Terry Finley, the founder of West Point Thoroughbreds, has filed a civil lawsuit in New York contesting the result of the election he lost late last year for president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.

The lawsuit, filed in Queens County Supreme Court on May 1, is the second appeal by Finley of the election. The first was a protest that was rejected by NYTHA’s board of directors in March after Finley contended that the association violated its own bylaws in identifying voting members and distributing ballots.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Helped by two additional days of Thoroughbred racing, handle at all California racetracks grew by 12 percent in April, pushing year-to-date figures into positive territory for the first time since the end of February, according to data presented at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting by executive director Rick Baedeker.

The Oklahoma Racing Commission on Thursday unanimously voted to adopt a cobalt threshold level, according to Tino Rieger, the executive director for the panel. The policy goes into effect June 4, and falls in line with recommendations of the Association of Racing Commissioners International. 

The threshold level in Oklahoma will be 50 nanograms per milliliter in plasma or serum, Rieger said Thursday.

“That's the recommended threshold level from RCI," he said. "We're following along on those lines.”

The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved threshold levels for cobalt, the naturally occurring mineral that has allegedly been abused worldwide in horse racing, according to the commission’s executive director.

Victor Espinoza

Born: May 23, 1972, Mexico City

* Won his third Kentucky Derby on American Pharoah on May 2. His previous Kentucky Derby wins were with War Emblem (2002) and California Chrome (2014). Both War Emblem and California Chrome won the Preakness Stakes, but were beaten in the Belmont Stakes.

Bob Baffert

Born: Jan. 13, 1953, Nogales, Ariz.

* Won the first of four Kentucky Derbys with Silver Charm in 1997.

* Has had four horses win both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes – Silver Charm (1997), Real Quiet (1998), War Emblem (2002), and American Pharoah (2015).

* Won the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes with Point Given in 2001. Won the 2010 Preakness with Lookin At Lucky.

* Recipient of the Eclipse Award as the nation’s outstanding trainer three times – 1997, 1998, and 1999.

The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has abruptly terminated a months-old drug-testing contract with Truesdail Laboratory in California after the lab failed to report finding illegal concentrations of drugs in three samples, the IHRC announced on Wednesday.

The Association of Racing Commissioners International is considering a rule that would allow racing commissions to penalize horsemen if their horses test for an “excessive” amount of any substance, according to the RCI.

Daily Racing Form will provide live video coverage from Pimlico Race Course this week, including exclusive live streaming coverage of tonight's 2015 Preakness Post Position Draw show from 4-6 pm EDT on live.drf.com.

DRF's live broadcast of the Post Position Draw show, sponsored by Xpressbet.com, kicks off at 4 pm EDT with a one-hour pre-show featuring analysis by DRF's Dan Illman, Matt Bernier and special guest Gabby Gaudet from the Pimlico television team.

All horses entered in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes will be required to be on the grounds of Pimlico Race Course by noon Thursday to comply with security procedures put in place for the race, Pimlico announced on Tuesday.

Enhanced security protocols for the Preakness and the two other Triple Crown races have become commonplace over the last five years. The protocols are designed to prevent tampering with horses and provide transparency to the public.