Keeneland has reached a deal with Sky Sports Racing in Britain that will give the company exclusive rights to the track’s racing signal and its sales broadcasts in the U.K. for the next three years, Keeneland officials said on Wednesday.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has elevated its chief veterinarian, Dr. Bruce Howard, to the position of interim equine medical director as it continues to search for a replacement for Dr. Mary Scollay.
All-sources handle at the September meet that ended Sunday at Churchill Downs averaged more than $4.85 million per card, up 17.6 percent over the corresponding 2018 meet, according to figures released Monday by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
Several familiar faces – both of the four- and two-legged variety – will be in action at The Retired Racehorse Project's Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, this week at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky.
Emtech, a 3-year-old colt, sustained a fatal injury to his right foreleg in a one-horse spill in the stretch of Saturday’s eighth race at Santa Anita, according to a statement released by the track.
David Pettinger, a retired jockey whose brother, Don Pettinger, followed him into race riding, died Sunday in Eads, Colo., according to family members. He was 66.
A Florida state appeals court has ruled that Churchill Downs Inc. can convert its racing license at Calder Race Course in Miami to a jai-alai license without losing the ability to operate slot machines at the property.
Equibase, the industry’s racing and breeding database, has restored its website’s capabilities to nearly 100 percent following attacks that began last late week that shut down some of the site’s services, according to company officials.
Edward “E.T.” Baird’s jockey’s license has been revoked by stewards at Arlington. In an official ruling dated Sept. 13, 2019, Baird was cited for violation of Illinois Racing Board rule 508.30 B, whereby a licensed individual is to be suspended for refusing to submit to a stewards’ request to take a breathalyzer test.
The Illinois Racing Board declined to issue a 2020 Illinois racing schedule during its annual dates award meeting Tuesday, voting unanimously to reconvene Tuesday, Sept. 24 after giving Churchill Downs Inc. an opportunity to reconsider the possibility of turning Arlington International Racecourse into a racino.
