A lawsuit filed by owner Willis Horton and jockey Luis Saez alleging libel against trainer Eric Guillot is likely to go to mediation within the next 120 days, according to the attorney representing the plaintiffs and court documents.
The four Pennsylvania veterinarians accused by federal prosecutors of illegally administering substances to horses on race day formally entered guilty pleas Tuesday in a Pennsylvania federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, which brought the charges.
Despite canceling its entire opening weekend this year due to adverse weather, Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark, posted slight gains in average and total handle for the 2015 meet that closed on Saturday, according to figures distributed by the track.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has approved a recommended threshold level for a naturally occurring amino acid that has been found in a supplement believed to be in use illegally on race day, according to the organization.
Recorded on March 31, 2015, hosts Peter Thomas Fornatale and Mike Hogan walk you through how to use DRF Formulator, using recent horses highlighted in Bet This, Not That.
Trainer Tim Hamm collected his sixth Ohio Horse of the Year title in the past 10 years when his filly Needmore Flattery repeated as the state’s champion Thoroughbred for 2014.
The Virginia Racing Commission expects to conduct a hearing in early May to determine whether Colonial Downs is in violation of the state’s racing law by retaining all of the revenue from its account-wagering operation for nearly a five-month period beginning late last year.
The West Virginia Racing Commission has granted a request by Charles Town to drop 27 racing days from its 2015 schedule in an attempt to keep purses at their current levels.
Two horses euthanized at Turf Paradise in Phoenix during the past six months tested positive for a drug used to treat attention-deficit disorder in humans that has been traced to contamination of the injections used to put the horses down, according to a racing official with knowledge of an ongoing investigation into the results.
Turfway Park in northern Kentucky closed its winter-spring meet March 29 with an increase of 8 percent in all-sources handle, according to figures released by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
