The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday unanimously approved a rule banning the use of the anabolic steroid stanozolol, effective at the end of August, six months from the approval date.
A horse racing medication advisory group has recommend three new higher thresholds for substances on its regulated medications list, citing new research into the pharmacological effects of the drugs, according to a release from the group.
Jockey Darren Egan, suspended 12 years by British horse racing officials in February for failing to put forth his best effort in two races in 2013, has been suspended by California Horse Racing Board officials from working an exercise rider at Santa Anita.
The effort in Florida to allow “decoupling” – the legislative repeal of statutory requirements for casinos to also have parimutuel licenses – has raised concerns in the racing industry that the state may become the first in a line of dominos to fall, a reversal of the dynamic that led to casinos being allowed at racetracks in the first place, beginning more than 20 years ago in Iowa.
Handle at all California tracks rose 1.9 percent in January, to $273.7 million, according to figures announced at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting at Santa Anita.
Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, Ind., on Thursday released its 2016 stakes schedule composed of 36 stakes worth $4.4 million and highlighted by the Grade 2, $500,000 Indiana Derby on July 16.
The Texas Racing Commission received notice from the state's legislative budget board on Thursday that its operations are now fully funded. The agency has been operating on a temporary plan covering its administrative costs.
Churchill Downs Inc., the multi-faceted entertainment and gambling company that owns Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., had net income of $65.2 million in 2015, up 40.5 percent compared with net revenue of $46.4 million in 2014, according to financial statements released late on Wednesday.
Victor Espinoza, who won the Triple Crown last year with American Pharoah and who has donated generously to charities such as City of Hope for years, was announced on Wednesday by Santa Anita as the winner of the 2016 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, presented annually at Santa Anita to a rider who brings credit to the sport both on and off the track.
Eclipse Award-winning turf writer Jennie Rees will serve as the director of publicity for Kentucky Downs for 2016, the track announced Wednesday.
