Robert Dupret Derby at Santa Rosa fails to fill, rescheduled for Sunday
The $50,000 Robert Dupret Derby at Santa Rosa did not attract enough horses to be run as scheduled on Saturday and has been rescheduled for Sunday.
Chuck DybdalAug 08, 2019
The $50,000 Robert Dupret Derby at Santa Rosa did not attract enough horses to be run as scheduled on Saturday and has been rescheduled for Sunday.
With the disqualification of Maximum Security from first place in this year’s Kentucky Derby still fresh in the industry’s mind, issues surrounding the criteria currently used by North American stewards for disqualifications was the subject of two presentations on Tuesday afternoon at the Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law conference, with both officials arguing urgently for change, if from different angles.
New York’s five remaining off-track betting corporations can survive as legitimate racing outlets but only if the state continues to remove restrictions on their business practices and the corporations cooperate more fully with each other and with the state’s dominant racetrack operator, speakers at the annual Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law said on Tuesday.
Roger Ramey, a longtime advocate of racing and gambling in West Virginia, died on Thursday morning at his home in Winchester, Va., according to a former employer. Ramey was 85.
Churchill Downs Inc. plans to build a hotel and a casino at its Louisville track, according to its chief executive officer, with details of the project to be announced later this year.
The Jockey Club will deny stud book privileges beginning next year to Janine and Warren Winslow, two Texas-based owners and trainers.
Churchill Downs Inc. had net income of $107.1 million in the second quarter of 2019, up slightly from net income of $103.1 million in the second quarter of last year, while posting gains in revenue from its flagship track during Kentucky Derby week, according to financial statements released on Wednesday after the close of trading.
This year's Jockey Club Round Table is scheduled for Aug. 11 at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The annual conclave is generally considered a bellwether event for the issues confronting the racing industry, and this year's conference will be held in the midst of a public-relations crisis brought on by criticism of the industry's record on the safety of horses due to a spate of equine fatalities at Santa Anita earlier this year.
Charles Town will increase its purses by approximately 17 percent beginning Aug. 8 as the result of legislation that will return money to the track that was diverted to the West Virginia workers' compensation program in the mid-2000s.
Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone has been named the 16th winner of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Award, which honors those who have served racing with “integrity, extraordinary dedication, determination and distinction,” it was announced by Del Mar on Saturday.