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Fred Hertrich III and Clem Murphy have both been re-elected to the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors, while Tom Ryan has been newly elected to the board, Breeders’ Cup announced on Wednesday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is exploring whether to expand its definition of a “covered horse” to include horses that have made timed workouts at 2-year-old sales, Liza Lazarus, HISA’s chief executive, said during a town hall-style teleconference Monday.
Acting on the recommendation of Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission Veterinarians, the Saturday program at Delaware Park was postponed due to excessive heat.
Bolstered by two additional weekend dates, total betting on Thoroughbred races at U.S. tracks in June shot up 10.3 percent compared to the same month in 2023, tempered by a 4.8 percent jump in the number of races held in the month, according to figures released by Equibase on Friday.
Nevada Litfin, a trainer who has most recently shuttled between Oaklawn Park in Arkansas and Canterbury Park in Minnesota, has accepted a five-year suspension of his license from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority after admitting to running his stable while he was suspended last year for medication violations.
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Alva Starr, who brought her connections to the highest of highs as a homebred Grade 1 winner, became an example of the sport’s lowest of lows, as the filly had to be euthanized after suffering a catastrophic injury while breezing Wednesday at Delaware Park. The daughter of late champion Lord Nelson – whose own racing and breeding careers were cut short by injury and subsequent laminitis – was 4.
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Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., will run its July 4 card without any on-track patrons due to a water issue that arose overnight due to storm damage in the area, officials for the track’s parent company, Churchill Downs Inc., said on Thursday morning.
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Ruidoso Downs has cancelled Thursday’s $150,000 Mountain Top Futurity, and all other races for Thoroughbreds through Sunday, because of damage to the racetrack caused by flash floods last weekend, but have made sufficient progress on renovation work on the track to allow a weekend of Quarter Horse racing beginning Thursday.
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Total wagering and purses for the recently completed spring meet at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., set records this year by surpassing the old marks by double digits, according to figures released by the track and a separate analysis by Daily Racing Form.
The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association has sent a petition to the Federal Trade Commission requesting that the federal agency create so-called “no-effect thresholds” for drugs that are regulated under the rules created by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
