Marc Guilfoil, the executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission since 2016, has resigned from the position to accept a job as the Director of State Racing Commission Relations with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
A racetrack and casino company that re-opened Colonial Downs in Virginia has submitted an application for the last racetrack license in Kentucky, with designs of opening a Quarter Horse track and casino on the eastern border of the state.
William Nader, a former executive for the New York Racing Association who has served two stints overseas at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, will leave his current position at the HKJC in October and return to the U.S., the HKJC said in a statement on Tuesday.
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The Texas Racing Commission will not allow Thoroughbred races from Texas tracks to be exported to out-of-state locations or account-wagering companies as of July 1, the commission said in a letter released earlier this week and confirmed by the commission’s executive director on Tuesday.
Foal and stallion nominators to the Breeders’ Cup have elected 20 individuals to serve as members, Breeders’ Cup announced on Tuesday.
Roughly half of the individuals in racing who will need to register with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority by July 1 to continue to participate in racing have done so, officials with the organization said on Tuesday.
Total betting on U.S. horse races in the month of May was statistically even with the same month last year, according to figures released by Equibase on Monday.
A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a number of state racing commissions and other racing-related parties that had sought to nullify the federal legislation that created the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Friday afternoon released a massive tranche of proposed national rules that will regulate medication use, the authority’s anti-doping programs, and its testing and intelligence-gathering protocols.
