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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Personnel from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Customs confiscated items sent by a Canadian supplier to Weatherford Compounding Pharmacy in Fort Worth, Texas, during a site visit Tuesday, the attorney for the business said Friday.
Florida’s horsemen have agreed to accept less money from a slot-machine operation at Calder Race Course in a proposal that seeks to end head-to-head racing between Calder and its south Florida neighbor, Gulfstream Park.
Lloyd Hughes, the first jockey to win the Preakness Stakes three times, and the racehorse Clifford, who won 42 of 62 starts in the 1890s, were announced Friday as inductees into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame by the Hall's 12-member Historic Review Committee.
A barn fire on a farm located near Keeneland Race Course killed eight Thoroughbreds early Friday morning.
The Virginia Racing Commission on Wednesday ordered Colonial Downs to come to an agreement with horsemen on a 25-day, five-week meet for this year by May 17, even though its executive director acknowledged that the commission has few options to force a deal.
The huge Kentucky Derby wager that dropped the odds on Candy Boy from 16-1 to 9-1 totaled just more than $1 million and was placed through an offshore account-wagering hub based on the Isle of Man, Churchill Downs officials confirmed Thursday.
A Louisiana Senate committee on Tuesday deferred action on a bill that would require Churchill Downs to spend 10 percent of its slot-machine revenue on capital improvements at its Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans.
