Golden State Racing recently finalized paperwork with the California Horse Racing Board for its new autumn race meeting at the Alameda county fair in Pleasanton, Calif., that will begin on Oct. 19, two racing officials confirmed this week.
A U.S. court of appeals has ruled that a constitutional challenge to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is “unlikely to succeed on its merits,” striking down a request for preliminary injunction that would have removed the states of Arkansas, Iowa, and Minnesota from HISA’s jurisdiction.
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Natalia Lynch, a trainer who has been suspended for the past 14 months, has been reinstated to good standing after reaching a settlement with the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit that frees her to return to training, according to statements and filings in the case.
The nine-week Golden State Racing meeting beginning at Pleasanton on Oct. 19 will have a daily purse distribution of approximately $170,000, a condition determined after a tense, and sometimes heated, California Horse Racing Board meeting in Sacramento on Thursday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has proposed a new rule that would eliminate the consideration of purses when determining assessments on racetracks and their horsemen and instead base the assessments solely on the number of starts.
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Freehold Raceway, a New Jersey harness track with 170 years of history, will close at the end of the year, according to a notice sent by the track’s parent company to employees and a later announcement.
Purse levels for the upcoming Golden State Racing meeting in Pleasanton, Calif., remained unresolved as of Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours before the first-ever race season is subject to the approval of the California Horse Racing Board at its monthly meeting in Sacramento.
An investigation conducted by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit into the capabilities of the drug-testing laboratory at the University of Kentucky found that the lab was out of compliance with a handful of HIWU’s rules and that the former lab director had lied about certain test results, according to a report released by HIWU on Tuesday.
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Average handle and total handle during the recently concluded Emerald Downs meet in Auburn, Wash., both declined by double digits, according to an analysis by Daily Racing Form, while the average purse inched up 4.0 percent.
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Parx racetrack outside Philadelphia plans to resume racing on its turf course later this month, with the goal of having the course race-ready by Sept. 21, when the track runs its richest race, the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, and 10 other stakes races, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
