A California-based horse owner on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission asking a Kentucky court to strike down a rule that restricts claimed horses to running at the track at which the horse was claimed until the track’s meet is over.
Six candidates are seeking three open seats on the Breeders’ Cup’s board of directors, the Breeders’ Cup announced on Thursday, when voting for the candidates opened.
Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races continued to decline in June as racetracks slashed race dates to cope with a shrinking supply of horses.
The New York Racing Association announced Thursday that Hal Handel, chief operating officer, would resign his posittion and leave the company at the end of the Saratoga race meeting.
Frank Stronach, who is set to take over the racing and gambling assets owned by MI Developments on Thursday, has sold approximately $850 million of stock in the auto-parts company he founded since December, according to regulatory filings.
Handle through two of the three leading national account-wagering platforms in the United States declined in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the first quarter of 2010, according to figures from the platform operators and regulators in Oregon, where the platforms have betting hubs. The decline signals a contraction in the account-wagering market for perhaps the first time.
Corinne and Bill Heiligbrodt, among the nation’s leading owners with more than $21 million in purse earnings since 2005, will disperse their bloodstock and take a hiatus from Thoroughbred ownership, among the nation’s leading owners with more than $21 million in purse earnings since 2005, will disperse their bloodstock and take a hiatus from Thoroughbred ownership
Craig Fravel, president and general manager of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Breeders’ Cup, replacing Greg Avioli, who resigned in March to work for Frank Stronach's new racing company.
The owners of Ohio’s seven racetracks will be allowed to apply for licenses to operate slot machines under a plan offered by Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday.
Total all-sources wagering on the 13-race card at Belmont Park on Saturday was $81,245,326, a 9 percent increase over the all-sources figure for the Belmont Stakes day card last year, according to the New York Racing Association.
