Breeders' Cup: Twenty-two candidates compete for 16 spots on board of Members
Twenty-two candidates have been placed on the ballot for election for 16 open seats on the Breeders’ Cup board of Members.
Matt HegartyMay 24, 2012
Twenty-two candidates have been placed on the ballot for election for 16 open seats on the Breeders’ Cup board of Members.
Clenbuterol, a bronchodilator sometimes used to build muscle mass, may be prohibited to appear in post-race tests for Thoroughbreds in California as early as this summer.
The embattled New York Racing Association board of directors voted Tuesday to accept a plan pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pare its board and hand control of the board over to New York state for at least the next three years, according to a release from Cuomo’s office.
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.