The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a request by Suffolk Downs to drop its takeout to 15 percent across the board for its six days of live racing this year. The vote was unanimous, according to the commission.
A circuit court judge in Kentucky has issued a temporary restraining order that will prevent the state racing commission from enforcing a 10-year ban on the owner-trainer Otabek Umarov.
The Humane Society of the United States has formed a horse-racing advisory council and will step up its efforts to lobby for a federal bill providing for national oversight of the industry's medication and drug-testing policies, officials of the group announced on Thursday.
There will be drawings for college scholarships during upcoming Louisiana-bred programs at Delta Downs and Evangeline Downs.
Arlington already canceled two stakes races and reduced the purses of three others this meet to compensate for lower-than-hoped betting handle, and the Chicago-area track must hope it can recover from continued disappointing business figures if it is to avoid further cuts this summer.
The racing committee of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted on Monday to revise the percentage of total casino subsidies that go to the Thoroughbred and Standardbred industries this year in favor of Standardbreds, according to state officials.
It's too early to pass judgment on Canterbury Park's grand experiment lowering takeout this season, but while betting on the track's live product has increased year over year through June 19, gross handle hasn't risen enough to compensate for the decrease in revenue caused by the takeout decrease.
Moonist, the champion aged Quarter Horse of 2015, was euthanized late Tuesday after complications from colic.
Otabek Umarov, the owner-trainer suspended recently by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for 10 years, will appear before a Franklin County Circuit Court judge in Frankfort, Ky., on Wednesday morning for a request of a stay of the commission’s sanction.
Jay Hickey, the outgoing president of the American Horse Council, has been presented with the AHC’s highest honor, the Rolapp Award.
