After easily surpassing the guaranteed mark of $75,000 for its late pick four last weekend, Golden Gate Fields has raised the guaranteed pool on the wager to $100,000 for the next two weekends.
Seventy-seven stakes races, including 49 held at U.S. racetracks, will offer automatic berths to Breeders’ Cup races this year through the BC Challenge series.
The Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to keep Arlington International from using an agreement with a different horsemen’s organization as the legal foundation to offer live racing and simulcasting during the track’s meet this year.
On Monday at Parx Racing, several of embattled trainer Ramon Preciado's owners transferred horses out of his care to Danny Gargan and Marcos Zulueta.
Los Alamitos track owner Ed Allred sent a letter to track employees and horsemen on Friday reiterating his commitment to continue racing at the Orange County track but expressing reservations about the long-term prospects for the racecourse beyond his lifetime.
Julie Broadway, the executive director of the American Morgan Horse Association and Educational Charitable Trust since 2007, has been named to succeed Jay Hickey as president of the American Horse Council, the AHC announced on Friday.
The reprivatization plan the New York Racing Association will submit to the state legislature next week will only deal with a governance structure for the company but will not contain any other proposals regarding the long-term future of the organization or racing.
A portion of the purse of the $100,500 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos last December has been ordered redistributed after third-place finisher Run for Retts tested positive for the prohibited substances methamphetamine and amphetamine, according to a ruling released by Santa Anita stewards on Friday.
The board of directors of the New York Racing Association is expected next week to discuss a reorganization plan that is designed to set the association’s course and structure for when the state’s control over the board is taken back later this year, and indications so far are that the plan will not contain any radical changes.
The Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and Arlington International still have no contract in place governing Arlington's race meet that starts May 6, and Arlington could attempt to partner with a different horsemen's organization, the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation, in an apparent effort to circumvent the ITHA.
