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.
Average daily all-sources handle for this year's Belmont Park spring/summer meet was $10,917,735, down 8.8 percent compared to the 2018 figure of $11,967,486, according to numbers provided by the New York Racing Association.
Churchill Downs and Keeneland have submitted proposed rule changes to a Kentucky regulatory body seeking a limited phase-out of the raceday use of the anti-bleeding medication Lasix and restrictions on the use of other therapeutic medications, according to officials for the tracks.
Trainer Marcus Vitali has been suspended a year by the stewards at Delaware Park after track security and witnesses alleged that they observed the trainer removing a substance from a dorm that was being searched, according to Delaware racing officials.
