The Permanently Disabled Jockeys' Fund, a non-profit that provides monthly benefits to disabled riders, will hold its first-ever telethon on April 8, with jockeys appearing live on TVG throughout the afternoon and evening to raise money for the charity.
A provision in the New York state budget that would have allowed the New York Racing Association to run at night at Belmont Park in Elmont on Long Island has been taken off the table due to objections from the Standardbred industry, according to sources.
Claude P. Williams, a former columnist for Daily Racing Form who went on to hold key positions at racing commissions in Louisiana and Alabama, died Saturday due to brain injuries suffered in a recent fall.
The Ontario government announced Friday a funding agreement that will give the province’s horse-racing industry $105 million annually for the next 19 years, beginning April 1, 2019.
Warren B. Williamson, the California-based owner and breeder who raced the top-class but ill-fated mare Nashoba’s Key, died several days ago of natural causes following a recent surgery to repair a fractured hip.
The owner of a small non-profit horse-therapy center in Louisville, Ky., has been indicted on charges of devising a scheme to defraud the government, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
The overall fatality rate for Thoroughbred races held in North America in 2017 inched up slightly to 1.61 per 1,000 starts, according to data released on Monday by The Jockey Club.
Tom Benson, a businessman who owned the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans, passed away Thursday at age 90.
Gun Runner and Winx are top-rated horses in the first 2018 listing of the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has said that the state needs to be “open-minded” when considering the legalization of casino-style gambling, according to local newspapers, in his first comments related to the authorization by the legislature last month of slot machine-like devices at Colonial Downs.
