Remington Park in Oklahoma City achieved its highest handle day since 1999 during the 67-date meet that closed last Sunday, but it was not enough to keep the track from experiencing a decline in handle for the first time since 2012.
Foul play is not suspected in the death of ex-jockey Garrett Gomez at a Tucson-area casino and hotel on Wednesday, the attorney general of the tribe that runs the casino said on Friday.
The Minnesota Racing Commission on Thursday approved Canterbury Park’s request for a 67-day race meeting during 2017.
Santa Anita has reached an agreement with TVG and Xpressbet that requires the account-wagering companies to pay a greater share of their handle toward purses and to the track on account wagers placed on mobile devices at the track.
Stewards at Turf Paradise have suspended jockey Martin Osuna for six months and recommended that the rider be suspended an additional five years after determining that he used an electrical device during a stakes race for Quarter Horses on Sunday at the Phoenix track.
Super tests will be standard fare during the upcoming meet at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. The Arkansas Racing Commission on Wednesday announced an increase to its drug-testing budget for the 2017 meet at Oaklawn. The added funds will provide for “super tests” on every race run at the track rather than just its graded stakes races.
New York’s Thoroughbred racing industry could take a multi-million dollar hit as the result of a state-approved deal between Genting, the operator of the Resorts World video slots casino at Aqueduct, and financially strapped Nassau County Off-Track Betting Corp.
The Pennsylvania Racing Commission has approved a three-day-a-week winter racing season at Parx. The Bensalem track had been scheduled to close Jan. 10 and reopen March 4.
Trainers in New York must complete four hours of continuing education courses annually in order to maintain their license, under a rule passed Tuesday by the New York State Gaming Commission.
At 74, Nick Alexander took a new job last week. Alexander was elected chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners of California in a unanimous vote of the board of directors. Alexander, a retired auto dealer and active Thoroughbred owner and breeder, replaces Mike Pegram, who served as chairman for six years and will remain a member of the board.
