Ross Cohen, an indicted harness trainer who became a government witness in a wide-ranging investigation into the illegal use of drugs in horse racing, was sentenced to two years of supervised release on Wednesday by a district court in New York.
A wave of cancellations due to a prolonged cold snap hitting the Midwest and East Coast in mid-January caused handle on U.S. Thoroughbred races in the month to plunge 10.8 percent, even though average handle per race jumped a robust 9.8 percent, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Monday.
Brook Hawkins, the steward for the New York Racing Association since Nov. 1, 2019, has been fired, Hawkins confirmed Thursday afternoon.
Dr. Dana Stead, who resigned last year from the position of track veterinarian for tracks on the Southern California circuit, has been hired by Churchill Downs Inc. to the new position of Equine Safety and Integrity Veterinarian, Churchill announced on Wednesday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has approved funding for three studies that will examine the use of furosemide, the diuretic that is used to mitigate bleeding in the lungs, in racehorses, part of a mandate contained in its enabling legislation.
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a number of rules and regulations that would seek to improve oversight of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the national regulatory body that was created in 2020 to replace the sport’s state-by-state regulatory structure.
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Horses stabled at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. that receive a corticosteroid injection in the fetlock joint will need to have the joint radiographed before a second administration within 60 days of the first injection, according to a new policy announced by the track on Thursday.
With Golden Gate Fields scheduled to close in June, a group of owners, breeders, and trainers are scrambling to start a race meeting in late September at the Cal-Expo Fairgrounds in Sacramento or the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton that will serve as a replacement venue.
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Aidan Butler, the chief executive of a division of 1/ST, the racing company, has been promoted to president of the company, 1/ST announced on Wednesday.
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Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey has issued a pocket veto of a bill passed early this year that would have directed $10 million in annual subsidies to Thoroughbred purses from 2025 to 2029, but racing officials said they were confident that the bill would find support in the current legislative session.
