Jack Klugman, star of stage, screen, and television, and also a Thoroughbred owner, died Monday in Los Angeles at the age of 90, according to an Associated Press report. No cause was given for his death.

Klugman, an avid racing fan who was a long-time regular at Southern California tracks, was most noted in the Thoroughbred world as the owner of Jaklin Klugman, a modestly bred colt who finished a close third in the 1980 Kentucky Derby, defeated just two lengths by the filly Genuine Risk. He was then a well-beaten fourth in the Preakness behind Codex.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The popular Northwest-based filly Class Included, one-two at Emerald Downs and Hastings Park in the first 16 starts of her career before she met her match in the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita, has changed hands and is headed to Florida.

Owner-breeder Michael Feuerborn confirmed Friday that Class Included had been sold for an undisclosed amount and will ship to Florida where she will be trained by Dale Romans.

Class Included was purchased by the Brittlyn Racing stable of Evelyn Benoit, who owned the recently retired Louisiana-bred Star Guitar.

Churchill Downs on Thursday announced the 2013 dates for its Kentucky Derby Future Wager and Kentucky Oaks Future Wager weekends.

Three pools will be offered for the Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Feb. 8-10, which is 12 weeks before the $2 million Kentucky Derby on May 4; March 1-3, nine weeks out; and March 22-24, six weeks before the race. This will be the 15th straight year that Churchill has offered future betting on the Derby.

A racing-medication policy group has approved recommendations on corticosteroid use that would prohibit the administration of one of the most popular of the anti-inflammatory drugs within 72 hours of a race and also ban joint injections of the drugs within seven days of a race, the group announced on Thursday.

The California Horse Racing Board will consider amending its rules regarding the administration of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide, commonly known as Lasix, to have raceday shots given by state or track veterinarians, rather than private vets, according to a 45-day notice the racing board posted this week.

In addition, the rule would mandate that furosemide would be the only bleeder medication that could be used for racing.

The Texas Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a total of 109 live Thoroughbred dates among the state’s three major Thoroughbred tracks, roughly on par with the number of dates run at the tracks last year, according to commission officials.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation to resurrect offtrack wagering in New York City's five boroughs.

Jeff Sotman, a former general manager of HorsePlayer Magazine who helped administer and promote the National Handicapping Championship in its formative years, died on Nov. 28, according to family and friends. Sotman was 50.

Ellis Park in western Kentucky will host a $300,000 handicapping tournament next year over Labor Day weekend with the vast majority of the 55 seats for the contest provided through online tournaments held earlier in the year, the track and tournament organizers said Monday.

The $300,000 purse would make the tournament the third-richest currently on the calendar, behind the National Handicapping Championship, which in 2012 awarded more than $1.5 million in prize money, and the $10,000 buy-in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge, which earlier this year distributed $370,000 in purses.

Retired trainer Mel Stute is expected to be hospitalized at least through the middle of the week, and perhaps until the weekend, while recovering from a head injury sustained in a fall at his home on Dec. 8.

Gary Stute, the trainer’s son and a trainer himself, said his father is undergoing physical therapy.

“They’ve got him in rehab and trying to strengthen him up,” Gary Stute said on Sunday afternoon. “My sister said he can walk without a walker, but he has trouble getting up.