The Jockey Club plans to launch a website on Sunday that will serve as a promotional tool for racing and eventually incorporate the online marketing initiatives run by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has recommended that trainer Tom Amoss be suspended for 60 days and fined $5,000 after a horse he trained tested positive for methocarbomol, but his attorney ha asked that the case be dismissed
Wagering on horse races at U.S. tracks in February jumped 7.6 percent compared to February of last year, according to figures released Monday by Equibase, the second time in three months that wagering has risen.
Fifteen racetracks have agreed to allow the Jockey Club to publish data about catastrophic injuries suffered by horses at their tracks, the Jockey Club announced Monday.
Santa Anita will restore the signal from Oaklawn Park in Arkansas this week after officials of the two tracks and regulators in both states found no intentional manipulation of the betting pools following the cancellation of a $100,000 show bet on the first division of the Feb. 20 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn.
A dispute has erupted between Santa Anita Park and Oaklawn Park over the cancellation of a $100,000 show wager on a horse in the first division of Oaklawn’s Feb. 20 Southwest Stakes
The New York Racing Association has hired Sue Stover, the former chief financial officer for Rosa Mexicana Restaurants, as its chief financial officer, the association announced on Friday.
Churchill Downs Inc. and Delaware North have reached an agreement to purchase Lebanon Raceway in Lebanon, Ohio, northeast of Cincinnati, an acquisition that will allow the two companies to gain a foothold in a state that last year approved slot machines at racetracks.
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board on Wednesday formally adopted a 48-hour threshold for the administration of the painkiller phenylbutazone, aligning the state’s rules with those of most other major racing states.
A Kentucky legislative committee has approved a bill that would impose a 0.5 percent tax on wagers made by Kentucky residents through account-wagering operations, according to legislative records.
