The Jockey Club conducted the inaugural Pan American Conference in New York City on June 4-5, and the well-attended event produced a number of interesting takes on the state of racing and breeding in the Americas
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania has reintroduced legislation he sponsored two years ago that would appoint a private company, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, as the overseer of racing’s medication policies, according to his office.
Jeff Burch, the vice president of advertising for Daily Racing Form, has been hired as senior vice president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s group-purchasing plan.
All horses expected to run in one of the 50 North American stakes races guaranteeing a berth in one of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races will be subject to out-of-competition testing as part of expanded security protocols for the races, Breeders’ Cup said on Monday.
Terry Finley, the founder of West Point Thoroughbreds, has filed a civil lawsuit in New York contesting the result of the election he lost late last year for president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.
Helped by two additional days of Thoroughbred racing, handle at all California racetracks grew by 12 percent in April, pushing year-to-date figures into positive territory for the first time since the end of February, according to data presented at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting by executive director Rick Baedeker.
The Oklahoma Racing Commission on Thursday unanimously voted to adopt a cobalt threshold level, according to Tino Rieger, the executive director for the commission.
The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved threshold levels for cobalt, the naturally occurring mineral that has allegedly been abused worldwide in horse racing, according to the commission’s executive director.
Profile of jockey Victor Espinoza.
