2021 Eclipse Awards to be held Feb. 10 at Santa Anita
The Eclipse Awards ceremony will have a new location next year.
Matt HegartySep 21, 2021
The Eclipse Awards ceremony will have a new location next year.
Barbara Banke, owner of Stonestreet Farms, was elected as board chairman of the Breeders' Cup at a board of directors meeting Friday night.
Trials related to the indictment of 27 individuals last year on charges of drug adulteration and misbranding connected to Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing will not begin until next year following decisions made on a status conference conducted on Wednesday.
Scott Mangini, one of 27 individuals indicted last year on charges related to the illegal administration of substances to racehorses, was sentenced to 18 months of prison and three years of supervised release during a sentencing hearing on Friday.
The New York Racing Association said it has adopted protocols to conduct hearings against licensed racing individuals and has issued notices of hearings under the new rules to trainers Bob Baffert and Marcus Vitali.
Steve Asmussen, the trainer who recently set the all-time wins record in U.S. Thoroughbred racing, has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor requiring him to pay $563,800 in back wages and penalties for failing to pay overtime wages to grooms and hotwalkers during a four-year period from 2016 to 2020, according to court records.
Kentucky Downs and the New York Racing Association have been unable to reach an agreement on a simulcasting contract for Kentucky Downs’s races, an impasse that will shut out NYRA patrons from the track’s signal and also result in a partial blackout of NYRA’s Saratoga signal in Kentucky, officials for both sides said Thursday.
A committee of The Jockey Club has revised its recommended guidance on voided-claims policy to allow for the practice if a horse is placed on the veterinarian’s list within one hour of a race.
Former members of racing commissions in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana stressed in a “friend of the court” briefing filed on Tuesday that they believed the implementation of a national regulatory structure for racing would protect and improve the U.S. racing industry.
Greg Colvin, a former executive with a company that manages Instagram accounts, has been hired as the chief executive officer of 1/ST Content, the television and simulcast wagering unit of the company formerly known as The Stronach Group.