The New York Division of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America will honor Lisa and Kenny Troutt on Wednesday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for their dedication and commitment to backstretch workers on the New York Racing Association circuit. A brunch in their honor will be held at the Saratoga National Golf Club from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The Troutts are the owners of WinStar Farm and co-owners of the 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – C. Steven Duncker, a former partner in Goldman Sachs & Company and the former chairman of the New York Racing Association, has been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Duncker will fill the spot formerly held by the late Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, who died in the spring of 2016. Phipps was the longtime chairman of The Jockey Club.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - After benefitting from fabulous weather the last three years, the New York Racing Association has felt the wrath of Mother Nature this summer at Saratoga.
All-sources handle through the first 22 days of the 40-day meet was $333,965,894, down 9.1 percent from last year’s figure of $367,492,480 through the same period of 2017, according to figures provided by the NYRA.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Jockey Club will explore the possibility of becoming a buyer of last resort for failing racetracks while also potentially providing funding grants to existing tracks to upgrade their facilities and high-definition broadcasting capabilities, the organization’s top official said at the close of the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing on Sunday in Saratoga Springs.
The Jockey Club is predicting a steady North American Thoroughbred foal crop in 2019.
The breed organization is projecting a registered foal crop of 21,500, the same as the 2018 foal-crop projection, which was announced at this time last year. The foal-crop projection is computed by using Reports of Mares Bred received to date for the 2018 breeding season, which were to be filed by Aug. 1.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – An updated analysis of the racing industry’s economic metrics and current trends will provide the main course at the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, scheduled for Sunday morning at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Florida racing regulators have denied a license to the trainer Ralph Ziadie, citing a string of medication positives over the past six years, including six unresolved medication violations in the past 12 months, according to records provided by the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering on Thursday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – An appeal by the trainer Richard Dutrow to the New York Gaming Commission seeking the reopening of the case that led to his 10-year ban in 2011 was rejected in large part because the trainer did not present any new evidence that would challenge his admission of culpability in the incidents cited in the penalty, according to a ruling endorsed by the commission on Wednesday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The U.S. racing industry should seek to raise its profile in the gambling market by piggybacking on the expected growth of sports wagering in the future, an array of speakers said at the Saratoga Institute on Equine, Racing, and Gaming law conference on Tuesday in Saratoga Springs.
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame plans to raise $20 million to fund a massive renovation of its exhibit area to create a “truly transforming” interactive experience, the Hall’s president, John Hendrickson, announced at the start of the Hall’s 2018 induction ceremony on Friday in Saratoga Springs.
The fundraising effort has been seeded by a $1 million donation from Hendrickson and his wife, Marylou Whitney, according to the Hall. Other pledges will be sought from members throughout the racing industry over the next several years, Hendrickson said.
