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All-sources handle at California tracks was down 4 percent this year through August compared to 2024, according to figures announced at the California Horse Racing Board meeting on Sept. 18.
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Colorful owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, who campaigned Eclipse Award champion sprinter Runhappy, is exiting the Thoroughbred industry, citing what he sees as various integrity problems within the sport.
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Total handle on Thoroughbred races at U.S. tracks jumped 3.1 percent in August compared to the same month last year despite a slight drop in the number of races held, according to figures released by Equibase on Friday.
Lucy Young Hamilton, whose family bred and raced the top-class racehorse and sire Storm Cat, has been selected to receive the Dinny Phipps Award by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, the organization announced on Wednesday.
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Shivananda Parbhoo, who trained Trinniberg, the winner of the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, has been suspended for two years by the Horseracing Integrity and Wagering Unit after a horse he trained tested positive for clenbuterol, according to an arbiter’s ruling.
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Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, generated record handle for the third year in a row during its recently completed summer meet, according to an analysis conducted by Daily Racing Form, continuing an upward swing since the track was purchased by Churchill Downs Inc. in the fall of 2022.
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The New York Gaming Commission on Monday unanimously approved a rule that will allow nearly all horses with shared ownership in New York to run uncoupled for wagering purposes.
The fatality rate for horses racing at tracks under the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority during the second quarter of 2025 was 1.24 per 1,000 starts, up significantly over the record low rate set during the second quarter of 2024.
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Stewards at Belterra Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, have issued a one-year suspension to the track’s leading rider after reviewing a race last week in which the jockey finished second on the 7-10 favorite. Albin Jimenez, who has 81 wins at the current Belterra meet, almost double the next leading rider, was issued the suspension following a Friday meeting with stewards.
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Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., which opens its seven-day, all-turf meet on Thursday, will be using a new vendor for its race-timing that will be accurate to within one-hundredth of a second while simultaneously collecting data on horse’s strides, officials said on Monday.
