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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will establish a committee to evaluate the feasibility of installing more artificial surfaces at racetracks across the U.S., HISA announced on Tuesday as part of a laundry list of goals associated with an effort to reduce racetrack fatalities.
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Caravel, who is aiming for a defense of her victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, will go through the sale ring a few days after that race, as she has been cataloged to the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Jim Pendergest, the longtime director of racing surfaces for Keeneland, will chair the newly formed Track Surface Advisory Group for the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the group announced Thursday.
Beth Bungert, who has worked in a variety of positions at racetracks over the past 20 years, including as a veterinary assistant and racing official, has been hired to the new position of safety steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, the regulatory agency announced Tuesday.
Handle on U.S. races held in August this year declined 7.30 percent while the number of races held dropped 5.76 percent, according to figures released by Equibase on Tuesday.
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The National Turf Writers and Broadcasters has selected the connections of multiple graded stakes winner Cody’s Wish to receive its Mr. Fitz Award for “typifying the spirit of racing,” the organization announced on Friday, along with three other award winners.
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Ben Perkins Sr., a New Jersey horsemen who during a 60-year career rode, prepped, bought, trained, pinhooked, and sold horses, died on Wednesday in a hospice facility, his son, Ben Perkins Jr., said on Thursday. Perkins Sr. was 89.
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In advance of similar protocols proposed by the New York State Gaming Commission earlier this year, the New York Racing Association on Wednesday announced it would begin requiring horses entering races at its tracks to be examined by an attending veterinarian within 72 hours of entry time.
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Churchill Downs Inc. plans to open six sports-betting locations at its Kentucky properties on Sept. 7, including two in the Louisville area, the company said on Wednesday.
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Anthony Manganaro, chairman and co-owner of Siena Farm in Paris, Ky., died Sunday at his summer home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He was 79
