The administrators of a voluntary accreditation program for racetracks have added a section to the code requiring tracks to push state racing commissions to demand that laboratories implement drug-testing procedures and policies recommended by national policy groups, according to the program’s executive director.
Frank Mirahmadi, who has been the announcer at Oaklawn Park since the retirement of longtime caller Terry Wallace, said Tuesday he has resigned his position with the Hot Springs, Ark., track to call some races at Santa Anita.
A session Tuesday at the University of Arizona Symposium on Racing and Gaming indicated that the day is soon coming when horseplayers of all budgets and experience will have access to data-intensive betting programs, for better or for worse.
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.
