Los Alamitos withdrew an offer Tuesday to expand its racetrack to accommodate Thoroughbred racing and training beginning in 2014, citing disagreements with the California Thoroughbred Trainers over the proposed racetrack expansion and a desire to avoid a showdown with Fairplex Park on acquiring racing dates.

Brad McKinzie, a consultant with Los Alamitos, said Tuesday that track owner Ed Allred could resume discussions about an expansion, if Thoroughbred industry officials deem the Fairplex Park proposal unsatisfactory.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Several brands of sweet feed produced for horses at a Purina mill in Turlock, Calif., contain the banned medication zilpaterol and resulted in 48 positives earlier this year, the California Horse Racing Board has announced.

Zilpaterol, listed as a Class 3 medication, is a feed supplement that promotes muscle gain in livestock.
    

Black Onyx, who all but secured a spot in the starting lineup for the Kentucky Derby with his victory Saturday in Turfway Park’s Grade 3 Spiral Stakes, was among 13 late nominations received by Saturday night’s deadline for the 2013 Triple Crown series.

The $1.5 million Daily Racing Form /National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship will return to Treasure Island Las Vegas on Jan. 24-26. The 15th annual event will be held over three days for the first time in 2014.

Titletown Five’s star has fallen over the past several weeks. Although part of the mutuel field in the first pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, Titletown Five made the cut in the second leg due to his encouraging juvenile form and early season workouts.

After losing as the 11-10 favorite in his seasonal reappearance, the $60,000 Gazebo Stakes going six furlongs at Oaklawn Park on March 2, Titletown Five was dismissed at 70-1 in the second future wager and was removed as an individual entity from the third pool altogether.

LOUISVILLE - With fans splitting their wagers among a host of Kentucky Derby hopefuls, the mutuel field closed Sunday as the favorite again in the third and final pool of the 2013Kentucky Derby Future Wager, with Verrazano a clear second choice.

The field, the 24th or “all others” option, closed at a lukewarm 5-1, followed by Verrazano at 7-1. They were followed in close order by Itsmyluckyday (10-1), Vyjack (10-1), Revolutionary (12-1), Orb (13-1), Flashback (15-1), Hear the Ghost (15-1), and, remarkably enough, five more horses between 18-1 and 21-1.

ARCADIA, Calif.- The launch of exchange wagering in California will be delayed for months, and possibly into 2014, after the state’s Office of Administrative Law recently cited extensive faults to a set of rules approved in 2012 by the California Horse Racing Board.

LOUISVILLE – With one day to go in the third and final pool of the 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, Verrazano is a 6-1 favorite over the mutuel field.

The final six hours of wagering into Pool 3 began at noon Eastern and closes at 6 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Verrazano was a very slight favorite over the mutuel field after the first of three days of wagering into Pool 3 of the 2013 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opened Friday at noon Eastern.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The California Office of Administrative Law recently rejected rules permitting exchange wagering in the state, but has yet to give a reason for the rejection, a California Horse Racing Board spokesman said on Wednesday.

The racing board approved rules for exchange wagering in November 2012, and sent documents to the Office of Administrative Law earlier this year for legal review. That office rejected the rules earlier this month, but has yet to publish its findings.