The New York Gaming Commission on Wednesday afternoon will consider a rule requiring horsemen to notify track personnel within 72 hours of gelding a horse if the horse is gelded on-track, according to a listing of agenda items added to the commission’s website.
Ohio’s two northern Thoroughbred tracks will run a coordinated year-round racing schedule with at least 200 live race cards a year beginning in 2015 under a 10-year deal the tracks have reached with the state’s horsemen, the tracks and horsemen’s organization said Monday.
David Skorton, chairman of the New York Racing Association’s Reorganization Board, has been hired to head the Smithsonian Institution beginning in summer 2015, the Smithsonian and Skorton’s current employer, Cornell University in New York, announced Monday.
Arlington announced Friday it would offer purse bonuses to Illinois-bred horses in a variety of races at its upcoming 2014 race meet.
Aqueduct – its present and future – was a major topic at Wednesday’s 90-minute meeting of NYRA’s Reorganization Board in Manhattan. By April 2015, the board must submit to state officials a long-term plan for New York racing, and the future of Aqueduct is a key component in that plan.
Handle on U.S. Thoroughbred races dropped 4.1 percent in February when compared to the same month last year due in large part to a 5.1 percent drop in the number of race days, according to figures released Wednesday by Equibase.
Mark Gearan, the president since 1999 of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., was confirmed to be the new chairman of the New York Gaming Commission by the state Senate on Tuesday.
The New York Gaming Commission is considering passing separate rules for Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds regulating the use of the bronchial dilator clenbuterol, according to racing officials, clearing the way for the adoption of an overall model medication rule for Thoroughbreds but raising questions about the ability of regulators to enforce the clenbuterol restrictions.
The Saratoga Springs City Council, in a 5-0 vote, approved a resolution on Tuesday night stating its opposition to a full-blown casino in the city, a ceremonial vote that reflects the community’s concern that additional gambling will hurt local businesses.
The governor of New Mexico has signed a bill into law that will protect a racetrack’s right to exclude individuals whose licenses have been suspended or revoked by the state’s racing commission for some drug violations, the governor, Susana Martinez, announced on Monday.
