A racing medication advisory group has approved recommendations that would limit the use of a class of drugs called bisphosphonates to horses that are at least four years old and that would restrict the use of any non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug to at least 48 hours prior to a race, according to the group, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium.
Bobby Lillis, executive director of the Maryland Horsemen’s Assistance Foundation and director of benefits for the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, has been named as the winner of the Thoroughbred Industry Community Award, it was announced Friday.
An appeal by trainer Marcus Vitali of a one-year suspension handed down by the Delaware Park stewards was postponed from Wednesday until Sept. 4 after the trainer’s attorney requested the delay, according to officials with the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, which will hear the appeal.
Churchill Downs officials on Thursday released the complete qualifying-points schedules toward the 2020 Kentucky Derby and Oaks with no changes from what has become traditional.
The University of Louisville's Equine Industry Program will examine topics including racetrack surfaces and sports betting during a free series of lectures this fall.
Ken Rudulph, one of the original members of TVG’s broadcast team, and Matt Bernier, a former handicapper for Daily Racing Form, have been hired to team up for the network’s “Morning Line” studio show, TVG announced on Thursday.
A high-profile Massachusetts developer has floated a proposal for a casino in the southeastern corner of the state that would also include a one-mile Thoroughbred track, but the project faces significant hurdles.
The Jockey Club has elected six new members, including Gary Barber, who owns a number of horses running in the top classes of racing.
Mountaineer Park in West Chester, W.Va., canceled its race card after four races had been run on Wednesday night due to reports of an active shooter in a town nearby.
An analysis of potential sites for a new casino in Chicago has concluded that tax rates contained in the casino’s enabling legislation would likely make the casino financially unfeasible to private companies, introducing the possibility that the casino may not be built without additional legislation.
