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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.
Shamrock Farm, a property owned by the family of National Thoroughbred Racing Association president Tom Rooney that is 20 miles from Pimlico Race Course, has been selected as the location for a new training center by the state-owned Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, the MTROA announced on Monday.
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Bill Nader came aboard as executive director of the Thoroughbred Owners of California late in 2022 after 15 years as an executive at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, perhaps the most successful racing operation in the world, when judging on a handful of enviable metrics, such as purses, field sizes, and, most importantly, stability. The differences could not be more different.
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Sam Calvario and Tim McCanna tied for leading trainer with 16 wins at the Golden State Racing meeting in Pleasanton, Calif., that ended on Wednesday, the final day of Thoroughbred racing in Northern California until at least mid-June. By Thursday afternoon, the two men had scattered across the United States.
