itay Fisher has been appointed as its chief executive officer.
The largest racing conference in the United States will get under way next week in Tucson, Ariz., at a time when racing is facing an inflection point in its modern history.
Steve Asmussen will receive a stay of a 30-day suspension recently handed down by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for two positives for a regulated sedative while he appeals the penalty, according to the commission's executive director.
All-sources wagering at the Churchill Downs fall meet that ended Sunday averaged $5.02 million per card, which is slightly less than what was handled in 2017, the last time a Breeders' Cup was not held here.
The mutuel field, the 24th or “all others” option, closed as usual as a decisive favorite in Pool 1 of the 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which closed Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern after a four-day wagering window.
Richard Ury, a second-generation horseman who rode and trained Thoroughbreds in his 20s and 30s, died Friday in Hot Springs, Ark. He was 84.
Koa, a 3-year-old gelding who had finished second in an upper-level allowance sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 14, was euthanized on Saturday morning after being injured in a workout, track officials reported.
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council, an offshoot of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, on Monday voted in favor of a proposal to phase out some raceday administrations of the anti-bleeding medication Lasix.
Trainer Brian Lynch has been suspended 30 days and fined $500 after one of his horses, Into a Hot Spot, tested positive for a Class B medication following a victory in a $20,000 maiden-claiming race on May 16 at Churchill Downs.
Bolstered by revenues from electronic gambling devices, purses on the Kentucky circuit have soared over the past two years, to levels surpassing the average purses at California and comparable to purses at New York tracks for most of the year.