Michigan racing bills await governor's signature
A pair of bills to amend and update Michigan’s Horse Racing Law of 1995 await the signature of Gov. Rick Snyder after being approved by the state legislature on Thursday.
Joe NevillsJun 10, 2016
A pair of bills to amend and update Michigan’s Horse Racing Law of 1995 await the signature of Gov. Rick Snyder after being approved by the state legislature on Thursday.
When trainer Brian Lynch surrendered his license this week in New York after testing positive for a chemical related to marijuana, many people expressed astonishment at such a dramatic outcome. However, regulators in other racing states in the U.S. said their own racing licensees would face a similar outcome for failing a drug test.
The New York Racing Association has overstated the financial results from its racing operations in recent years and has not been able to generate a surplus from the racing side of its business, contrary to what its top officials have claimed, the New York Comptroller’s Office contends in an audit of the association released Friday.
A federal bill providing funding for the IRS and other agencies includes language asking federal tax authorities to consider changes to the taxing and reporting of parimutuel winnings that would be beneficial to horseplayers, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, which has been lobbying for the changes.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has introduced legislation that would return the New York Racing Association to private control but reserve six appointments to NYRA's board for the state governor and place a cap on the amount of money that NYRA receives as subsidies from a casino adjacent to its Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.
Two West Virginia-bred stakes scheduled for August at Charles Town will now be run on the track’s Race for the Ribbon card Sept. 17.
John Hendrickson, the husband of the prominent Thoroughbred owner and breeder Marylou Whitney, has resigned his position as an adviser for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the New York Racing Association’s board of directors, according to a horse-racing advocacy group based in Saratoga Springs.
Santa Anita is adjusting its first post to 1:30 p.m. Pacific, beginning Thursday for the remainder of the spring-summer meeting through July 10.
Wagering on U.S. races in May fell nearly 4 percent on a sharp decline in the number of races held at U.S. tracks during the month, according to figures released by Equibase on Saturday.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has made three additional appointments to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, bringing the body up to 15 members, his office announced late on Friday afternoon.