James Gagliano, the president and chief operating officer of the Jockey Club, said in an open letter Friday that recent positives for the powerful painkiller dermorphin have demonstrated the industry’s need to adopt stricter enforcement and harsher penalties for drug violations.
The California Horse Racing Board voted on Thursday to conduct further hearings on rules for exchange betting in the next month before revisiting the possible implementation of the rules later this summer.
The Breeders’ Cup board of directors was expected to vote on Thursday on the selection of a host site for the 2013 year-end event, with the option of choosing among Churchill Downs in Louisville, Santa Anita Park in Southern California, and Monmouth Park in New Jersey, according to officials.
The 2013 Eclipse Awards ceremony has been scheduled for Jan. 19 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., the organizer of the event announced on Thursday.
There have been no reported positive tests for the powerful drug dermorphin in New York even though a test for dermorphin has been in place for several months.
The flight of horsemen from Kentucky to New York is having a significant impact on races at Churchill Downs this year, though not in the way that might be expected.
The House Appropriations Committee has voted to once again deny funding for federal inspectors at horse slaughter facilities.
A bill was introduced on Saturday in the New York legislature that would put in place a plan endorsed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo providing for state control of the board of directors of the New York Racing Association for three years.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday issued a ruling vacating a lower court’s determination that state racetracks could operate gambling devices that use the results of previously run horse races to determine payoffs.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a regulation that would prohibit the raceday administration of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide beginning with 2-year-old stakes races in 2014, but the rule is likely to face additional challenges as it wends its way through the state legislature.
