Starting Nov. 19, veterinarians employed by Gulfstream Park will administer all raceday furosemide shots under a track policy designed to keep private veterinarians out of the stalls of horses on raceday, the track announced Thursday.

The policy will require all horses entered to race to be on the grounds by 11:30 a.m. or five hours prior to post, whichever is earlier, if they are going to be treated with furosemide, an anti-bleeding drug. Horses designated to receive furosemide on raceday will have red tags hung off their barns, Gulfstream said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Joe Sharp is a kindred spirit with his wife, Rosie Napravnik. He, too, grew up around horses, dreaming of the day he would make it big in a sport he loves.

“As a kid, I used to sleep with a set of blinkers,” he said. “Purple and white diamonds.”

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For all the fame, riches, honors, and adulation that Rosie Napravnik has amassed, she still doesn’t have one thing: a crystal ball.

One would certainly come in handy now, with everybody asking her the same thing: When are you coming back to ride, Rosie?

NEW YORK – Aqueduct isn't going away just yet.

When the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board makes its recommendations to the state regarding the future of the company and its three racetracks, it will not include a proposal regarding the future of Aqueduct, NYRA president and chief executive Chris Kay said Wednesday at a meeting of the board of directors in Manhattan.

Churchill Downs Inc. has reached a deal to buy a mobile-gaming company, Big Fish, for a price that could rise to $885 million, the two companies announced late on Wednesday.

Big Fish distributes dozens of casual mobile games that run the thematic gamut. It also distributes a game called Big Fish Casino, which it describes as a “social-gaming casino.”

Following a three-day carryover, the $2 pick six at Aqueduct on Wednesday paid $1,854, as what looked like a formidable sequence instead proved formful.

The carryover coming into the card totaled $227,192. A whopping $997,589 was bet into the pick six pool Wednesday. There were approximately 429 winning tickets, according to the New York Racing Association.

The winners in the pick six, which covered races 4-9, were Sunnyandpally ($9.50), Big Guy Ian ($5.60), Jonrah ($6.40), Da Wildcat Girl ($12.20), Writingonthewall ($3.50), and Fulmer ($4).

After not being run in 2008 and 2010, the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park lost its graded status in 2011 after its purse was reduced from $300,000 to $150,000. Saturday’s De Francis will be the third straight year that the six-furlong sprint has offered a $350,000 purse, and judging by the field it has attracted, a fresh grade can’t be far off.

Total betting on the 13 Breeders’ Cup races held at Santa Anita on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 was $135.5 million, the Breeders’ Cup said Wednesday after adding in the money wagered on the races from international locations.

The Breeders’ Cup said the total, which includes separate-pool wagers, was up 1.1 percent compared with total handle on the same 13 races held on the two days of the event last year. The Breeders’ Cup dropped a race, the Marathon, from its lineup this year. Handle on the Marathon was $4.8 million last year.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Hold off for now on that balloting for Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male. California Chrome is scheduled to race one more time this year.

California Chrome, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and third most recently in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, is scheduled to make his first start on turf here in the Grade 1, $300,000 Hollywood Derby on Nov. 29, trainer Art Sherman said Wednesday.

The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a dates agreement between the Maryland Jockey Club and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association that will bring 149 days of racing to the state in 2015.