The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will conduct a “comprehensive” review of the policies that limit horses in training and racing when they are placed on the Veterinarians' or Stewards' Lists, with a goal of updating the policies by the end of 2026, HISA announced on Monday.
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Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, British Columbia, will no longer conduct live race meets, the track announced on Friday night, a decision hastened by a move last week by the provincial government to cease applying casino subsidies to the racing operation.
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Handle on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. tracks during the month of November dropped nearly 8 percent compared to the same month last year, according to figures released by Equibase on Friday. The decline was heavily impacted by a quirk of the calendar and a sharp drop in races held.
The racing related fatality rate at tracks under the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority in the third quarter of this year was 1.02 per 1,000 starts, which is is in line with recent long-term trends.
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Total betting and average betting per race climbed significantly at the recently concluded Churchill Downs fall meet, with figures benefiting from a nearly 50 percent increase in turf races, according to an analysis by Daily Racing Form.
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A commission set up by New York to study locations for full-fledged casinos in the New York City metropolitan area on Monday recommended that Resorts World Casino adjacent to Aqueduct racetrack receive one of the available licenses.
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Trainer Danny Gargan, best known for winning the 2024 Belmont Stakes with Dornoch, will begin serving a 10-day suspension on Dec. 7 after acknowledging that he worked a horse within a stand-down period that is required for horses that receive joint injections.
FedEx, the only company providing cross-country flights for Thoroughbreds, said in a statement on Thursday that its chartering services would likely resume after Jan. 1 following an extended pause in horse shipping for inspections of its fleet.
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Officials for the New York Racing Association and the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association on Friday publicly acknowledged at a state legislative hearing that they have so far been unable to agree on the number of racing dates that should be run over the next two years at NYRA’s tracks.
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An arbitrator hearing a case involving a high concentration of the banned substance cobalt has handed down a mandatory two-year suspension to trainer Antonio Meraz while raising questions about the “fairness and proportionality” of the penalty.
