Sam Houston Race Park in Houston has postponed its seven opening-weekend stakes races due to the equine herpesvirus outbreak at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, the track announced Friday.
Horses entered in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park in Florida will be subjected to additional security and testing requirements that are similar to those that have been put in place for other major racing events, Gulfstream announced on Friday.
Horses shipping into Turfway Park are being confined to the receiving barn following positive tests for the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) at the HighPointe Training Center near LaGrange, Ky.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has launched a page on its website allowing people to send comments to the IRS and U.S. Department of Treasury supporting proposed amendments to the tax code that would be favorable to horseplayers.
The board of directors of the Finger Lakes Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association has given Delaware North, the operators of the racino, permission to resume simulcast wagering as of Jan. 11.
The parent company of Woodbine Racecourse near Toronto, Ontario has shut down its multi-card television channel which provided live racing coverage in the province, citing declining viewership and increasing costs.
Total wagering on races held at Gulfstream Park and Gulfstream Park West at Calder Race Course in 2016 was a record $1.51 billion, up 13 percent compared with the total wagering on the tracks’ races last year.
The trainer Ron Ellis will not be allowed to enter any horses in the 2017 Breeders’ Cup under a formal adoption of a sanction by Breeders’ Cup on Tuesday regarding a positive test for a trace amount of an anabolic steroid after the Ellis-trained Masochistic finished second in the 2016 Sprint.
Sheldon Robbins, who was part of the ownership team that was honored with a Special Eclipse Award for its effort to put on the Arlington Million less than four weeks following a fire that destroyed the track’s grandstand, died on Monday of cancer. Robbins was 78.
Total handle on races at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course in Maryland last year was up 19.7 percent from 2015, while in-state handle for the year jumped 18.4 percent, according to figures released Monday by the owner of the tracks.
