Lussier appointed to NYRA board
Georgeanna Nugent Lussier, of Saratoga Springs, has been appointed to the New York Racing Association’s board of directors, replacing Rick Cotton.
David GreningSep 23, 2015
Georgeanna Nugent Lussier, of Saratoga Springs, has been appointed to the New York Racing Association’s board of directors, replacing Rick Cotton.
Marcia Dall, the chief financial officer at Erie Indemnity Co. since 2009, has been hired by Churchill Downs Inc. as the company’s new CFO, Churchill announced on Wednesday.
The University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program announced Friday it will award a $10,000 prize as part of a contest to encourage new ideas and technologies to improve the horse racing industry.
At its monthly meeting held Wednesday at Los Alamitos, the California Horse Racing Board moved to 45-day public comment period a proposed amendment requiring authorized bleeder medication be administered by an independent third-party veterinarian.
Joe Morris, the president of the Thoroughbred Owners of California since early 2013, has been hired by The Stronach Group to oversee the company’s West Coast operations, which includes Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., and Golden Gate Fields in Northern California, the company has announced.
A national umbrella organization for state racing commissions will identify those states that have not adopted the group’s uniform rules and work with the commissions to adopt the regulations, the group said on Wednesday, in an acknowledgement that state racing commissions have been slow to respond to national calls for action.
A national umbrella organization for state racing commissions will identify those states that have not adopted the group’s uniform rules and work with the commissions to adopt the regulations, the group said on Wednesday, in an acknowledgement that state racing commissions have been slow to respond to national calls for action.
A Jockey Club-affiliated charitable fundraising group has selected two projects studying bleeding in racehorses and the effects of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide for funding, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Tom Amoss, the trainer ranked 32nd in the U.S. by purse earnings in 2015, will begin a 45-day suspension imposed by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on Thursday, running through the end of October and the two-day Breeders’ Cup event at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
The company that owns a harness track and a Thoroughbred track in Indiana has joined a coalition calling for the appointment of the U.S. Ant-Doping Agency to enforce U.S. racing’s medication policies and drug-testing programs, the coalition announced Thursday.