Total wagering on Thoroughbred races at U.S. racetracks in September was up 13.7 percent compared to wagering in the same month of 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures released by Equibase on Tuesday.
Andy Belfiore, who is currently the administrator of a horsemen’s group’s effort to reduce horse injuries, has been hired as the executive director of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, the organization announced.
The Breeders’ Cup Classic will have a post time of 5:40 p.m. Pacific, or 8:40 Eastern, at Del Mar near San Diego on Saturday, Nov. 6, the company announced on Thursday.
Churchill Downs Inc. will build a 43,000-square foot casino in downtown Louisville that will initially operate 500 historical horse racing machines, the company announced on Thursday.
Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement to sell the 326-acre Arlington Park property to the Chicago Bears of the NFL, in a transaction that is not expected to close until after the Illinois state legislature meets next year for a full legislative session.
Eclipse Award champion Caressing, who produced an Eclipse Award champion in West Coast, died Sept. 14 at Hermitage Farm in Goshen, Ky., due to laminitis. The Honour and Glory mare was 23.
An attorney for Jason Servis, the trainer who was indicted last year along with 26 other individuals connected to horse racing, argued in a court filing on Friday that government prosecutors are attempting to apply different rationales for the basis of their wiretaps of Servis than those presented to the judges who authorized the surveillance.
Churchill Downs Inc. has submitted a proposal to Indiana regulators seeking an open casino license for a location near Terre Haute, Ind., the company said on Wednesday.
Six states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Nebraska, and Ohio, have filed a “friend of the court” brief contesting the constitutionality of legislation passed late last year that authorizes a federal regulatory body for racing. The amicus curiae brief was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, where a number of states, breed organizations, and racetrack owners filed the initial challenge to the lawsuit.
Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, with 66 million customers, began approving debit-card transactions with account-wagering companies in August, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association said Wednesday.
