Total handle on the $12 million Pegasus World Cup on Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Florida was $15.68 million when including all multi-race wagers that ended with this race, according to Equibase's official chart.
Bourbon Empire on Friday was announced as an early nominee to the Triple Crown, bringing to 419 the number of nominees at this stage of the process.
Handle at all California racetracks rose by slightly more than 2 percent in 2016, surpassing $3 billion, according to a report announced at Thursday's California Horse Racing Board meeting.
Rene Araya, a multiple stakes-winning trainer on the New York Racing Association circuit, died Thursday in south Florida from complications associated with kidney failure. He was 73.
The Illinois Racing Board, with eight yes votes and one member voting “present,” certified the annual recapture allocation to the state’s racetracks during a regular meeting Tuesday in Chicago. About $11 million earned for purse accounts during 2016 at Illinois tracks was “recaptured” by track operators, while the Tuesday meeting, somewhat ironically, also brought about further discussion of a plan for the IRB itself to help fund purses this year.
Churchill Downs Incorporated on Tuesday named Douglas Shipley as the new president and general manager of Fair Grounds.
Two horses at Turfway Park and one at Keeneland from quarantined barns tested positive for the wild-type strain of the equine herpesvirus.
Just days after he was honored with an Eclipse Award as the champion steeplechase horse of 2016, Rawnaq was pronounced out for the entire 2017 season as the result of an injury he sustained while training for his shot at a $500,000 bonus in March.
The Jockey Club of Canada announced the list of 2016 Sovereign Award finalists on Tuesday, and Conquest Enforcer has a chance to become a Canadian champion in four divisions.
Ten new names are among the 23 separately listed wagering interests for Pool 2 of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens Friday at noon Eastern for a three-day run.
