Average wagering per race on U.S. Thoroughbred races held in November was up 7.5 percent over the same figure in November of last year, according to figures released by Equibase on Tuesday, though total wagering was down slightly.
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Mike Luzzi, the Eclipse Award winning apprentice jockey of 1989 and a winner of more than 3,500 races, announced his retirement from riding Saturday. Luzzi will become the agent for his son Lane, who has based at Aqueduct since October.
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The deadline for the release of a state-sanctioned report examining the long-term options for Maryland’s racing industry has been extended until Jan. 5, according to officials with knowledge of the decision.
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has approved an administrative law judge’s recommendation to penalize a veterinarian with a six-year ban after she administered injections to two horses on raceday, along with numerous other rule violations, according to commission documents.
The Federal Trade Commission has approved an amendment to rules enforced by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority that bans the use of injectable iron dextran in horses, according to an announcement from the FTC.
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One in Vermillion, the winner of the Grade 1 Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga in August and stakes in three other states, has been retired after sustaining a fetlock injury in a workout at Zia Park earlier this month.
Racetrack Television Network, a subscription television and streaming service, will offer livestreams of the panels at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing again this year, the company announced Tuesday.
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Jena Antonucci, the trainer of Belmont and Travers winner Arcangelo, has been named the recipient of the Big Sport of Turfdom by the award’s administrator, the Turf Publicists of America.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has proposed amending its rules for violations of the estrus suppressant altrenogest that will move the drug from its banned category to its controlled substances list.
Alex Foley, the son of trainer Greg Foley and a graduate of the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, has been hired as the executive director of the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, the organization announced Tuesday.
