The owners of a building in downtown Louisville who have ties to previous offtrack betting locations in Kentucky have received approval to open a simulcasting parlor at the property as an adjunct of Churchill Downs.
The owner of Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in West Virginia has reached an agreement to sell the operating assets of the track and two other casinos to Century Casinos, a publicly traded company that owns two racetracks and an account-wagering company in Canada, the two principals have announced.
Canadian owner and Hall-of-Famer Gustav Schickedanz died on Monday at home in Schomberg, Ontario, at 90.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission at a meeting on Tuesday in Florence approved the sale of Ellis Park to a New Mexico-based company that has pledged to invest approximately $60 million in the track and its casino facility over the next two years.
Veteran jockey Richard Bracho remains in Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia following a one-horse spill in the fourth race at Parx on Sunday.
Three equine health organizations have released a request for proposals for research projects focusing on the use of bisphosphonates, a class of drugs that began to be used in racing within the last five years that have drawn attention because of the potential for deleterious, long-term impacts on bone health.
The city of Baltimore has withdrawn a lawsuit seeking the condemnation of Pimlico Race Course and the transfer of the track's assets, including the rights to the Preakness Stakes, according to the parties involved.
A bill has been introduced in the Senate that is nearly identical to legislation already introduced in the House of Representatives that would create a national structure for horse-racing regulation, according to a supporter of the bill.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, which conducts federal lobbying efforts on behalf of a broad spectrum of Thoroughbred racing constituencies, will now lobby in support of a federal bill that would ban the slaughter of horses in the United States.
The New York Gaming Commission on Monday issued its final approval for a set of regulations that will govern sports betting at four upstate casinos that were authorized in 2013, paving the way for sports betting in the state by later this year.
