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An agreement between the owner of Gulfstream Park and Florida’s horsemen to jointly support legislation that would allow Gulfstream to continue to operate its casino without any obligations to live racing will allow the track to obtain financing for improvements to the Gulfstream property, according to a top official at the company.
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With Kentucky in the grips of a major winter storm, followed by days of frigid temperatures, Turfway Park has again modified its schedule, cancelling Thursday evening's scheduled card.
Handy Dandy has been disqualified from a win and placed last in a $42,000 race at Del Mar in August after a positive medication test, according to a ruling published on Saturday by Santa Anita stewards.
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Total betting on U.S. races declined 3.35 percent in 2024, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Friday, the third year in a row in which Thoroughbred handle has dropped compared to the year prior.
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The New York Racing Association and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority have reached a settlement on a lawsuit NYRA filed jointly with Churchill Downs Inc. centered on a dispute over the calculation of HISA’s assessments on racetracks, the two companies said on Thursday.
Ray Thomas, who died in late November after a brief illness, was a mainstay at venues throughout California, and especially on the northern circuit at tracks such as Bay Meadows, Golden Gate Fields, and at fair meetings in Ferndale, Fresno, Pleasanton, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Vallejo.
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Flavien Prat, who this year set the record for most graded stakes victories by a jockey in a single year, finished 2024 with $37,274,176 in earnings, easily topping the 2024 rider’s list by purses.
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Thorpedo Anna, the cinch for the Eclipse Award for 3-year-old filly and a leading candidate for Horse of the Year, features in three of the performances up for the “Moment of the Year,” according to a list distributed by the award’s administrator, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously approved a rule change sought by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority that will equalize the assessments charged to a state’s racing constituents by basing the dues solely on the number of starts made by horses in those states.
The Jockey Club has denied stud book privileges to 12 individuals for at least one year due to violations of its good-conduct rules, the organization announced on Thursday.
