Eight candidates seek election to Breeders’ Cup Board
Eight candidates will seek election for six spots on the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors, to be decided on July 15 at the annual meeting of Members.
DRF StaffJun 26, 2014
Eight candidates will seek election for six spots on the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors, to be decided on July 15 at the annual meeting of Members.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that a referendum to repeal the state’s casino law may appear on the November ballot, further adding to the uncertainty hanging over the racing and breeding industries in New England.
The possibility of a 2014 live meet at Colonial Downs appears nearly extinct following an ultimatum by the Virginia Racing Commission that shifts the focus on conducting a meet in 2015.
The Breeders’ Cup on Tuesday announced that Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., will serve as the host site for the 2015 World Championships, confirming news first reported June 17.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a ban on sports betting in New Jersey, stopping a bid to bring sports books for professional and college athletics to Atlantic City casinos and the state’s racetracks, Associated Press reports.
All-sources mutuel handle on all California racetracks, including Quarter Horse and harness, showed an increase of nearly 3 percent for the year through May, according to Rick Baedeker, the executive director of the California Horse Racing Board.
Chris McCarron, the Hall of Fame jockey, will retire from his full-time teaching position at the North American Racing Academy at the close of the fall semester, the college that administers the academy announced Friday.
The California Horse Racing Board on Thursday approved the transfer of the Fairplex Park meeting at the Los Angeles County Fair to Los Alamitos starting in September, a decision that ends 71 years of live racing at the Pomona racetrack.
On June 1 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Old Times Sake, a 3-year-old maiden with one previous start at Gulfstream this year, was loaded into the starting gate. He finished last in a field of five maiden claimers but was claimed in the race by owner-trainer Jack Frost for $30,000.
Though a contract between the New York Racing Association and New York City has expired, the races from Belmont Park will continue to be shown on a city government access channel for an undefined period of time, according to a NYRA official.