Glenn DiSanto, a longtime owner, breeder and trainer and one of the most well-liked horsemen on the backstretch of New York Racing Association tracks, died Saturday after a long bout with cancer. He was 62.
Steve Crist, the recently retired former editor and publisher of the Daily Racing Form, has written an article for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association supporting proposed changes to tax rules that would be highly beneficial to horseplayers.
A strain of the equine herpesvirus continues to spread rampantly among the horse population at Fair Grounds, but the virus has so far proven very mild and is not related to a more serious herpesvirus infection that killed one horse in late December at Fair Grounds and infected a second horse in the same barn.
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.
