Pennsylvania trainer LeBarron dies at 62
Longtime Pennsylvania horsemen Keith LeBarron died Monday at age 62 following a brief illness.
Jim DunleavyDec 21, 2015
Longtime Pennsylvania horsemen Keith LeBarron died Monday at age 62 following a brief illness.
Workers' compensation insurance rates to cover jockeys and exercise riders could increase dramatically at New York Thoroughbred tracks in 2016 unless the New York Gaming Commission approves a plan submitted Monday that could keep levels at 2015 rates.
Los Alamitos finished its 12-day winter Thoroughbred meeting on Sunday with an increase in all-sources handle but a decline in ontrack business from last year's winter meet.
Jockey G.R. Carter Jr., the all-time leading Quarter Horse rider in wins and earnings, retired Saturday night at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas, La.
The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a tax bill containing a provision allowing horse owners to use a three-year depreciation schedule for racehorses as part of a comprehensive tax bill that is now being sent to President Barack Obama for his signature.
Santa Anita has suspended turf workouts for the start of the winter-spring meeting on Dec. 26, racing officials said on Thursday.
After a two-month search, Paul Espinosa has been named the new announcer at Charles Town.
The California Horse Racing Board approved licenses for winter-spring meetings at Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita at its monthly meeting at Los Alamitos Racecourse on Thursday after the racetracks and horsemen organizations recently finalized agreements for off-track stabling in 2016.
Kirk Ziadie, the Florida trainer who is facing a potential six-year suspension for medication violations, will contest a hearing officer’s recommendation of the penalty by claiming that evidence in the case was inadmissible, his attorney said on Thursday.
Kirk Ziadie, a Florida-based trainer who led the Gulfstream Park spring meeting with 22 wins from 45 starts, has been suspended six years and fined $18,000 for what state regulators said were 18 violations of medication rules over the past four years, according to a copy of the ruling.