Horses running in jurisdictions that have put in place regulations allowing for voided claims have shown lower risks of fatal injuries in claiming races than before the rules were enacted, according to an epidemiologist who analyzes data in the Equine Injury Database.
Foal and stallion nominators to the Breeders’ Cup have elected 19 individuals as members, including the former chief executive of the organization, Craig Fravel, according to the organization.
The members serve four-year terms and are responsible for selecting the Breeders’ Cup’s board of directors. There are 39 total members of the organization. Elections for members are held once every two years.
CHICAGO - Representatives of Arlington and the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association failed despite lengthy weekend negotiations to agree on a contract that would govern a 2020 racing season at the suburban track, and a summer Thoroughbred race meet here remained in limbo.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky’s racetrack-owned casinos will be allowed to reopen beginning on Monday at a limited capacity, Ky. Gov. Andy Beshear announced on Thursday night, but operational difficulties in coming into compliance with COVID-19 protocols will delay the openings at many of the casinos until later in the week.
The average field size for a race held in May at U.S. racetracks jumped 21.4 percent this year as horsemen flooded races at tracks that were able to hold live races in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures released by Equibase on Thursday.
Average field size during the month was 8.64 horses per race, compared to 7.11 horses per race in May of last year, Equibase said. U.S. racetracks held only 1,059 races in May, compared to 3,650 races in May of last year.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Trainers of racehorses should focus on the adaptive changes to bone that occur in response to exercise in order to avoid catastrophic injuries, with a particular focus on those changes that occur when a horse has been returned to training after a long layoff or in older horses that have undergone high levels of training for a prolonged time, according to Dr. Sue Stover, a University of California-Davis professor who is one of the most foremost experts on musculoskeletal injuries in horses.
Philip Fitterer, who spent 30 years working for the Daily Racing Form, died May 27 following a short battle with cancer. He was 79.
Fitterer grew up in Ellensburg, Wash., and lived with his wife, Marian, in Edgewood, Wash., for the past 37 years.
Fitterer worked for DRF first as a writer and editor, and later as general manager of the Seattle office. He retired in 2004.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Kentucky Circuit Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the state’s horsemen’s group that would have barred tracks in the state from writing races in which raceday administrations of Lasix are banned absent a formal ban by the state’s racing commission.
