Frank Generazio Jr., a former stakes-winning trainer who along with his wife, Patricia, became a prominent owner and breeder, died Saturday in Florida after battling a number of health issues, according to trainer Christophe Clement. He was 91.
According to Equibase statistics, Generazio won 370 races in a 16-year training career that spanned 1991-2006. He campaigned several stakes winners, including graded winners Unreal Turn, Concorde’s Gold and Play It Again Stan.
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, which owns and operates Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver and 22 gambling facilities across Canada, including a casino at Woodbine outside Toronto, has agreed to be acquired by funds managed by the publicly traded investment company Apollo Global Management, the two companies announced on Wednesday.
Mahoning Valley Racecourse in Youngstown, Ohio, will go on hiatus until Nov. 23 after a track employee tested positive for COVID-19, the track announced Tuesday.
Mahoning said in an announcement that it was ceasing operations “out of an abundance of caution” after a “racetrack operations employee” tested positive. The track said that simulcast operations and the adjacent casino will remain open during the live-racing hiatus.
The Jockeys’ Guild has filed a civil appeal of a rule passed earlier this year by the New Jersey Racing Commission that would prohibit riders from using a whip “except for reasons of safety,” the guild said Tuesday.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Handle on the 14 Breeders’ Cup races, held Friday and Saturday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., was down 7.4 percent compared to the event’s record handle last year at Santa Anita in Southern California, according to charts of the races.
Federal prosecutors have added charges to an indictment that accused a web of racing individuals, including the high-profile trainers Jason Servis and Jorge Navarro, of participating in an illegal scheme to manufacture, distribute, and administer illegal substances to Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses, according to a superseding indictment filed Thursday in New York federal court.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Betting on the five Breeders’ Cup races held on Friday at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., was down 10.0 percent compared to the five races held on the first day of the event last year at Santa Anita in Southern California, according to charts of the races.
Andrew Byrnes, the longtime stakes coordinator for the New York Racing Association, testified Wednesday at a New York State Gaming Commission hearing that he personally returned an envelope that contained a monetary gift from trainer Linda Rice to her after she allegedly gave money to NYRA racing department employees following her winning the training title at Saratoga in 2009.
Total wagering on horse races held in the U.S. in the month of October once again climbed by double digits, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase, the third time in the last four months that betting has climbed significantly compared to the same month last year.
Total wagering was $929.1 million, up 19.7 percent compared to wagering of $776.1 million in October of last year, according to the figures. In July, total handle rose 16.6 percent, only to dip by two percent in August. Handle then climbed 30 percent in September.
Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer who is currently facing potential penalties for four medication violations over the past seven months, released a statement Wednesday morning pledging to “raise the bar and set the standard for equine safety and rule compliance” in his barn operations.
