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.
Pennsylvania’s Auditor General released a report on Wednesday claiming that the state’s Agriculture Department nearly bankrupted a fund it oversees that provides for the regulation of horseracing.
The Jockey Club has begun seeking support for a multi-million-dollar study that would assess the efficacy of the diuretic furosemide in treating bleeding in horses’ lungs when it is administered 24 hours out from a race compared with the current regulatory limit of four hours, opening up a new debate in a deeply controversial topic.
The Breeders’ Cup will announce later this month that the two-day event will be held for the first time at Keeneland Race Course in 2015, according to a report in the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association and key members of Congress recently delivered a letter to the Department of Treasury in support of an important tax reporting and withholding clarification for horseplayers.
The Virginia Racing Commission and state government officials are engaged in a last-ditch effort to save the race meet at Colonial Downs this summer as the window to reach an agreement between the track and horsemen rapidly closes.
The Texas Racing Commission plans to seek public comment on whether to authorize the use of historical racing terminals at the state’s tracks in response to a recent request from Texas industry leaders. The pari-mutuel machines that play like slots are similar to the Instant Racing terminals in use at tracks in Arkansas and Kentucky.
Handle on the Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park was $92.15 million, according to a revised chart released by Equibase, slightly higher than an initial estimate reported by Daily Racing Form just after the first chart was released Saturday night.
