A long-awaited New York State Gaming Commission report examining allegations made by an animal-rights group against trainer Steve Asmussen will be released to the public on Monday after being presented to the full commission at a regular meeting, officials for the commission said on Wednesday.
All-sources wagering at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 30-31, when 13 Breeders’ Cup races were held at the track over two days, was $155.5 million, a slight decline from all-sources wagering at Santa Anita over the two-day event last year.
The Virginia Racing Commission on Tuesday rejected an application by Colonial Downs in New Kent for a four-day race meet next year, opening the door for a horsemen’s group to play a larger role in racing in the state.
The connections of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah have been selected to receive the Big Sport of Turfdom Award from the Turf Publicists of America
Mike Dempsey, the longtime director of racing at Monmouth Park, will retire at the end of the year.
A large wager that was canceled just minutes before the first race on Saturday at Del Mar prompted an investigation by officials from the racetrack, the California Horse Racing Board, and TVG, through which the wager was placed and then canceled.
The Iroquois Steeplechase in Tennessee and Cheltenham Racecourse in western England are launching a $500,000 bonus for a horse that can win the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Calvin Houghland Iroquois Hurdle.
A Fayette County Circuit Court judge on Friday granted a motion by Keeneland and the Breeders’ Cup to be dismissed from a lawsuit that sought to prevent the organizations from distributing the purse of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint because of a dispute between the owner and trainer of the winning horse, Runhappy, according to the attorney representing the trainer.
Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Mass., will hold six days of live racing in the summer and early fall of next year under a plan approved by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday.
Chris Wittstruck, writing for the U.S. Trotting Association website, won the 2015 Stanley Bergstein Writing Award, which is sponsored and presented by Barry Irwin and Team Valor. The award was announced Thursday night at a ceremony at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky sales pavilion in Lexington.
