Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has vetoed legislation that would have legalized telephone and internet betting on horseracing in the state, citing his opposition to online gambling and an expansion of gambling.

Pence, a Republican, vetoed the legislation on Friday. Indiana remains one of the few major racing states that does not allow advance-deposit wagering, which is the only growing segment of the horserace betting market. Other notable racing states that do not allow online gambling on horseracing are Arizona and Texas, both also controlled by Republicans.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Jim Lawson has been appointed chief executive of Woodbine Entertainment Group, a position he has held on an interim basis since Nick Eaves left the company March 31.

Lawson was WEG’s chairman from 2012 until this year. Clay Horner is the new chairman of the board. Horner was previously the vice chairman of the board.

Daily Racing Form announced the availability of the iconic 2015 American Racing Manual – and the launch of its companion digital version of the hardcover book, delivering a mobile-enabled and fully indexed experience for all participants in Thoroughbred racing – from Thoroughbred fans to horseplayers to owners/breeders and industry professionals.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The California Horse Racing Board has banned horses from Turf Paradise racetrack from being shipped to California racetracks after the viral disease vesicular stomatitis was detected in a horse based at the Phoenix racetrack, the racing board announced on Thursday.

The racing board said in a statement that it was acting on a report from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Horses from Turf Paradise will be denied access to the state’s racetracks and other jurisdictions, such as training centers, under the racing board’s authority.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey David Flores was reinstated to resume riding by Santa Anita stewards on Thursday, reversing a March decision by stewards in Singapore to suspend the veteran rider for a year for failing to obtain the best possible placing in a race in that country in February.

In a one-page ruling, stewards Scott Chaney, Luis Jauregui, and Tom Ward ruled that Flores “is permitted to hold a license in the category of jockey.” Jauregui is primarily a safety steward but participated in this decision because of the absence of steward Kim Sawyer during the hearing.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a 24-hour threshold level for furosemide, a move that was made necessary by the commission’s decision earlier this year to allow tracks to write races that would include as a condition of entry a prohibition on the race-day administration of the drug.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan by Keeneland to shift its year-round simulcasting operations to the Red Mile, a harness track near downtown Lexington.

Daily Racing Form announces the expansion of SirePowered Results™, which combines race results and sire lines to instantly follow Thoroughbred stallions and their racing offspring in real-time, in 25 countries around the world. SirePowered Results™ now includes racing results from the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.

NBC Sports reported that its coverage of the Kentucky Derby averaged 16 million viewers, up 4 percent from 15.3 million who viewed California Chrome last year. According to final data provided by The Nielsen Company, the telecast posted a 9.6 national rating with a share of 23, up from 9.4 and 22 last year.

This marked the fourth time since 2009 that average viewership reached or topped 16 million. Those figures represented the most viewers since 1989, when 18.5 million tuned in.

Host city Louisville, Ky., topped the metered markets with a 35.0 rating and 65 share.

Handle on U.S. races rebounded in April despite a slight drop from last year in the number of races held during the month, according to figures released by Equibase on Tuesday.

Handle jumped 5.9 percent during the month when compared with April last year, from $812.5 million in April last year to $860.1 million this year. There were eight weekend dates this year in April, the same number as last year.