A bill signed Thursday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo legalizing online daily fantasy sports contests in the state but prohibiting the same contests for horse racing is raising concerns about the future of online horse-racing activities in New York.
Hair follicle testing will be conducted on all runners participating in the Bank of America Challenge Championship races for Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos on Oct. 29.
Wagering on Thoroughbred races at U.S. tracks jumped 12.3 percent in July when compared with the same month last year, largely due to an increase in weekend dates, according to figures released Thursday by Equibase.
Churchill Downs Inc., the racetrack, casino, and social-gaming company, had net income of $69.8 million in the second quarter on record second-quarter revenue of $438.5 million, according to financial statements released late on Wednesday.
Average ontrack attendance and handle declined compared to last year in the first third of the Del Mar summer meeting, through Sunday, but the track showed a gain in out-of-state handle during that time.
Despite much-needed rain that forced the cancellation of two days' worth of turf racing, all-sources handle at Saratoga was up 3.9 percent through the first 10 days of the 2016 meet when compared with last year.
Churchill Downs Inc. and a partner of the company, Saratoga Casino Holdings, have reached an agreement to purchase the Casino at Ocean Downs, a harness track and casino in Berlin, Md., Churchill announced late on Tuesday.
The Stronach Group said Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of Rosecroft Raceway from Penn National Gaming.
Chuck Borell, a Syracuse, N.Y., resident who was charged with 43 counts of animal cruelty in Kentucky in June, entered a plea of not guilty on all counts through his attorney at an arraignment Monday in Mercer County, Ky.
Arlington International and Hawthorne Race Course for the second year in a row submitted a negotiated annual racing dates request to the Illinois Racing Board.
