Lucy Young Hamilton, whose family bred and raced the top-class racehorse and sire Storm Cat, has been selected to receive the Dinny Phipps Award by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Shivananda Parbhoo, who trained Trinniberg, the winner of the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, has been suspended for two years by the Horseracing Integrity and Wagering Unit after a horse he trained tested positive for clenbuterol, according to an arbiter’s ruling. 

Parbhoo, who had 89 starts last year after a nearly 10-year hiatus from racing, was also fined $25,000 and ordered to pay $10,000 in arbitration costs. The suspension began on Aug. 27. 

Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, generated record handle for the third year in a row during its recently completed summer meet, according to an analysis conducted by Daily Racing Form, continuing an upward swing since the track was purchased by Churchill Downs Inc. in the fall of 2022.

Total handle during the 25-day meet was $77.0 million, up 5.9 percent, according to the analysis, while average handle per race jumped 6.4 percent. The average purse was a record $82,785 during the meet, up 24.6 percent.

The New York Gaming Commission on Monday unanimously approved a rule that will allow nearly all horses with shared ownership in New York to run uncoupled for wagering purposes.

The rule will allow two horses with common owners to run uncoupled in any race as long as the coupled entry does not exclude another horse. Stewards would be allowed to review the entry, and the public is required to be notified of the shared ownership and the rule allowing the entry to run uncoupled.

The fatality rate for horses racing at tracks under the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority during the second quarter of 2025 was 1.24 per 1,000 starts, up significantly over the record low rate set during the second quarter of 2024, according to figures released on Monday by HISA. 

Stewards at Belterra Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, have issued a one-year suspension to the track’s leading rider after reviewing a race last week in which the jockey finished second on the 7-10 favorite.

Albin Jimenez, who has 81 wins at the current Belterra meet, almost double the next leading rider, was issued the suspension following a Friday meeting with stewards to review the film from the second race at Belterra on Aug. 21. Jimenez finished second in the race on Afleet Vintage, beaten three lengths by the 3.10-1 third choice, ridden by Summer Pauly, an apprentice.

Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., which opens its seven-day, all-turf meet on Thursday, will be using a new vendor for its race-timing that will be accurate to within one-hundredth of a second while simultaneously collecting data on horse’s strides, officials said on Monday.

The Jockey Club has elected 10 new members, including the high-profile owner Peter T. Brant, the organization announced on Monday. 

Brant, who has had two separate stints as a leading owner in the sport, is the founder of White Birch Paper Company and owns Payson Park training center in Florida. He is active as a magazine publisher, art collector, and film producer, and was the captain of the White Birch polo team from 1979-2016.  

Other members elected include: 

The New York Racing Association will conduct 45 stakes worth $9.45 million, including five stakes that offer automatic berths into their respective Breeders’ Cup divisions later this fall, during its 32-day Belmont at the Big A fall meeting. 

This marks the fourth consecutive year that Belmont’s fall meeting will be run at Aqueduct due to the renovation project at Belmont Park that is expected to be completed in time for the 2026 fall season.