New York stewards may soon be required to issue weekly reports detailing how they voted and whom they interviewed during the rulings process under a directive being developed by the New York State Gaming Commission, the director of the commission’s racing division said Tuesday during a commission meeting.
Gulfstream Park and the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association signed an agreement Friday that paves the way to end a dates conflict between Gulfstream and Calder Race Course.
The West Virginia Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a set of rules that states across the U.S. are beginning to adopt, but the rules will not likely go into effect until mid-2015, according to the commission’s executive director.
The Virginia Racing Commission has extended a deadline to Thursday for Colonial Downs and Virginia’s horsemen to come to an agreement on a live race meet this year, according to the executive director of the commission.
Handle on the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course was up 8.3 percent from betting on the race last year, according to charts of the races.
The New Jersey Racing Commission on Wednesday approved the publication of rules that would govern the practice of exchange wagering in the state, opening the regulations up to a 60-day public-comment period, according to commission officials.
Colonial Downs has once again cut off talks with the organization representing trainers in Virginia after the track said the organization rejected a plan that would require it to pay the track for the revenue lost this year due to a shutdown of Thoroughbred simulcasting, the track said late Tuesday.
The University of Florida’s equine department has issued a warning to horse owners that a compounded drug prepared by a Lexington, Ky., pharmacy to treat equine protozoal myeloencephalitis is a likely factor in the death of two horses and the sickness of six others.
Churchill Downs Inc. has joined a bid by the owners of a harness track and casino in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., to build a freestanding casino just outside of Albany, N.Y., the two companies announced Tuesday.
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