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The Kentucky Derby will continue to “show meaningful growth” in revenue and visibility in the coming years, Churchill’s top executive said on Thursday during a conference call with analysts, despite the company acknowledging in financial statements released on Wednesday night that ticketing revenues declined in 2025.
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Trainer Phil Serpe has been handed a two-year suspension from an arbitrator appointed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit for a clenbuterol positive in a horse he trained that raced in New York in 2024.
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Oaklawn racing secretary Pat Pope said Friday that officials with the Hot Springs, Ark., track are headed to Saratoga next week to recruit stables for the Oaklawn meet that opens in December.
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Steve Kornacki, the NBC News political correspondent and an analyst on the network’s horse racing broadcasts, will deliver a keynote address during the July 31 Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga Springs, the organizer of the conference, The Jockey Club, announced on Thursday.
The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association has waived most registration fees for Florida-bred foals of 2025 for members of the association who are the breeders of record on foal papers, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has suspended the temporary accreditation of a testing laboratory in Pennsylvania and has begun diverting samples that were destined to the lab to another accredited facility in Colorado, the organization announced on Wednesday.
Rep. Dina Titus, a Nevada Democrat, has introduced a bill to the House of Representatives that would erase a provision in a massive tax and spending bill passed by Congress last week that limits offsets for gambling losses.
Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races fell significantly in June compared to the same month last year, but the number of races fell at a slightly higher rate, according to figures released on Friday by Equibase.
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John Harris, whose farm was at the pinnacle of the sport in California, died on Thursday. Harris was 81 and had been in declining health in recent years. His death was announced by the farm late Thursday morning.
The approval on Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives of a massive tax and spending bill that includes a provision limiting gambling-loss offsets may not be as much of a disaster for horse racing and other gambling companies as it appears.
