A letter sent Tuesday by the heads of the two regulatory agencies overseeing the New York Racing Association is likely the opening salvo of what is expected to be a bruising legal and political battle over control of NYRA’s three tracks and the payments the association receives from a casino at Aqueduct.
A “substantial” amount of public commentary on potential changes to rules in New York allowing for the raceday administration of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide hsa been submitted, according to an official with the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s directors responded Monday to the New York attorney general’s lawsuit against them with a court filing that calls for the suit’s dismissal.
The New York Racing Association board of directors on Monday appointed its chief operating officer, Ellen McClain, as president of the association, and hired Kenneth Handal, a former assistant U.S. attorney, to be its general counsel.
The Jockey Club on Friday launched a website designed to provide information to owners of racehorses, part of a multi-pronged strategy to implement the recommendations of a study the Jockey Club commissioned last year.
The Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday passed a $27.7 billion budget that does not contain large-scale cuts to the amount of subsidies directed to the state’s horse racing industry as proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett.
In response to a recent New York lawsuit claiming it has allowed its horses to be neglected, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s board has released veterinary reports showing the results of recent inspections at their farms and satellite facilities.
Backers of a casino project near Foxboro Stadium in the Boston area have abandoned their plans, handing the lead for the sole casino license for the area to a partnership that includes Suffolk Downs in East Boston.
Churchill Downs Inc. had net earnings of $1.35 million in the first three months of 2012 on record first-quarter revenue of $138.2 million, according to financial statements released on Monday.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission will not call for a vote on a proposal to phase-out the raceday use of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide prior to stakes races run in the state at its upcoming May 16 meeting.
