Fixed-odds bets are likely to be offered this year on races from Monmouth Park in New Jersey under an agreement the track’s operator has signed with an Australian bookmaking company, according to the parties involved.

The 10-year agreement will allow the Australian company, BetMakers, to offer fixed-odds bets on races at Monmouth in New Jersey and market fixed-odds betting on the Monmouth signal to other jurisdictions in the U.S. and worldwide. Fixed-odds betting became legal in New Jersey when the state authorized sports betting in 2018.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday unveiled a state budget that would divert $200 million in casino subsidies currently flowing to the state’s horse racing industry to fund a new college scholarship program.

Donna Brothers, the former jockey and NBC reporter, has been hired by the Thoroughbred Safety Coalition as a strategic advisor, the organization announced on Monday.

The hiring of Brothers was announced four days after the coalition’s steering committee held its first meeting since the organization was formed in November of last year to devise strategies to reduce injuries at racetracks. According to the announcement, Brothers will “bring decades of rich experience in multiple facets of the industry” to the coalition’s efforts.

Attorneys for Ahmed Zayat have filed a motion with a Fayette County court in Kentucky to dissolve an order issued last week that placed Zayat’s horse operation in receivership, claiming that the court was biased by Zayat’s lack of representation at a hearing that left the court with a “strongly skewed version of events.”

A congressional subcommittee hearing on Tuesday that had been called to discuss legislation that would create a federal oversight board for racing did not reveal a clear path forward for the bill, which remains controversial in the racing industry.

Seven witnesses are scheduled to testify on Tuesday morning at a congressional hearing in Washington D.C. to discuss legislation that would create a federal framework for regulation of horseracing, including several individuals who represent organizations that strongly support the bill.

Glorious Journey improved during 2019 after trainer Charlie Appleby cut him back to distances less than one mile, and the good European form he showed last year transferred to Dubai on Thursday night.

Making his Meydan debut, Glorious Journey led an Appleby one-two-three in the Group 2, $250,000 Al Fahidi Fort, beating Mythical Magic by three-quarters of a length. Mythical Magic was runner-up in the Al Fahidi Fort for the second year in a row, while Appleby-trained Mubtasim finished another length back in third.

The first disqualification in Kentucky Derby history for a racing infraction was overwhelmingly voted as the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s “Moment of the Year,” the association announced on Thursday.

A Kentucky county judge on Wednesday granted a motion sought by a New York investment fund to put all of the assets of Zayat Stables in receivership in response to a lawsuit claiming that the owner of the stable, Ahmed Zayat, defaulted on loans and misrepresented his assets.

The California Horse Racing Board on Wednesday passed a motion that would put in place threshold levels for commonly used painkillers for horses that are conducting training exercises, as part of a suite of new rules intended to reduce injuries and fatalities of horses and address concerns from critics of the sport.