The board of the Breeders’ Cup met as scheduled on Friday in south Florida to discuss a number of potential changes to the organization’s event, but a spokesman for the group said after the meeting that there was “no news” to report.
Jim Gluckson issued the brief statement Friday in response to an inquiry about the meeting and whether the board had approved any of the various proposals that were said to be items of discussion.
“There is no news to discuss today,” Gluckson said.
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The wave of support for Gun Runner has reached from sea to shining sea. An award he secured at Del Mar in the Breeders’ Cup Classic more than two months ago was officially made his on Thursday night at Gulfstream Park, when Gun Runner was announced as the Horse of the Year for 2017 at the 47th annual Eclipse Awards dinner.
Gun Runner also was named champion older dirt male, downing Arrogate – the only horse to finish in front of him in 2017 – in both categories.
ARCADIA, Calif. – All-sources wagering on races throughout California fell by less than 1 percent in 2017, according to data announced at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.
Handle at daytime Thoroughbred meetings, the harness meetings in Sacramento, and the year-round Quarter Horse and lower-level Thoroughbred meeting at Los Alamitos combined to reach $3,034,102,885, a decline of 0.15 percent from $3,038,641,024 in 2016.
On Saturday, the racing community will be focused on Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., the site of the second Pegasus World Cup, just as it was at this time last year. With a listed purse of $16 million, the Pegasus is again being advertised as the richest race in the world, it has drawn a field that is deep and bet-ready, and tickets for the day are being priced as if the Belmont Stakes was an undercard event on the Saturday Breeders’ Cup lineup.
The racing and equine community’s response to the December fire that swept through San Luis Rey Training Center in Southern California has been voted the 2017 Moment of the Year, according to the organization that administers the award, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
The Dec. 7 fire, which killed 46 Thoroughbreds at the training center, galvanized members of the racing and equine communities nationwide, with thousands of individuals providing assistance or funding to the relief effort.
Representatives of New York’s racing industry on Wednesday urged a state Senate committee to keep the sport in mind if the state legalizes wagering on other sports in the near future, a distinct possibility now that the U.S. Supreme Court is mulling a case concerning the practice.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The board of the Breeders’ Cup is scheduled to meet Friday to discuss a number of proposals that could have significant impacts on its two-day event, including several radical changes that could upend the racing calendar, according to officials involved with the organization.
Craig Fravel, president and chief executive of Breeders’ Cup, said late last week that he would not comment specifically on any proposals that are expected to come before the board, and he rejected suggestions that any of the ideas are on a fast track to implementation.
The West Virginia Racing Commission on Tuesday voted not to approve the $1.2 million purse of the Charles Town Classic, putting the future of the Grade 2 race in jeopardy.
The West Virginia Racing Commission is a three-person panel comprising chairman Jack Rossi and commissioners Ken Lowe and Anthony Figaretti.
The New York Gaming Commission on Monday formally adopted new rules that will prevent horsemen from administering more than one regulated painkilling medication to a horse within four days of a race.
The commission adopted the rules on a unanimous voice vote after little discussion. Under the new rule, a horse can be administered one regulated painkilling medication, known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), up to 48 hours prior to a race, but any other administrations of a different NSAID would be prohibited within 96 hours of the race.
