Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. on Wednesday received a stay of a 10-year suspension handed down last month by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board that will likely remain in force until his appeal of the board’s decision is resolved.

The Massachusetts legislature passed a compromise casino-gambling bill on Wednesday that reduced subsidies to the racing industry just hours after a conference committee cut racing in on a share of proceeds from the three casinos allowed in the legislation.

The state’s House and Senate passed the bill after reducing the racing industry’s share of the casinos’ net gambling revenue from 5 percent to 2.5 percent. A conference committee that had ironed out differences between two bills that had earlier passed in each house of the legislature had added the 5 percent share on Tuesday.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Supporters of an effort to ban the raceday administration of furosemide on Monday received a mostly cold reception from members of a committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission during a hearing here to open debate on the use of the drug.

Godolphin Racing, the banner under which Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai races his elite runners, is undergoing a change in its United States operation, with the horses previously trained by Saeed bin Suroor and overseen in this country by Rick Mettee being absorbed by other trainers, Godolphin’s Simon Crisford confirmed in an e-mail on Monday.

Mettee said that he will be returning to California, where he was previously based. He has worked for Godolphin for seven years.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif., for former assistant starter Monte Slender, who died on Wednesday. He was 47.

Slender, the son of California steward George Slender and first cousin of Santa Anita starter Jay Slender, was an assistant starter for 20 years in both Southern and Northern California.

In addition to his parents, including mother Verna, he is survived by his wife Cathleen, son Caleb, and two brothers, Stephen and George.

The services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at El Camino Memorial, 340 Melrose Drive Encinitas, Calif.

Allowing Goldikova to keep her placing a clear injustice

Goldikova is truly a great mare, but it was an injustice that she was not disqualified and placed 13th for causing interference in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile.

The trainer of Rapid Redux, who won his 19th straight race Oct. 27 at Laurel, tying a mark set by Zenyatta and Peppers Pride.

Birthdate: June 15, 1964, in Wheeling, W.Va.

Family: son, Joshua; daughter, Nicole

MIAMI – The Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering last month approved an application by Gretna Racing LLC to conduct parimutuel barrel racing at its facility in the town of Gretna, Fla. The meet is scheduled to open on Dec. 1 and extend into 2012, paving the way for a year-round poker room and potentially a slot-machine facility at the property.

Gretna Racing is a partnership between the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and developer David Romanik. The town of Gretna, located in the Florida panhandle about 25 miles west of Tallahassee, has a population of fewer than 3,000.

After two straight seasons in which voters agonized and fans hotly debated which of two highly qualified candidates should be the Horse of the Year, there is uncertainty of an entirely different kind in 2011: settling on a deserving winner of the top Eclipse Award at the end of a racing year and a Breeders’ Cup marked by inconsistency and upsets.

WinStar Farm said Wednesday evening that a decision regarding whether Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Drosselmeyer will stand at stud or continue racing in 2012 will be made “sometime next week.”