The Ontario racing industry is in the midst of a last-ditch drive to convince the provincial government that a three-year, $50 million assistance package recommended by the province's finance minister is inadequate to protect the sport in the absence of revenue from slot machines.
Gulfstream’s effort to secure its Quarter Horse permit is part of a gold rush by companies seeking to obtain Florida racing licenses to exploit the gambling opportunities afforded to permit holders.
Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement to purchase a casino in Vicksburg, Miss., for $141 million, the company said late Friday. The casino, called Riverwalk Casino and Hotel, is the second that Churchill has purchased in Mississippi in the last three years, and it is the second property that Churchill has purchased that does not have a horse-racing component.
Wagering on U.S. races was up 2.6 percent in September of this year compared to the same month last year, while purses shot up 13.8 percent, according to figures released on Thursday by Equibase.
Corticosteroid use, pre-race inspections, and post-retirement programs are among the topics that are scheduled to be discussed at the fourth Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, to be held Oct. 16-17 at Keeneland.
The Kentucky racing circuit is facing the biggest potential change in decades by a well-received proposal from Churchill Downs to hold a 12-day race meet in September next year.
Heath Reed, a leading Quarter Horse trainer, has been suspended 21 years by the New Mexico Racing Commission because of four positives for the banned painkiller dermorphin and two positives for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.
A committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission tabled votes on the 2013 dates requests for three tracks on Monday after the tracks submitted schedules that included several overlaps, including a request by Churchill Downs to run on four weekends in September in conflict with Turfway Park.
Horsemen on the backstretch at New York Racing Association tracks wondered if many of the recommendations made by a government appointed task force would truly prevent horses from breaking down in the future.
The Louisiana Racing Commission conducted two days of hearings on Thursday and Friday to hear the appeals of seven trainers who had been suspended after horses they trained tested positive for the potent painkiller dermorphin.
