Bob Fortus, a longtime turf writer and editor for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, died Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge, La., as a result of complications from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a car March 29 near his home in New Orleans.
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Mike Farrell of The Associated Press on Wednesday was named the winner of the Bill Handleman Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of the 2018 Haskell Invitational.
Gainesway Farm’s Antony Beck and Airdrie Stud’s Bret Jones have been re-elected as directors of the Breeders’ Cup board, and Alan Cooper, an official with the Niarchos family’s Thoroughbred operation, has been added to the board, the organization announced on Thursday.
The Empire State Development Corporation of New York on Monday approved an environmental impact statement for the construction of a hockey arena for the New York Islanders at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, clearing a hurdle toward the ultimate groundbreaking on the project.
Dr. Jennifer Durenberger, currently the chief examining veterinarian for the New York Racing Association, has been appointed to succeed Jim Edwards as the Jockey Club steward at NYRA tracks.
The two horses in isolation at Delaware Park were both doing well Saturday, according to John Mooney, the executive director of racing at Delaware Park.
The horse-racing industry in Ontario has been looking for stable footing since the lucrative slots-at-racetracks program was canceled by the provincial government in 2013. After several years of uncertainty, the industry's long-term funding agreement with the province went into effect April 1. The Ontario government will give the industry $105 million annually for the next 19 years to fund racing operations, capital improvements, purse enhancements, and administration.
All-sources handle nationwide fell 7 percent in June to $991 million, contributing to a decline of 3 percent in handle in the second quarter, according to data released Thursday by Equibase.
Two national horsemen’s organizations issued a joint statement Thursday addressing the ongoing case of Jerry Hollendorfer.
Dr. Mary Scollay, the equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, has been hired as the next executive director and chief operating officer of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC), the organization announced Tuesday.
