The Kentucky House passed a bill late on Thursday that would abolish the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and pass its duties on to a newly formed state corporation that would regulate all forms of gambling in the state other than the lottery.
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The Kentucky Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would create a government corporation that would assume the functions and responsibilities of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
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Wagering figures for the recently concluded Fair Grounds meet in New Orleans surged by more than 20 percent, according to an analysis of betting figures conducted by Daily Racing Form, on the strength of increased field size due in large part to the track ironing out problems afflicting its beleaguered turf course last year.
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The three major sales companies in the U.S. have agreed on a set of new protocols that are designed to increase oversight of medication use and prohibit the administration of certain drugs, the companies announced Tuesday.
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The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday voted to uphold a hearing officer’s recommendations to sustain a 14-day suspension handed down to the Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher due to a 2022 overage of the regulated painkiller medication phenylbutazone.
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Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash., will eliminate breakage at its upcoming 2024 meet and pay all winning wagers to the nearest cent, the track announced on Monday.
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Veteran racecaller Tony Calo will become the new track announcer at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., when that track opens its meet this summer, according to Ellis’s parent company, Churchill Downs Inc.
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During a decade-plus career in racing operations at Canterbury Park, Andrew Offerman helped revitalize business at the seasonal Minnesota track. After working a year behind-the-scenes at the New York Racing Association, Offerman is now front and center as part of the team that is charged with advancing the future at NYRA.
Tina Marie Bond, a horse owner, the president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, and the wife of trainer H. James Bond, was elected president of the National Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association at the organization’s annual meeting in Florida this week.
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Jockey Declan Carroll will retire from riding, but will remain in the Thoroughbred industry, he announced on social media Wednesday night.
