Handle on U.S. Thoroughbred races held in August of this year declined moderately compared to the same month last year, when there was an additional weekend date during August, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Monday.
All-sources handle on races conducted at New York Racing Association tracks through the first eight months of the year is $1.75 billion, up 2.1 percent over the 2021 figure of $1.71 billion, according to statistics provided Thursday by the New York Racing Association.
FanDuel Group will rebrand TVG, its primary horse racing network, as FanDuel TV while adding sports-betting shows to the network’s lineup, the company said Thursday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority submitted a highly modified batch of rules dealing with its anti-doping and medication control program to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday night.
Louis Cella, president of Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has been elected to the nine-member Board of Stewards of The Jockey Club, according to the organization.
Fixed-odds betting on U.S. horse races could be a major business for sports-betting sites, provided the racing industry can work with regulators and other racing constituencies to smooth the way for its launch, racing and sports-betting officials said on Wednesday at a panel at the Racing and Gaming Conference in Saratoga Springs.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will continue to face administrative, logistical, legal, and political hurdles before it can win the trust of the racing constituencies that it is intended to regulate, officials of HISA and other racing organizations said on Wednesday at the Racing and Gaming Conference in Saratoga Springs.
Tom Rooney, who was hired as the chief executive of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association in October of last year, is a familiar face on Capitol Hill. He served five terms in the House of Representatives before retiring in 2019, representing a Central Florida district as a moderate Republican. The relationships he made in Washington, D.C., were a major reason the NTRA board embraced his candidacy for the job, which requires lobbying on behalf of the interests of Thoroughbred racing and breeding.
The Jockey Club Round Table Conference will be held at the Saratoga City Center from 10 a.m. to noon ET on Sunday, August 14.
Mired in four current legal challenges and beset by critics, the fledgling Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will take center stage on Sunday morning at The Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga Springs.
