Total betting on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. tracks in August jumped 5.5 percent compared to the same month last year, aided by an extra weekend date, according to figures released by Equibase on Thursday.
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Charlotte Weber, the owner of Live Oak Stud and a prominent owner and breeder, has been named the interim chair of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s board of director, filling the spot previously held by John Hendrickson, who died on Aug. 19.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has suspended the accreditation of a lab in Illinois that was responsible for testing samples pulled from horses in the state, according to the RMTC’s executive director.
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Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., closed its doors as a racing, training, and wagering location on Saturday following a two-month transition period to consolidate racing and training at Laurel Park.
The Jockey Club has elected Marshall Gramm, a horseplayer, owner, and syndicate manager, as one of eight new members, the organization announced Thursday.
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Darby Development Inc., the company that has been running Monmouth Park in New Jersey under an arrangement with the track’s horsemen since 2012, has been granted an 85-year extension on a lease with the state, a decision that will allow several major real-estate developments at the track to go forward, according to Monmouth officials.
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Parx Racing, a racetrack outside of Philadelphia, has suspended turf racing indefinitely until the course can be inspected and evaluated for suitability for racing, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
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Arrangements were made. The news was shared with clients and colleagues. Plans were set to disperse the horses to different stables. Then, Steve Specht, longtime trainer on the Northern California, reversed course. Retirement was not happening, at least not in the summer of 2024.
While racing has made significant strides toward uniformity in safety and medication rules over the past two years with the advent of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the rules governing the management of betting pools and payouts remain frustratingly different from state-to-state, representatives of bet-processing companies said on a Wednesday panel on the final day of the Racing and Gaming Conference in Saratoga.
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New York and Maryland racing officials believe that the racing industries in their states have been put on firm footing due to projects to rebuild racetracks in the state, the officials said during a panel discussion on the second day of the Racing and Gaming Conference in Saratoga Springs.
