The 2017 Saratoga meet has gotten out of the gates strong from a business standpoint, with all-sources handle up 6.6 percent for the first four days of the meet compared to last year.
The parent company of Daily Racing Form has been sold to Z Capital Partners, a private equity management company, the two parties announced on Tuesday.
The nomination deadline for the second North American edition of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards is approaching, with the nominations closing Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. Eastern.
The 2018 Southern California racing calendar will be largely unchanged from this year if racing and track executives have their say, according to a 90-minute discussion of the California Horse Racing Board’s dates committee Friday at Del Mar.
Changes to the tax code that would be highly beneficial to horseplayers have been included in a federal document listing regulatory actions expected to be adopted in the future, raising expectations that the amendments will go into effect soon.
Proposed rules on first-time gelding declarations and when claimed horses can leave the state were introduced at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.
Jules Watson, who witnessed the morning developments of such greats as Secretariat and Spectacular Bid during a lifetime of clocking horses, died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in Hallandale Beach, Fla. He was 90.
A safely run racing day more than offset a downward spike in on-track attendance on opening day Wednesday for Joe Harper, Del Mar’s president and chief executive.
The top racing official of The Stronach Group is scheduled to meet on Monday with the owner of two racetrack properties in the Boston area to discuss the possibility of partnering on a Thoroughbred meet at Raynham Park or Brockton Fairgrounds.
There was little joy at the stable of Rusty Arnold following Morticia's course-record performance in the Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday following the death the evening before of longtime employee Armando Cortes.
