One of the two lead plaintiffs will drop out of a lawsuit filed earlier this year against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission contesting its decision last year to award a license for a new harness track and casino.
The Experimental Free Handicap, an annual ranking of 2-year-old horses by a theoretical assigned weight, has been discontinued due to “waning relevance and interest,” according to the organization that oversaw the compilation of the list, The Jockey Club.
A Kentucky legislator has introduced a bill that would authorize sports betting at the state’s racetracks and through online services operated by the tracks, but the legislation faces a high hurdle due to odd-year legislative rules.
An industry-funded medication research and advisory group will fund two research projects designed to develop new screening methods for blood-doping drugs and detect a nerve-blocking agent that could be abused in horses, the group announced on Wednesday.
Bryan Pettigrew, the senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship for the Breeders’ Cup since early 2015, has stepped down from the position “to pursue other interests,” according to the organization, which is based in Lexington, Ky.
The number of equine fatalities at California racetracks declined to 138 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, compared to 206 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, according to data released last weekend by the California Horse Racing Board in its annual report.
Kentucky Oaks runner-up Wonder Gadot heads the list of Sovereign Award finalists for the 2018 Canadian champions that was released by the Jockey Club of Canada on Friday.
Apprentice rider Romero Maragh underwent thoracic fusion surgery Friday at Aventura Hospital following a frightening spill the previous day at Gulfstream Park.
A British company that has popularized a cash-out option in multi-race pari-mutuel pools in the United Kingdom has received an operating license in Oregon and hopes to debut the same option for U.S. horseplayers soon, but the effort to implement the practice may set up a test over whether the often staid racing industry is nimble enough to adopt new technologies at a time of rapid change on the national gambling landscape.
The New Jersey Legislature on Thursday passed a bill providing $100 million in subsidies to the state’s Thoroughbred and harness racing industries over the next five years, but only after an amendment was attached to the bill to provide state oversight of the payments' impact.
