Churchill Downs Inc. had net income of $65.4 million in the third quarter of 2024 on net revenue of $628.5 million, though the third quarter results showed softness in its online horse-racing business and at its casinos in established markets, according to financial statements released on Wednesday afternoon.
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Swiss Yodeler was a five-time stakes winner in a four-year career from 1996 to 1999 and later led the state’s stallions in progeny earnings. Swiss Yodeler was raced by Heinz Steinmann, who died earlier this month in Wrightwood, Calif., according to published reports. Steinmann was 92.
Tina Bond, the president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, has launched a website that uses testimonials from trainers, jockeys, backstretch workers, and other racing participants to talk up the positive aspects of the sport as part of a larger campaign to draw people to the races.
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Linda Rice became Thoroughbred racing’s all-time winningest female trainer when Treaty Obligation won Saturday’s sixth race at Aqueduct.
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Following a one-day cancellation of live racing due to unsafe air quality at the upper levels of Aqueduct live racing resumed Saturday, but not all operations resumed as normal.
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Del Mar has sharply reduced overnight purses for its upcoming autumn meeting after a decline in business at the summer meeting that ended on Sept. 8.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement that will provide free mental-health services to riders, the two organizations announced on Thursday.
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Police in Arcadia, Calif., have said that three reports were filed with the office of thefts or attempted thefts during the California Crown event run at Santa Anita on Sept. 28, including a luxury watch owned by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler, according to police reports and a representative of Buehler.
An administrative law judge appointed by the Federal Trade Commission has reversed a stewards’ ruling that disqualified a horse ridden by Oscar Ceballos under a regulation prohibiting more than six whip strikes of a horse in a race.
Total commingled wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races in September plummeted 11 percent compared to the same month last year despite an increase in the number of races held at U.S. tracks, according to data released on Friday by Equibase.
