U.S. handle dips in May
Handle on U.S. races during the month of May slipped slightly from betting during the same month last year, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Monday.
Matt HegartyJun 04, 2012
Handle on U.S. races during the month of May slipped slightly from betting during the same month last year, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Monday.
Exchange betting will not be implemented in California in 2012, and TVG and HRTV have been given the go-ahead to negotiate an agreement to televise each other’s California races in decisions reached by the board of directors of the TOC at its monthly board meeting on Friday.
A New York Supreme Court judge on Friday denied a motion to prevent the New York State Racing and Wagering Board from enforcing an indefinite suspension it issued last week to harness trainer Lou Pena, according to one of Pena’s attorneys.
A major gaming expansion bill that would bring slot machines to Illinois racetracks passed the Illinois Senate late Thursday.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has dropped its lawsuit against one of the Mellon estate executors it asserted had engaged in “a campaign of vilification” against the nation’s largest charity for former racehorses.
The case of harness racing trainer Lou Pena has raised the question of whether veterinary records should be fair game in drug violations cases.
Viande Richelieu, the company that operates two of Canada’s four equine slaughterhouses, appears to be backing away from accepting Thoroughbreds for slaughter after their unusual move of returning slaughter-bound former racehorses Canuki and Cactus Cafe.
An Ohio judge has ruled that a group seeking to stop the installation of slot machines at state racetracks does not have legal standing to challenge the order authorizing the devices.
A hearing scheduled for May 30 to consider the New York Racing and Wagering Board’s decision to suspend indefinitely the license of harness trainer Lou Pena after charging him with 1,719 medication violations was postponed Tuesday.
A legal dispute between the embattled New York Racing Association and its former integrity counsel is posing yet another challenge for NYRA just days after the association agreed to a plan allowing the state to take control of its board.