Keith McCalmont of the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s media communications department earned nominations in two different categories as the Jockey Club of Canada announced the media finalists for the 2013 Sovereign Awards on Monday.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission awarded the license for construction of the state’s single slots parlor to Penn National Gaming Inc. on Thursday, breathing new life into the ailing Standardbred racing and breeding industries in New England.
Churchill Downs Inc. once again posted record revenue in 2013, but its net income declined as its revenue from racing operations fell sharply and growth evaporated at its account-wagering business, according to financial documents released by the company Wednesday.
Churchill Downs Inc. had net income of $55 million in 2013, down 5 percent compared with net income of $58.3 million in 2012, while posting record revenues for the third year in a row, according to financial documents released by the company late on Wednesday.
Kevin Rogan has been hired as the chief compliance officer for the New York Racing Association, it was announced Wednesday. The announcement came at a brief open session of a meeting of the NYRA Reorganization board held in Manhattan.
NBC has reached a 10-year extension with Churchill Downs on the broadcast rights to the Kentucky Derby through 2025, the principals announced Wednesday.
Two major preps for the Kentucky Derby, the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on March 29 and the Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park on April 5, will be broadcast live on NBC Sports.
Sprinter Sacre, the winner of nine consecutive steeplechases in England and Ireland until he was pulled up in his last start in December, will not start in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham, England, on March 12, trainer Nicky Henderson told the Racing Post on Sunday.
Santa Anita received tentative approval from the California Horse Racing Board for its first-ever spring-summer meeting, to run from April 25 to June 29, but not before racing board members expressed concern about the track’s proposed stakes schedule and the absence of three historic races.
Two trainers based at Los Alamitos have been fined and suspended for clenbuterol positives from late 2013, and two others face the possibility of similar sanctions, according to rulings recently published by Los Alamitos stewards.
