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The Jockey Club of Canada graded stakes committee has decreased the number of graded stakes by three to 41 for 2025 at its annual review of graded and listed stakes in the country.
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has issued a 60-day suspension to a trainer involved in an investigation into violations of corticosteroid rules at Penn National Race Course, as well as a 30-day suspension to another Penn National trainer, according to records posted by the organization.
Three more trainers charged in an investigation involving a veterinarian at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Penn., have been suspended 30 days by the Horseracing Integrity and Wagering Unit, according to rulings posted on the organization’s website.
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A bill that would allow Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., to run its casino without any statutory obligations to racing was amended on Monday in a committee hearing to guarantee live racing at the track for at least five years.
Horses exercising at U.S. tracks and training centers under the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority suffered fatalities at a rate of 0.50 per 1,000 timed workouts, HISA said on Monday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has issued 30-day suspensions to three trainers and disqualified 79 horses from performances in 2023 and 2024 in the first of its rulings related to an investigation into the administrations of corticosteroids at Penn National Race Course.
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A barn at Laurel Park has been placed under quarantine after a horse previously stabled in the barn was diagnosed with equine herpesvirus.
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The first spring meet at Colonial Downs got off to an inauspicious start when the track elected to refund wagers on its first race due to confusion over approvals for wagering.
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has charged two more trainers based at Penn National with violations of rules covering the intra-articular administration of corticosteroids, according to records posted on the group’s website on Wednesday afternoon.
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The overall fatality rate in 2024 at North American racetracks that provide data to the Equine Injury Database fell 15.9 percent compared to 2023, dropping to its lowest level since the rate began to be tracked in 2009, according to a release from The Jockey Club, which administers the database.
