Wayne Lukas appointed to Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer, has been appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in a term that expires in mid-2016.
Matt HegartyJul 29, 2013
D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame trainer, has been appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in a term that expires in mid-2016.
As efforts to repeal a federal ban on most types of online gambling pick up, horse racing, the only legal form of online gambling in the U.S., braces for more competition on the Internet.
Former jockey Raul Cespedes, who rode at California tracks from 1967-1982, died of cancer Monday at his home in Fontana, Calif. He was 67.
The Maine Gambling Control Board has approved a deal to sell a casino in Oxford to Churchill Downs Inc., allowing Churchill to close the $160 million transaction, the company announced on Wednesday.
Phil O'Hara, the executive director for racetrack development for Daily Racing Form, has been hired as the executive director of the Mid Atlantic Cooperative, which negotiates simulcasting agreements on behalf of 20 racetracks, the cooperative announced on Tuesday.
Wagering on U.S. races fell in June of this year compared with the same month last year, according to figures released last week by Equibase, but race days fell at a greater rate, leading to higher handle per race day.
Liz Bracken, the vice president of simulcasting for the New York Racing Association, has accepted an associate coordinator’s position with the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program in Tucson, Ariz., the program announced on Monday.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium advised racing commissions on Tuesday that Purple Pain and TB-500, two products being sold by on-line pharmacies, should be treated as Class A prohibited medications despite the dubious performance-enhancing claims made by the manufacturers of the products.
It has a name like something out of a spy novel or from within a deep, dark recess of the federal government. In the cat-and-mouse game of catching cheaters armed with the latest chemical substances, that’s probably appropriate.
Two top representatives of racing organizations in Japan and Ireland are scheduled to deliver the “featured presentations” at this year’s Jockey Club Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing on Aug. 11 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., according to The Jockey Club.