A Kentucky judge has ruled that a state department acted outside of its authority in 2011 when it fired John Veitch, the state’s former chief steward, following an inquiry into an incident involving Life At Ten in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic.

Kurtis Coady of Coady Photography captured an unforgettable image during the running of the $150,000 Louisiana Legacy at Delta Downs last Saturday. He snapped one of the longtime residents of the infield, an alligator, sunning himself as the field ran down the backside.

To snap the photo, Coady laid on the ground about 20 feet from the alligator. The picture is an optical illusion, as the horses are racing farther away from the alligator than it appears in the photo.

The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday adopted a set of new medication rules that will unify most of the major racing states in the Northeast, more than a year after the rules were first proposed in the region’s most important racing jurisdiction.

A federal judge has once again ruled that a plan by New Jersey to allow racetracks and casinos to offer betting on sports would violate a 1992 federal ban on the practice.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp late on Friday is the third in which New Jersey has been stymied by a federal court. New Jersey could appeal the ruling, but earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of an earlier ruling dealing with the same issue, making it unlikely that the state could prevail.

A clocker at Penn National Race Course who was indicted late last year by federal prosecutors for allegedly falsifying workout times was sentenced to one year’s probation and a $2,500 fine on Wednesday, according to court records.

The Louisiana Racing Commission has formally begun a process to adopt a set of new medication rules that are being supported by a number of national racing organizations as a way to align the country’s racing jurisdictions.

Last week, the commission approved a “notice to adopt” the rules, which provide for the regulated use of 26 therapeutic medications but ban all other drugs. The notice could lead to the adoption of the rules as early as six months from now, according to the commission’s executive director, Charles Gardiner.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Dissatisfaction among veterinarians and trainers with Kentucky’s effort to comply with uniform rules on medication use boiled over at a meeting on Wednesday of an advisory group to the state’s racing commission, with some members of the group threatening to push for the state to craft its own rules on widely used therapeutic medications rather than adopt recommended revisions to the uniform rules.

A district court in Austin, Texas, has ruled that the Texas Racing Commission does not have the authority to allow slots-like betting terminals at the state’s tracks, according to published reports and to lobbyist Steve Bresnen, who works with charitable bingo interests opposed to the betting terminals. The decision was handed down Monday afternoon.

A public memorial service for late champion Cigar will be held at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington on Friday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. Eastern.

Cigar, Horse of the Year in 1995 and 1996 and winner of a record-tying 16 consecutive races, died Oct. 7 at age 24 due to complications following surgery for severe osteoarthritis in his neck. The Hall of Fame racehorse, who was also North America's leading moneywinner at the time of his retirement, had resided at the Kentucky Horse Park since 1999, after he proved sterile upon entering stud two years prior.

The Arkansas Racing Commission has passed a new rule concerning administration of the diuretic Lasix, and it will go into effect for the upcoming season at Oaklawn Park. The new rule calls for all raceday Lasix shots to be given by the veterinary staff members of the commission. In the past, private racetrack practitioners had administered raceday Lasix.

“We’ll be doing it this race meet, starting Jan. 9,” said Ron Oliver, director of the commission.

Oliver said the new rule is an RCI model rule.