Legislation that would have radically changed the gambling landscape in Florida was declared officially dead on Friday night after the state’s House of Representatives failed to take up the bills, following in the Senate’s lead earlier this week.
John Lies, who for more than a decade has been the announcer at Lone Star Park near Dallas, has resigned his position to take on the role of racing secretary and announcer at both Will Rogers Downs and Fair Meadows in Oklahoma.
There was ample amount of yin and yang for owners and breeders when it comes to the state of the Thoroughbred purse landscape and racehorse earnings in 2015. There was some good and some bad aspects in the data when looking at the macro and micro pictures of purses and runners, but the good outweighs the bad for the most part, at least when it comes to the averages, or those lucky enough to beat the odds and be represented by a top runner.
Handle on U.S. races climbed for a third straight month in February, according to figures released by Equibase on Friday, rising 6.4 percent over wagering in February 2015.
The 157th running of the $1 million Queen’s Plate highlights the 2016 Woodbine stakes schedule that features 101 races worth more than $20 million.
Joe Wilson, the chief operating officer of Parx Racing near Philadelphia, was elected president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations during a meeting of the organization’s board Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the TRA announced Thursday.
Virginia veterinary health officials have placed a training center in Fauquier County under quarantine because a horse who recently resided there tested positive for the equine herpesvirus after shipping to Florida.
The Juddmonte Farms-owned Grade 1 winner Flintshire, trained in Europe by Andre Fabre, will be based in North America this year with trainer Chad Brown.
Santa Anita will cease turf racing in early June on the hillside turf course and in mid-June on the oval portion of the turf course to replace the surface, track officials announced late Wednesday.
Bernard “Bernie” Hettel, a longtime racing official who has headed the Virginia Racing Commission since 2011, has resigned from his position as executive secretary and will step down at a later date, the racing commission announced on Wednesday.
