Randy Rouse, who last year became the oldest trainer to win a Thoroughbred race in North America at age 99, died at 100 on Friday.

Rouse, a former president of the National Steeplechase Association, received the group’s highest honor, the F. Ambrose Clark Award, in January. The award is given to individuals who have promoted, improved, and encouraged the growth and welfare of steeplechase racing in the U.S.

Last April, Rouse broke his own record, set when he was 97 in 2014, when Hishi Soar won the $25,000 feature at the Foxfield spring races in Charlottesville, Va.

The Thoroughbred Owners of California on Saturday morning restored their consent to TwinSpires.com taking bets from California customers on California races just hours before one of the biggest cards on the Santa Anita racing calendar, the top official for the organization said.

The New York Racing Association will once again be able to appoint the majority of its board members under provisions of a budget deal reached between the New York legislative and executive branches on Friday night, according to a copy of the legislation and New York racing officials.

The 2018 Eclipse Awards ceremony will be held at Gulfstream Park in South Florida on Jan. 25, a Thursday, as part of a move to align the event with the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup, the administrators of the ceremony announced on Friday.

Thoroughbred horsemen in California have withdrawn their consent for TwinSpires.com to accept bets on races at state racetracks from California customers, citing their dissatisfaction with the company’s compliance with monitoring account wagers made on-track in the state.

The Grade 1, $3 million All American Futurity, the richest race offered for Quarter Horses, leads the Ruidoso Downs stakes schedule. The 440-yard race for 2-year-olds will be run on the final card of the meet Sept. 4. Trials are Aug. 18-19.

Ruidoso, which puts on a mixed meet for Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds, opens May 26.

Frank Kurinec, who worked at the racetrack from the age of 14 into his early 90s, recently died, according to friends. He was 99.

Kurinec was a jockey turned trainer who lived out his final years in Hot Springs, Ark. His last job on the track was working as a gap attendant for clockers at Oaklawn.

Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races declined slightly in the first quarter of 2017 despite an uptick in the number of races held and record-setting handle on the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup in late January, according to figures distributed Wednesday by Equibase.

Wagering in the first three months fell 1.1 percent, from $2.50 billion in the first quarter of last year to $2.47 billion this year. Races were up 3.7 percent, in part because of milder weather this winter in the Midwest and on the East Coast.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockeys Evin Roman and Rito Almanza will serve suspensions beginning this weekend for careless-riding infractions in recent races at Santa Anita.

Roman, a 19-year-old apprentice, has been suspended six racing days – from Friday through April 16 – for causing interference aboard Eskenforandreya in the eighth race on March 31. Eskenforandreya finished second in a maiden claimer at a mile but bumped with eventual winner Agent Nine T Nine twice in the final furlong.

ARCADIA, Calif.- Santa Anita recently received approval from the California Horse Racing Board to change the rules regarding pick six distributions in the event of a surface switch after the bet is underway.

The new rule takes effect on Thursday. In the event of a late surface switch, the 15 percent portion of the net pool typically dedicated to the single ticket jackpot provision of the pool will be redirected to the portion of the pool distributed to ticketholders with six winners, or into a carryover.