The Jockey Club will explore the possibility of becoming a buyer of last resort for failing racetracks while also potentially providing funding grants to existing tracks to upgrade their facilities and high-definition broadcasting capabilities, the organization’s top official said at the close of the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing on Sunday in Saratoga Springs.
The Jockey Club is predicting a steady North American Thoroughbred foal crop in 2019.
An updated analysis of the racing industry's economic metrics and current trends will provide the main course at the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, scheduled for Sunday morning at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Florida racing regulators have denied a license to the trainer Ralph Ziadie, citing a string of medication positives over the past six years.
An appeal by the trainer Richard Dutrow to the New York Gaming Commission seeking the reopening of the case that led to his 10-year ban in 2011 was rejected in large part because the trainer did not present any new evidence that would challenge his admission of culpability.
The U.S. racing industry should seek to raise its profile in the gambling market by piggybacking on the expected growth of sports wagering in the future, an array of speakers said at the Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming law conference on Tuesday in Saratoga Springs.
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame plans to raise $20 million to fund a massive renovation of its exhibit area to create a “truly transforming” interactive experience, said the Hall's president, John Hendrickson.
Two officials from the consulting group McKinsey & Co. will discuss updated figures from their analysis of the racing industry during the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, according to the organizer of the annual conference, The Jockey Club.
If the applications filed with the Illinois Racing Board by Illinois racetracks for 2019 racing dates are a guide – and they almost certainly are – the state’s racing schedule next year will look almost exactly like those in 2017 and 2018.
The Virginia Racing Commission on Tuesday heard comments from more than three dozen people who asked to speak about the commission’s proposed regulations of gambling devices that could be in operation as early as next year at racing facilities in the state.
