Wagering on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. tracks in March rebounded after several months of decline, rising 2.14 percent compared to wagering in the same month last year, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Thursday.
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Turfway Park reported a 62 percent gain in all-sources handle for its recently concluded winter-spring meet.
The Kentucky Senate on Thursday night mustered enough votes to pass a bill allowing racetracks in the state to offer sports betting.
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After a disastrous start to its 2022-23 racing season, Fair Grounds rebounded during the meet’s final 10 weeks, though handle still declined significantly compared to the 2021-22 season.
A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has indicated that he expects to rule by the end of Friday on a filing from the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association seeking an injunction that would prevent the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority from enforcing its new medication rules, according to legal filings.
The National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association has filed a request for preliminary injunction in a U.S. District Court in Texas against the enforcement of rules issued by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and asked the judge to issue a decision by Friday afternoon.
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday announced its approval of a tranche of new rules governing the Anti-Doping and Medication Control program of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, setting in motion a new era of horse-racing regulation in the U.S.
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Monday, March 27, is the day that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, the national regulatory company created by federal legislation passed late in 2020, plans to implement its Anti-Doping and Medication Control program (ADMC) – provided it receives approval for the program’s rules from a federal agency. If the approval is granted, the implementation of the program will usher in a new era for Thoroughbred racing, in which one institution, rather than each U.S. racing state, will take responsibility for the sport’s drug-testing and enforcement programs, its investigations, and its adjudications of medication and drug violations.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved an agreement to cooperate with the regulatory plans of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, but the approval came with several caveats.
