Twitter updates from DRF's Mike Welsch in Kentucky and David Grening in New York for morning Breeders' Cup workouts on Thursday, Oct. 27. Check back later today for Welsch's full Clocker Report and video analysis of today's training and works at Churchill Downs, as well as a video update from Grening at Belmont Park.

Mace Siegel, the shopping mall owner who operated a successful Thoroughbred stable with his family, died at his Beverly Hills home of heart failure on Wednesday, according to a friend of the family.

Siegel was 86. He had recently returned home after a monthlong hospitalization.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn began the process of appointing five new commissioners to the Illinois Racing Board this week.

Benjamin Reyes, William Berry, Kathy Byrne, Patricia Beauvais, and Roger Whalen, will become new members of the racing board after the gubernatorial appointment process is completed. Byrne, an owner, and Beauvais, a breeder, are the only two likely appointees who have experience in the horse industry.

The licensing committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission agreed on Wednesday to table a license application from Chechnyan president Ramzan Kadyrov in order to do a more thorough investigation of his background.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lisa Underwood has resigned as executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to return to the law firm where she previously worked, Underwood announced at a regular meeting of the commission on Monday.

The Ohio State Racing Commission approved rules on Thursday that will allow any of the state’s seven racetracks to relocate, a move favored by casino companies that are looking to carve out territories for themselves for slot-machine parlors among Ohio’s most populous cities.

LEXINGTON, Ky., – Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., has asked the state to authorize its plans to install 250 gambling devices that use the results of previously run races to determine payouts.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is scheduled to vote on the application at a meeting on Monday. The application is expected to be approved.

LEXINGTON – A new betting app for mobile devices designed to appeal to day-tripping racetrack customers is drawing enthusiastic reviews from users and may help push racing further into the digital age.

Host of the radio show “At the Races,” which airs on Sirius Channel 93 and XM Channel 209 for three hours (9 a.m.-noon Eastern) every weekday. He will begin broadcasting live from Churchill Downs on Monday in advance of the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5.

Birthdate: Nov. 20, 1959, in New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Family: wife, Tina

Key events from the Life At Ten incident in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic:

Hours before the race

Miguel Rivera (groom): Noticed that Life At Ten was more quiet than usual the morning of the race and was concerned she was reacting to the colder air temperature.

Dr. Kathy Picciano (Breeders’ Cup panel veterinarian): Noted in a prerace examination that Life At Ten jogged fine.