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.
Charles “Stormy” Bidwell Jr., a member of an influential sporting family from Chicago and the former owner and president of Chicago’s defunct Sportsman’s Park, died on Nov. 3 in Northfield, Illinois, according to his family and news reports. Bidwell Jr. was 97.
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Total commingled wagering on Thoroughbred races at U.S. racetracks in October rose 9 percent compared to the same month last year, but the result was heavily skewed by the inclusion this year of the Breeders’ Cup’s Friday card on Oct. 31.
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Total commingled betting on the nine Breeders’ Cup races held on Saturday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Southern California was up 6 percent compared to wagering on the same nine races last year.
