The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved the disbursement of $1 million to the state’s racetracks from a legislative appropriation, with part of the money being used to cover a shortfall in the purse fund at Churchill Downs.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is close to determining a threshold level for illegal administrations of cobalt, the naturally occurring mineral that is believed to be in use in racing as a blood-doping agent, the commission’s equine medical director said at a meeting of the commission on Wednesday.
The head of the National Football League’s media division will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing on Aug. 10 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., the administrator of the conference, The Jockey Club, announced Tuesday.
Television Games Network and the New York Racing Association have reached a multiyear extension to an existing contract giving TVG the rights to broadcast and offer betting on NYRA’s races over a variety of platforms, the two sides said Tuesday, four days before the opening of the summer meet at NYRA’s Saratoga Race Course.
Breeders’ Cup announced on Monday a multi-year partnership with the aviation company Sentient Jet, making the company the exclusive private aviation partner of the two-day World Championships and the name-in-title sponsor of the Grade 1, $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.
Brad Cummings, the co-founder of the website the Paulick Report, is attempting to find support for a horse-racing wager that would be offered through lottery-ticket vendors like convenience stores and automated terminals, Cummings said this week.
Ongoing research into the maintenance of dirt tracks is increasingly pointing to the importance of water content in keeping the surface consistent throughout the oval and on an hour-to-hour, day-to-day basis, according to Dr. Mick Peterson, an expert on measuring track surfaces who is the executive director of the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory.
Trainer Gary Contessa advocated for increased transparency among caregivers, particularly in the claiming game, at the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit at the Keeneland sales pavilion.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act on Tuesday afternoon, which allows licensed veterinarians to freely transport the drugs necessary for their trade.
Horses need regular intervals of rest or “reduced exercise” during training in order to build bones strong enough to handle the loads encountered during racing, according to Dr. Larry Bramlage, the renowned equine orthopedic surgeon.
