Owners who have pledged to make the veterinary records of their horses public can now do so through a link at horseracingreform.org, a website administered by The Jockey Club, the organization that gathered the pledges.

The link will require the owner to create a verifiable account, according to The Jockey Club. The owner can then directly upload scans of the vet records or request that an e-mail be sent to the trainer of the horses to perform the uploads, The Jockey Club said.

Vet records are considered the legal property of the owner of the horse.

Wagering on U.S. races rose slightly in May compared to the same month last year, up 1 percent, but the uptick was likely due to an even larger increase in race dates during the month, according to figures released by Equibase on Wednesday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – Nicole Russo of Daily Racing Form and Bob Ehalt of ESPN.com have been named by the New York Racing Association as winners of the fifth annual Joe Hirsch Memorial Writing Contest, recognizing the best in print and Internet coverage of the 2013 Belmont Stakes won by Palace Malice.

Horse racing’s lobbying arm is once again pushing for federal tax relief for horseplayers, this time in an effort to get the Department of the Treasury to issue a ruling on whether bettors can use the total cost of a wager to determine tax liability.

The Kentucky Horse Park’s International Museum of the Horse has announced the opening of the “Ted Bassett: A Kentucky Legend” exhibit on Thursday.

The new permanent exhibit will be an addition to the “Calumet Farm: Five Decades of Champions” exhibition, which is located in the James E. (Ted) Bassett III Gallery, named in honor of Bassett, who worked to save Calumet’s trophies from auction.

Churchill Downs Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its half-share in the racing broadcaster HRTV to the Stronach Group as part of its deal with the company to consolidate racing dates on the South Florida circuit.

The New York Racing Association announced Tuesday that it has hired Lynn LaRocca to be the company’s chief experience officer and Joseph Lambert as its new general counsel.

In her role as chief experience officer (CXO), LaRocca will oversee NYRA programs designed to serve ontrack, offtrack and online fans as well as try to develop partnerships with those in the racing industry, sponsors, corporate and governmental entities, and service providers. LaRocca will oversee NYRA’s sales, marketing event planning, guest services, customer relations, and communications departments.

New York stewards may soon be required to issue weekly reports detailing how they voted and whom they interviewed during the rulings process under a directive being developed by the New York State Gaming Commission, the director of the commission’s racing division said Tuesday during a commission meeting.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Gulfstream Park and the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association signed an agreement Friday that paves the way to end a dates conflict between Gulfstream and Calder Race Course.

The West Virginia Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a set of rules that states across the U.S. are beginning to adopt, but the rules will not likely go into effect until mid-2015, according to the commission’s executive director.

The rules, which set threshold levels for 26 approved medications, will first need to be approved by the West Virginia’s secretary of state and by its legislature, which will not meet again until early 2015.