The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Ontario division announced a five-year agreement with the Ontario Racing Commission on Tuesday that will enhance the province’s breeders’ awards program by $12 million.
Revenue for Betfair U.S., which includes Television Games Network and an on-line casino in New Jersey, was up 20 percent in fiscal year 2014, according to its parent company, with handle at TVG up 33 percent during the year.
David Switzer, the executive director for the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders for the past 21 years, will retire on Aug. 1, the organization said, after 56 years in the Thoroughbred industry.
Twenty-three individuals have been elected to the slate of representatives that ultimately selects the board members of the Breeders’ Cup, the organization said Monday.
California Chrome may not have brought home a Triple Crown, but he meant record business for Belmont Park on Saturday, with the track easily setting handle records for the race and for its revamped 13-race Belmont Stakes card.
The Sports Network (TSN) has announced a multiyear deal with Woodbine to broadcast each leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, along with several other major Canadian races.
Owners who have pledged to make the veterinary records of their horses public can now do so through a link at horseracingreform.org, a website administered by The Jockey Club, the organization that gathered the pledges.
Wagering on U.S. races rose slightly in May compared to the same month last year, up 1 percent, but the uptick was likely due to an even larger increase in race dates during the month, according to figures released by Equibase on Wednesday.
Nicole Russo of Daily Racing Form and Bob Ehalt of ESPN.com have been named by the New York Racing Association as winners of the fifth annual Joe Hirsch Memorial Writing Contest, recognizing the best in print and Internet coverage of the 2013 Belmont Stakes won by Palace Malice.
Horse racing’s lobbying arm is once again pushing for federal tax relief for horseplayers, this time in an effort to get the Department of the Treasury to issue a ruling on whether bettors can use the total cost of a wager to determine tax liability.
