LEXINGTON, Ky. – Antioco Murgia, a jockey who rode with some success in Kentucky last year before being banned while he fought a criminal rape charge, was licensed on Friday after being found not guilty earlier this week, according to Barbara Borden, the state steward.
A number of clients of the bet-processing company Sportech have been told that their systems will be updated to be compliant with tax revisions beneficial to horseplayers on Oct. 10, two weeks after the revisions went into effect, according to officials of the companies on Friday.
CYPRESS, Calif. – The California Horse Racing Board approved racing dates for the 2018 Southern California Thoroughbred circuit similar to this year at its monthly meeting on Thursday, but did not take action on the Northern California circuit after a disquieting 90-minute discussion about the state of the county fair circuit.
A celebration of life will be held on Oct. 11 at Santa Anita for former trainer Sarah “Sally” Lundy, who died in late August on her 63rd birthday.
The service will be held at the 100 to 1 Club at the track at 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, her family has requested donations be made in her name to Old Friends in Kentucky.
Sportech, one of the three dominant bet-processing companies in the United States, has told its clients that it may be another month before the company can update their systems to comply with tax revisions that are highly beneficial to horseplayers.
P.J. Campo will be replaced as general manager of Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., so that he can focus more on the racing programs at all of the tracks owned by The Stronach Group, Gulfstream announced on Thursday.
Post time for the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 4 at Del Mar near San Diego will be 5:35 p.m. Pacific, or 8:35 p.m. Eastern, the Breeders’ Cup announced on Wednesday.
The announcement included all of the post times for the 13 Breeders’ Cup races on Nov. 3-4, while leaving out the specific race order. The exceptions were the Classic, the last race on the card on Saturday, and the Distaff, the second-to-last race on the Friday card. The Distaff is scheduled for 4:35 p.m. Pacific.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The number of betting outlets that will be compliant with voluntary tax revisions highly beneficial to horseplayers when the rules go into effect on Thursday remained in flux Wednesday as racing companies scrambled to get their bet-processing systems up to date.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Jockeys’ Guild, which represents Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse riders in North America, has added its voice to the debate over federal legislation seeking to establish a national overseer of the sport’s medication policies, siding with the proposed bill in general terms but raising opposition to other specific aspects of the legislation.
CHICAGO – Presenting a unified if relatively gloomy front, the remaining racetrack operators in Illinois were awarded 2018 racing dates by the Illinois Racing Board at a meeting Tuesday at the downtown James R. Thompson Center.
For most of their history, these dates-awards meetings have been combative, messy, and drawn-out all-day affairs. This one clocked in at less than 90 minutes. No one was arguing anything Tuesday, and the 2018 Illinois racing schedule will look much like the 2017 Illinois racing schedule.