Two veterinarians who have been issued 60-day suspensions by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission have appealed the penalties and requested a stay, according to one of the veterinarians.
Louis Grasso, a veterinarian who was indicted in 2020 along with six other prominent harness-racing participants, was sentenced on Tuesday to 50 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $412,000 for his role in supplying illegal substances to trainers, according to court records.
Two propositions in California on Tuesday’s ballot that would have allowed sports betting were resoundingly shot down by voters.
Handle on U.S. Thoroughbred races fell 4.9 percent in October of this year when compared to the same month last year despite a 1.2 percent increase in races, according to figures released by Equibase on Friday.
The two-day Breeders’ Cup event scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., will be the first to be run under the limited jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, with the most notable impact being on the number of times a rider can use a whip in the race.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday unanimously approved a plan to petition the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority for an exemption to a policy that would ban raceday furosemide in all races for the next three years.
The New York Gaming Commission fined Keith Doleshel, the racing secretary for the New York Racing Association, $2,000 for failure to conduct business in a professional manner, according to a ruling on the commission website.
The New York Gaming Commission voted unanimously to petition the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority for a three-year exemption on a rule that would ban the raceday use of furosemide in all Thoroughbred races beginning on Jan. 1.
Churchill Downs Inc. had net income of $57.0 million in the third quarter of 2022, a 7.2 percent decline compared to the same quarter last year, according to financial statements released Wednesday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has submitted a document to the Federal Trade Commission classifying nearly 1,400 substances as either banned or controlled, a list that will form the foundation for the authority’s medication and anti-doping enforcement program.
