Banned trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. appeared in a federal court of appeals Monday, trying to convince a three-judge panel to hear his case against regulators who banned him from the sport for 10 years.
Fatality rates at tracks participating in an industry-maintained database were virtually unchanged in 2014 compared to 2013, according to figures released Friday by The Jockey Club, and synthetic starts continued last year to show the lowest fatality rate by far among the three racing surfaces in use at North American tracks.
I read the column by Dick Jerardi published in the Daily Racing Form on Feb. 27 entitled “When in doubt, stewards should let the result stand.” Although I strongly disagree with his opinion regarding the role of stewards, I can see, as he stated in his article, after 35 years, that his mind is made up. I am currently a steward in California and recognize that any future articles about stewards by Jerardi probably will have a negative slant.
A bill exempting wagers from any state taxes during the two-day Breeders’ Cup event at Keeneland in Lexington on Oct. 30-31 was passed late Wednesday in the Kentucky Senate and sent to Gov. Steve Beshear.
Truesdail Laboratory in California will conduct drug testing for Indiana’s two racetracks under a contract signed by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, ending the commission’s relationship with a Lexington, Ky., laboratory that was troubled by testing delays last year.
Jockeys at Parx Racing in suburban Philadelphia continue to reject efforts by management to pin eligibility for the track’s insurance policy to language indemnifying the track from liability for accidents, a dispute that could threaten live racing at Parx as of next weekend.
For the seventh consecutive year, Charles Town will renew its partnership with CANTER Mid-Atlantic to help transition former racehorses into new careers off the racetrack.
Richard Lowell McCarthy, a handicapper and Equibase chart-caller who worked in the Thoroughbred industry for decades, died Saturday at his home in Jackson, N.Y., after a long illness.
The annual summer meet at Saratoga Race Course continues to be a boon to the New York Capital region, generating more than $237 million in economic activity and approximately 2,600 jobs, according to a study released Friday by the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency.
Equine fatalities at the state’s racetracks declined 5 percent during the 2013-14 fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, according to an annual report published earlier this week by the California Horse Racing Board.
