Senate Bill 66, which would resolve the Illinois Racing Board funding issue that continues to imperil the 2014 Illinois racing season, was not called for a vote during a session of the Illinois legislature on Tuesday.

The legislature convened in a special session and passed long-awaited major legislation that would reform the state’s pension system. Caught up in that action, legislators had no time or attention left to deal with a bill that must be passed by Jan. 31 to avert sharp cutbacks in the Illinois racing schedule.

A committee of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has selected Andy Beyer, Kent Hollingsworth, and George F. T. Ryall for induction into the hall’s Media Roll of Honor, the organization announced on Tuesday.

Beyer, who developed the popular Beyer Speed Figures, is the longtime racing correspondent for the Washington Post, and his columns are frequently reprinted in the Daily Racing Form. He has also written several books on handicapping and racing.

A committee of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has selected Andy Beyer, Kent Hollingsworth, and George F. T. Ryall for induction into the hall’s Media Roll of Honor, the organization announced on Tuesday.

Beyer, who developed the popular Beyer Speed Figures, is the longtime racing correspondent for the Washington Post, and his columns are frequently reprinted in the Daily Racing Form. He has also written several books on handicapping and racing.

Regulations governing the use of anti-inflammatory corticosteroids and the bronchial dilator clenbuterol should be the same for both Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium said on Tuesday after releasing two papers examining the effects of the drugs in both breeds.

Florida’s racing regulatory agency has proposed a modification to its rules that would require tracks to run at least three days a week in order to qualify as host tracks and be able to sell simulcast signals in the state.

Betfair, the British exchange-wagering company that owns Television Games Network in the U.S., had net income of $44.1 million in the first six months of its fiscal year, a sharp turnaround from the first six months of the prior fiscal year, when the company lost $106.3 million after taking a $132.2 million impairment charge.

A Congressional subcommittee hearing called to discuss a bill that would grant a federally designated agency the power to enforce racing’s drug rules did not produce a clear indication of whether the bill would find support in a legislature that is split philosophically on the role the government should play in regulation.

ROSLYN, N.Y. - The hot-button issue of health benefits for jockeys in New York - and how to pay for them - will be the focal point of the state Task Force on Jockey Health and Safety, which held its initial meeting Wednesday. The task force is required to provide recommendations on jockey health benefits to Gov. Andrew Cuomo early next year.

A U.S. House subcommittee scheduled to conduct a hearing Thursday to discuss legislation that would require racetracks to fund an “independent anti-doping agency” to write and enforce the sport’s drug policies has called six witnesses, including Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which is expected to seek the contract to conduct the sport’s drug tests if the legislation passes.

The New York Racing Association has chosen Global Betting Exchange, an Irish company, to run its Internet account-wagering operation, four months after the initial selection of the company for the same contract was scuttled by state regulators.