The $50,000 Robert Dupret Derby at Santa Rosa did not attract enough horses to be run as scheduled on Saturday and has been rescheduled for Sunday.

Racing secretary Bob Moreno said he will be contacting several Southern California-based trainers in hopes of attracting enough horses to run the 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for 3-year-olds.

There is a Quarter Horse stakes race on Saturday's card at Santa Rosa, the $8,000 PCQHRA Handicap at 350 yards. Snowy Cornitas, who has won a stakes at Pleasanton and one at Sacramento in his last two starts, may be the favorite.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- With the disqualification of Maximum Security from first place in this year’s Kentucky Derby still fresh in the industry’s mind, issues surrounding the criteria currently used by North American stewards for disqualifications was the subject of two presentations on Tuesday afternoon at the Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law conference, with both officials arguing urgently for change, if from different angles.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- New York’s five remaining off-track betting corporations can survive as legitimate racing outlets but only if the state continues to remove restrictions on their business practices and the corporations cooperate more fully with each other and with the state’s dominant racetrack operator, speakers at the annual Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming Law said on Tuesday.

Roger Ramey, a longtime advocate of racing and gambling in West Virginia, died on Thursday morning at his home in Winchester, Va., according to a former employer. Ramey was 85.

Ramey served the last 20 years of his career in various management positions at Charles Town Races in West Virginia. While at the track, Ramey pushed for the legalization of slot-machine gambling at West Virginia racetracks, and, following that successful effort, led another push for the legalization of table games. That, too, was successful.

Churchill Downs Inc. plans to build a hotel and a casino at its Louisville track, according to its chief executive officer, with details of the project to be announced later this year.

William Carstanjen, the CEO, said on a conference call Thursday morning that the hotel and casino will be located around the first turn of the racetrack. While Carstanjen did not provide significant details about the project, he said the company plans to have construction completed by the 2021 Kentucky Derby, held each year on the first Saturday of May.

The Jockey Club will deny stud book privileges beginning next year to Janine and Warren Winslow, two Texas-based owners and trainers.

In a statement, the Jockey Club said the decision was made for “knowingly misrepresenting and/or aiding in the misrepresentation of information in connection with communications to The Jockey Club on multiple separate occasions.” The Jockey Club does not elaborate on reasons for denying stud-book privileges.

Churchill Downs Inc. had net income of $107.1 million in the second quarter of 2019, up slightly from net income of $103.1 million in the second quarter of last year, while posting gains in revenue from its flagship track during Kentucky Derby week, according to financial statements released on Wednesday after the close of trading.

The keynote address of this year’s Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing will be delivered by John Messara, owner and chairman of Arrowfield Stud in Australia, under a question-and-answer format conducted by The Jockey Club’s chief operating officer, according to an announcement by the organization issued Thursday.

Charles Town will increase its purses by approximately 17 percent beginning Aug. 8 as the result of legislation that will return money to the track that was diverted to the West Virginia workers' compensation program in the mid-2000s.

Purses for maiden races at Charles Town will climb from $23,000 to $27,000, or 17 percent, due to the increase. Allowance and claiming races will increase from 12 percent to 22 percent.

DEL MAR, Calif. – Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone has been named the 16th winner of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Award, which honors those who have served racing with “integrity, extraordinary dedication, determination and distinction,” it was announced by Del Mar on Saturday.

Krone will be presented with the award by the award’s namesake, a fellow Hall of Famer, at Del Mar on Aug. 17, the day of the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic. Krone won the Pacific Classic in 2003 on Candy Ride.