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.
The Louisiana Racing Commission has pulled back from adopting rules that would have sharply restricted the reasons that owners could void a claim after receiving significant pushback from national organizations.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Tuesday released a tranche of proposed new rules for public comment and review, including a major modification of rules it suspended late last year requiring immediate suspensions of trainers facing violations for banned drugs.
The Racetrack Television Network will again offer a livestream of the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing this year, with all proceeds from subscriptions going toward the university’s Race Track Industry Program.
Metformin, a banned drug in horse racing that is an ingredient in commonly prescribed medications to treat diabetes in humans, will be subjected to a higher threshold level before being called as a positive under a proposed new rule for the sport, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
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Total handle, handle per race, and average purse per race were all up at the recently concluded meet at Horseshoe Indianapolis in Shelbyville, Indiana, according to an analysis by Daily Racing Form.
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The Maryland Jockey Club announced Thursday that it has received approval from the Maryland Racing Commission to conduct 120 days of live racing at Laurel Park in 2026. Mirroring this year’s racing calendar, races will be run at the track from January to June and will resume in September after a summer hiatus.
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Average viewership for the live broadcasts of Breeders’ Cup races on the Saturday, Nov. 1 card at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club was up 6 percent compared to the Saturday races last year, according to NBC, the broadcast partner of Breeders’ Cup.
