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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.
The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has charged three more trainers in its wide-ranging case involving the illegal administration of corticosteroids at Penn National Race Course, according to records posted to the unit’s website on Monday night.
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Amy Gregory, the director of communications at the Keeneland Association since 2013 and a staple in the communications office for nearly two decades, will retire this summer, the company announced on Monday.
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Total wagering on Thoroughbred races at U.S. tracks in February dropped 8.0 percent compared to the same month as last year, but the decline was offset by a double-digit drop in the number of races held during the month, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Wednesday.
