Handle on U.S. races in 2015 was up slightly compared to wagering in 2014 despite a sharp decline in the number of races held during the year, according to figures released on Tuesday by Equibase.
Ramon Preciado, the leading trainer at Parx Racing the past two years, had two clenbuterol positives at Delaware Park last summer and has been fined $1,500 and suspended 21 days by the Delaware Racing Commission.
Betting handle at Hawthorne tumbled again during the fall-winter racing season that ended Saturday, with all-sources average daily handle down more than 20 percent after a rebound season a year ago.
Mary Simon, a racing historian and writer, has been named the Eclipse Award winner in the audio/multimedia Internet category for a piece that ran on the Daily Racing Form website examining 1915 Kentucky Derby winner Regret and her connections, according to the administrators of the awards.
Portland Meadows canceled Monday’s 14-race card, which was scheduled to mark the debut of the track’s National Racing Club Sweepstakes Rainbow 6 Jackpot, due to freezing rain and snow.
The horsemen-led company that operates Monmouth Park in New Jersey has joined an increasingly crowded landscape by lending the racetrack’s name to a daily fantasy sports site.
Laurel Park raised the minimum wagering amount for both the Rainbow 6 and the super high five beginning New Year’s Day.
Trainer Tim Yakteen has been fined $3,000 and suspended seven days after one of his runners tested in excess of the permitted level of the tranquilizer acepromazine in a stakes at Del Mar last summer.
The New York Gaming Commission approved a plan on Wednesday that would increase workman's compensation insurance rates for New York horsemen in 2016, but not as dramatically as once feared.
The New York Racing Association will broadcast live racing from Belmont Park and Saratoga on a daily basis on the Madison Square Garden Networks in 2016.
