Trainer Brad Cox has joined a Who’s Who of racing personalities in being honored by the Turf Publicists of America (TPA) with their prestigious Big Sport of Turfdom Award for 2021.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency would determine which horses are selected for post-race and out-of-competition testing under proposed rules released on Monday, in a departure from the current practice in most states of mandating that certain horses are automatically selected for testing, such as winners of races. The proposed rules were posted on Monday on the website of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, a national body created by legislation passed late in 2020 which would replace the current state-by-state regulatory system for racing.
A New York state senator has introduced a bill that would allow fixed-odds bets on horse races to be offered by licensed mobile sports-betting operators.
The Illinois Racing Board has deferred deciding whether to permit Churchill Downs Inc. to continue operating six off-track betting parlors in 2022 despite the cessation of racing at the company’s Illinois racetrack, Arlington International Racecourse.
The Indiana Gaming Commission has selected a proposal from Churchill Downs Inc. for a casino near Terre Haute after rejecting a settlement offer from the previous holder of the license.
Over the past two and a half years, major racing jurisdictions across the U.S. have individually contemplated changes to their rules that would restrict the use of the whip in races, gathering together supporters and opponents to argue over the endless pros and cons before going through the oftentimes arduous process of crafting and approving new rules. California, Kentucky, New Jersey, and a handful of mid-Atlantic tracks, among others, have all adopted sets of rules that limit the use of the whip in significant ways. Enter the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Thursday posted its first proposed draft rules to govern certain aspects of the sport’s medication rules, drug-testing protocols, and safety practices, and it invited industry comment on the regulations before submitting them to federal authorities.
The New York Gaming Commission on Monday declined to take any action on a request from trainer Ken McPeek for the commission to examine the rules of entry at the tracks operated by the New York Racing Association so that horses coming out of quarantine would be eligible to enter races prior to the quarantine expiring.
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