An industry-funded racing organization has granted full accreditation to the drug-testing laboratory that is required by law to be used for horse racing taking place in New York State, the organization said on Friday.
Jockey Edwin Maldonado will miss three to six months of riding as the result of seven broken ribs and a collapsed lung sustained in a training accident at Del Mar last Sunday, according to his friend, jockey Alex Jimenez.
Parx Racing will add 10 days to its racing schedule this year, pending approval of the Pennsylvania Racing Commission, according to track officials and Mike Ballezzi, executive director of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.
All-sources handle at the Ellis Park meet that ended Monday was up 9.2 percent, while ontrack handle was down marginally due in part to weather extremes early in the 30-day meet, officials at the western Kentucky track reported this week.
The Jockey Club has elected four new members, the organization announced on Tuesday, including the new president of Claiborne Farm in Central Kentucky.
Wagering on races held at U.S. racetracks dropped 9.4 percent in August when compared with the same month last year, according to figures released by Equibase on Monday, but the comparison was weakened by a surfeit of weekend dates in August of last year.
Mike Zwiesler, who was a trainer and assistant for Lane’s End Farm during a lengthy and distinguished career working with Thoroughbreds, died early Saturday at his home near Tampa, Fla., after a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 58.
Handle on the Saturday races at Gulfstream Park, the second leg of four divisions of Florida sire stakes, was up 46 percent compared to a similar card in 2015, according to information released by the track.
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela is scheduled to return to race riding Sunday at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico.
A new horse-racing convention aimed at fans of the sport will be held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., next year during Saratoga’s popular summer meet, the organizers of the convention announced on Friday.
