Simulcast signals will be offered for the first time at the host site of the Breeders’ Cup this year under a plan to coordinate the post times for the event on Nov. 4-5 at Churchill Downs with live race cards at Santa Anita and Aqueduct, according to racing officials.

Maryland’s Labor Secretary has ordered the state’s Thoroughbred and Standardbred representatives to consent to binding arbitration to resolve a dispute over the availability of Thoroughbred simulcasts at Rosecroft Raceway, the state’s harness track.

Alexander Sanchez signed the order this week after the two horsemen’s groups could not resolve the dispute by a state-imposed deadline of Oct. 1. The deadline was contained in a bill passed earlier this year that allowed the state’s tracks to use slot-machine subsidies for operating expenses, rather than capital-improvement projects.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Trainer Sid Martin died at the palliative care center at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver Monday evening. He was 82 and had been diagnosed with cancer in August.

Martin moved to Vancouver from New Brunswick when he was 4 years old and gravitated to the track in 1943 where he started as a hotwalker. He spent most of his 67 years at the track training horses, but he also had a short stint as a jockey. He was the leading rider in Playfair in 1947 and finished second at Longacres the same year.

The field for the $1 million Dirt Mile remains very much in flux as some of the would-be top contenders remain under consideration for other races as well.

Kelso winner Uncle Mo is a virtual certainty to run in the Classic, but his connections want to see him train before completely ruling out the Dirt Mile. Provided he runs in the Classic, that could send a bevy of horses into the Dirt Mile, where the early favorite is Jackson Bend, based on his runner-up finish to Uncle Mo in the Kelso and his Grade 1 Forego victory.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – In a scathing 99-page ruling, District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood has made a $65 million judgment against the former operators of ClassicStar’s now-defunct mare lease program.

Zenyatta, the Horse of the Year for 2010, will be the focus of a fund-raising event at Churchill Downs on the first day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Friday, Nov. 4.

Tickets for the event, whose elements will include lunch, a hospitality suite, and after-party, range from $40 to $170. Zenyatta will be seen on a live video feed from her stable at Lane’s End Farm.

Proceeds will benefit the Breeders’ Cup Charities. More information is available at www.zenyattashop.com.

General-admission tickets for this year’s two-day Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 4-5 at Churchill Downs became available for purchase online on Monday at a $5 discount to the walk-up ticket prices.

The tickets, available at the Breeders’ Cup’s website, cost $10 for general admission on Friday, Nov. 4, and $20 for Saturday’s card. The Friday card includes six Breeders’ Cup races, capped by the $2 million Ladies Classic, and the Saturday card includes nine Breeders’ Cup races, concluding with the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Banned, the winner of the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby and two other graded stakes this year, was euthanized on Saturday because of complications from a suspensory injuries suffered in a late-September workout, trainer Tom Proctor said.

"He was foundering," Proctor said. "He wasn't going to make it."

Banned underwent surgery on Sept. 24, two days after he was injured in a turf workout, and was in guarded condition at Proctor's barn at Santa Anita as of Friday, Proctor said. His condition deteriorated into Saturday.

Rahy leaves behind special memories of a rare breed

I just wanted to take a moment and thank the literally hundreds of people who called, e-mailed, posted on social media, or sought us out in person to convey their condolences for the death of longtime Three Chimneys stallion-turned-pensioner Rahy ("Influential stallion Rahy dead at 26," Sept. 24). He was so loved, respected, and revered by the Three Chimneys team. You don't even know how much the sentiments you conveyed mean to all of us.

Breeders' Cup Ltd. has notified the Thoroughbred Racing and Protective Bureau that it will not use its services for security during the two-day event at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4-5 this year, according to officials with the organizations.

Breeders' Cup has decided to take its security operation "in-house," according to Chris Scherf, the executive vice president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, which operates the protective bureau. The bureau's "big-event team" had provided security services for the Breeders' Cup since 2005, Scherf said.