The Breeders’ Cup board on Thursday decided to keep the organization’s two-day event this year at Santa Anita Park in Southern California, despite the controversy that has enveloped the track for the past four months due to criticism over a spate of horse deaths at the facility.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Wednesday giving the California Horse Racing Board the authority to suspend a race meeting on short notice for issues related to equine safety.
AmWager, a small Kentucky-based account-wagering company, has launched two new options for its customers that were developed by the British betting company Colossus, including a feature allowing players to cash-out of multi-leg wagers on overseas races prior to all the races in the series being run.
Ontario Racing has announced a $2.375 million bonus program as part of the 2019 Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP).
The Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen alleging that his multi-state operation shortchanged workers in New York, according to the complaint.
By 11 a.m. Sunday, three horse vans were parked outside of trainer Jerry Hollendorfer’s stable at Santa Anita, waiting to transport the 46-horse stable to Los Alamitos about 30 miles away.
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was ordered to vacate his 46 stalls on the Santa Anita backstretch within 72 hours by track management on Saturday, hours after the stable’s American Currency suffered a fatal injury in a workout, Hollendorfer said.
Officials of Arizona Downs in Prescott Valley told horsemen on Thursday that this Sunday’s card will be the last of the meet, according to a trainer present at the meeting, a statement confirmed later on Friday by the track’s general manager and through a press release issued by the track.
Hall of Fame jockey Randy Romero, who has suffered with kidney and liver disease for years, is under hospice care at his home in Lafayette, La.
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ordered that a case involving the legality of machines that have proved lucrative to Kentucky racetracks and horsemen be moved to its domain.
