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.
Merv Peters, a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, died on Tuesday after a long illness at 91. Peters was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame as a builder in 1993.
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The California Horse Racing Board approved contracts between the California Thoroughbred Trainers and Del Mar and Golden Gate Fields for autumn race meets on Thursday, ending more than two years of negotiations between the horsemen and the tracks over when trainers can be prevented from racing horses or evicted from track property.
A real-estate company headed by the chairman of the New York Racing Association will partner with Caesars Entertainment to pursue a casino license in Midtown Manhattan, the two companies announced Thursday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority informed state racing commissions this week that it will be seeking a total of $72.5 million for its operations in 2023, the first full year in which all the authority’s operations, including drug testing and investigations, are expected to be in place.
Eden Davis Stephens, the deputy director of the Kentucky Office of Administrative Hearings, has been assigned to be the new hearing officer in an appeal by the trainer Bob Baffert of a 90-day suspension he served earlier this year related to the disqualification of Medina Spirit from last year’s Kentucky Derby, according to a spokesperson for the KHRC.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has named 19 individuals to its Horsemen’s Advisory Group, a committee that was formed earlier this year in the midst of immense pushback from the training and veterinary community.
