The issue of off-track stabling in Southern California for 2014 remained unresolved on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after the California Horse Racing Board urged horsemen’s organizations to find a solution to a problem caused by the closure of Betfair Hollywood Park in December.
Wagering on U.S. races in May was up 3.6 percent compared to betting on U.S. races during the same month last year, while race days declined 1.9 percent, according to figures released on Tuesday by Equibase.
Officials with the California Thoroughbred Trainers sent a proposal to the Thoroughbred Owners of California late Thursday, emphasizing their position that Barretts Racing at Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., should have a leading role in off-track stabling in Southern California beginning in 2014.
Rancho Paseana, a lay-up and training center in northern San Diego County near Del Mar, is closing later this month after owner Jenny Craig decided to sell the property.
Craig Dado, an executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, was elected to the board of directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association at a board meeting Friday in Baltimore, the NTRA announced.
The San Luis Rey Downs training center in northern San Diego County is expected to be closed for four months beginning June 2 for a refurbishment of its stables and dirt track.
The adoption of uniform medication penalties enjoys conceptual support from several organizations, but the points-based system of the RCI's new proposal has raised questions.
The California Horse Racing Board is enacting a rule this month to void claims on horses that die or are placed on the veterinarian’s list for lameness or unsoundness in the races in which they are claimed.
Breeders’ Cup Ltd. has named Drew Sheinman, a former marketing official with Coca-Cola and the New York Mets, to the position of senior vice president and chief marketing officer, the company announced Monday.
Three federal legislators plan to introduce a bill next week that would require the horse racing industry to provide funding to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to administer the sport’s drug-testing and enforcement policies and that would ban the use of all raceday drugs, including the anti-bleeding medication furosemide.
