Churchill Downs Inc. has asked Florida gambling regulators to determine how many jai alai performances it would need to conduct in order to retain its licenses to operate slot machines at its Calder Race Course and Casino in Miami.
The parent company of Daily Racing Form has launched a publication focused on sports betting, DRF Sports Form, with plans to distribute additional issues each week both in print and digital form, the company announced.
Marty McGee, a longtime racing reporter for Daily Racing Form, has been selected to receive the Walter Haight Award for career excellence in turf writing by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters.
John Asher, whose love for horse racing and the Kentucky Derby steered him away from a highly successful career in radio and made him the lead spokesman for Churchill Downs as vice president of communications, died suddenly Monday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 62.
The New York Racing Association didn’t need a Triple Crown winner to have record business on Travers Day.
Santa Anita is proceeding with plans to build 800 stalls on a parking lot adjacent to the racetrack, officials told the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday.
The Southern California Thoroughbred schedule will be largely unchanged in 2019, but the Northern California schedule, particularly July and August, remains unresolved, according to discussions during an hour-long meeting of the California Horse Racing Board’s dates committee on Wednesday.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association has named eFive Racing, Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, Rockingham Ranch, and the partnership of Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm as the finalists for the TOBA National Owner of the Year.
A three-hour symposium on sports betting and its impact on horse racing has been scheduled for the afternoon of Sept. 6 at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky., the organizers of the conference announced on Tuesday.
Breeders' Cup plans to offer parimutuel future wagering on several of the races Nov. 2-3 at Churchill Downs, according to multiple racing officials with knowledge of the plans.
