The topic of historical racing machines has been placed on the Dec. 15 meeting agenda of the Texas Racing Commission, according to the agency’s spokesman, Robert Elrod. During the meeting, the commission may vote to repeal the rules on historical racing, which were put in place in 2014.
The Symposium on Racing and Gaming this year kicked off on Tuesday with a somewhat risky session in which five panelists were asked to deliver nine new ideas each that could impact the racing industry, and if the size of the audience was the measure, it was a rousing success.
It is no secret horse racing is a mature industry, and no surprise that it is on the lookout for some fresh thinking.The organizers of the annual Symposium on Racing and Gaming obviously share that perspective.
Turf writer Steve Haskin and the late editor and writer Raleigh Burroughs are latest additions to the Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor at the National Racing Museum's Hall of Fame, it was announced Monday by the museum.
There will be a pick six carryover of $123,347 at Aqueduct on Wednesday when the inner track opens for the winter season.
Hank Zeitlin, the president and chief operating officer of Equibase Company since 2007, has resigned and will step down as of Feb. 29, 2016, the company announced on Friday.
Trevor Denman, the legendary announcer who has revolutionized race commentary in the United States in the last 30 years, is retiring from his position at Santa Anita, the track announced on Friday.
The American Graded Stakes Committee has assigned grades to 464 races for the 2016 racing schedule, one more than last year, despite sharp contractions in the number of U.S. races held over the past three years. One stakes, the Fourstardave at Saratoga in upstate New York, was upgraded from a Grade 1 to a Grade 2.
Total handle on U.S. races in the months of October and November was virtually even with wagering in the same two months last year, despite a precipitous decline in the number of races held at U.S. tracks, according to figures from Equibase that were combined to provide a more accurate picture of handle.
Woodbine closed its 2015 season on Sunday with a strong year-over-year increase in all-sources and average daily handle.
