Sage named chairman of Association of Racing Commissioners International

Tom Sage, executive director of the Nebraska Racing Commission, has been named chairman of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, the organization announced Tuesday.

Sage, who has been executive director of the Nebraska Racing Commission since 2008, has been active on a number of ARCI committees and is currently a member of its Executive Committee and its committees on model rules, parimutuel auditing, rider and driver welfare, and safety. The chairman position has a one-year term.

Sage began working for the Nebraska Racing Commission in 1993 as an investigator after earning a degree in criminal justice. He was promoted to the commission’s director of investigations in 2003.

In 2015, Sage was selected for the ARCI’s Len Foote Award, which is given annually to an executive director of a racing commission to acknowledge “exemplary service and contribution to racing integrity.”