An affiliate of the Humane Society of the U.S. has joined with its parent organization to support a lobbying effort seeking legislation that would lead to a federally appointed overseer of racing’s medication policies and enforcement, the affiliate announced.

Alex Waldrop, the president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, appeared before a panel of Treasury and IRS officials on Wednesday to deliver testimony in support of proposed tax-rule changes that would benefit horseplayers. According to the NTRA, Waldrop cited “outdated, unfair, and overly burdensome” regulations in his testimony.

Revenue for Betfair’s U.S. operations, including Television Games Network, increased 29 percent in fiscal year 2015, according to financial documents released by the closely held publicly traded company on Wednesday.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The California Horse Racing Board is enacting tougher whip rules for jockeys, effective next month.

The new rule will restrict riders to using the whip no more “than three times in succession without giving the horse a chance to respond before using the riding crop again.” Currently, there is no restriction on the number of strikes permitted, although rules are in place to penalize a rider who causes welts or breaks the skin of a horse, and to restrict the use of whips to shoulders or flanks.

An epidemiologist who is examining data on fatal injuries in racehorses will provide an updated analysis of the figures at the July 8 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., according to a schedule released on Friday by the conference’s administrators.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Though there was a predictable drop in handle, Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, for the most part, was logistically, aesthetically, and historically a success for the New York Racing Association, officials said.

There were far fewer complaints from fans who attended Saturday’s Belmont Stakes – where American Pharoah became Thoroughbred racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner – than there were last year, when concessionaires ran out of food, wifi and cellular service was poor, and fans were stranded for hours trying to leave the grounds.

The Jockey Club conducted the inaugural Pan American Conference in New York City on June 4-5, and the well-attended event produced a number of interesting takes on the state of racing and breeding in the Americas. Speakers on some of the panels discussed how to make commerce between the Americas more favorable for racing and for a stronger partnership to grow the sport.

U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania has reintroduced legislation he sponsored two years ago that would appoint a private company, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, as the overseer of racing’s medication policies, according to his office.

Jeff Burch, the vice president of advertising for Daily Racing Form, has been hired as senior vice president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s group-purchasing plan, NTRA Advantage. Burch will assume his duties on June 22.

All horses expected to run in one of the 50 North American stakes races guaranteeing a berth in one of the 13 Breeders’ Cup races will be subject to out-of-competition testing as part of expanded security protocols for the races, Breeders’ Cup said on Monday.