The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday approved funding for two projects designed to better understand the physiological impacts of medications, both legal and illegal, on horses.
The board of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has recommended that states remove threshold levels for the synthetic anabolic steroid stanozolol, a move that would make any finding for the drug a positive regardless of the concentration in post-race samples.
Recently retired jockey Ramon Dominguez will be presented with the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters’ Mr. Fitz Award during the organization’s annual awards ceremony on Oct. 30 in Arcadia, Calif.
A federal appeals court has struck another blow to New Jersey’s efforts to allow sports betting by upholding an earlier ruling that said the practice violated federal law.
Blue Grass Farms Charities will hold its annual fundraiser on Oct. 18 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort and Spa in Lexington, Ky., with several special guests attending in honor of the organization’s 10-year anniversary.
MTR Gaming Inc., the owner and operator of racetrack-casinos Mountaineer Park, Presque Isle Downs, and Scioto Downs, has reached an agreement to merge with Eldorado Resort.
The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday unanimously approved a rule that will require the trainer of a claimed horse to provide records of corticosteroid administrations to the horse’s new trainer and owner within 48 hours of the claim.
A study conducted by the University of Kentucky has concluded that the equine industry in Kentucky has an approximate annual economic impact of $3 billion, with $1.78 billion of that total comprising direct economic output.
Out-of-competition testing represents the vanguard of racing’s effort to guard against drug abuse and cheating, but the expansion and success of the programs face several obstacles, including high cost and resistance by horsemen.
Penn National Gaming Inc. has purchased an option to buy the harness-track Plainridge Racecourse in Massachusetts, conditional on the company’s efforts to secure the lone license in the state available for a slot-machine parlor, the company announced late Tuesday.
