The Breeders’ Cup board of directors was expected to vote on Thursday on the selection of a host site for the 2013 year-end event, with the option of choosing among Churchill Downs in Louisville, Santa Anita Park in Southern California, and Monmouth Park in New Jersey, according to officials.

The 2013 Eclipse Awards ceremony has been scheduled for Jan. 19 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., the organizer of the event announced on Thursday.

ELMONT, N.Y. – There have been no reported positive tests for the powerful drug dermorphin in New York, according to a press release issued Saturday by the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.

Dermorphin, a painkiller believed to be 30 to 40 times more powerful than morphine, has been in the headlines recently with several Quarter Horses and some Thoroughbreds having tested positive for the opioid in Louisiana and Oklahoma.

According to the NYTHA release, New York has had a test for dermorphin for several months.

The flight of horsemen from Kentucky to New York is having a significant impact on races at Churchill Downs this year, though not in the way that might be expected.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – In a move that could prevent equine slaughterhouses from reopening in the U.S. in the near term, the House Appropriations Committee has voted once again to deny funding for federal inspectors at horse slaughter facilities.

In a voice vote Wednesday, the committee adopted Virginia Representative Jim Moran’s amendment to the Fiscal Year 2013 Agricultural Appropriations Bill. Moran’s amendment prohibits funding for the inspectors. The bill will now go to the House floor for a vote.

A bill was introduced on Saturday in the New York legislature that would put in place a plan endorsed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo providing for state control of the board of directors of the New York Racing Association for three years.

The bill codifies an agreement reached in May between NYRA and Cuomo’s administration. Under the bill, Cuomo will appoint eight members of the new NYRA board, including its chairman. The leadership of the state Senate and Assembly will receive two appointments each, and NYRA will receive five appointees.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday issued a ruling vacating a lower court’s determination that state racetracks could operate gambling devices that use the results of previously run horse races to determine payoffs.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday approved a regulation that would prohibit the raceday administration of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide beginning with 2-year-old stakes races in 2014, but the rule is likely to face additional challenges as it wends its way through the state legislature.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Jockey Club announced plans on Wednesday to launch a system this August that will send alerts to racing offices when a horse that is deemed to be at high risk of an injury is entered in a race.

Foal and stallion nominators to the Breeders’ Cup have elected 16 individuals to serve as the organization’s members, including eight individuals who won re-election, according to Breeders’ Cup.

The individuals who were re-elected are Jack Brothers, Doug Cauthen, Clem Murphy, Maria Niarchos-Goauze, Bill Oppenhiem, Don Robinson, Charlotte Weber, and Barry Weisbord. The new members are John Adger, Barbara Banke, George Bolton, Dr. Andreas Jacobs, W. Bruce Lunsford, Dr. J. David Richardson, W. Elliott Walden, and David Wildenstein.