SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - The attorney representing Richard Dutrow Jr. in his fight with the New York State Racing and Wagering Board over his trainer’s license believes there is an impropriety over the way the state is going about penalizing him for his two most recent violations and asked the board not to consider revocation as a punishment.
Subsidies to Thoroughbred and Standardbred purses at Pennsylvania racetracks dropped 16.7 percent in 2010 compared with 2009 as a result of a legislative decision to divert a portion of the revenue from slot machines to the state’s general fund, according to a report released Thursday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
Proposed legislation to expand gaming in Illinois radically, including the introduction of slot machines to racetracks, was voted down in a House of Representatives committee by a 6-5 margin late Wednesday, but could soon return for another committee vote.
Arlington Park testified against the amendment to Senate Bill 744, objecting to language in the bill requiring a so-called peace agreement with labor unions. The amendment required racetracks to form a three-year agreement with unions representing employees who would be hired to work in a racetrack casino.
The racing and gambling assets held by MI Developments produced net income of $10.8 million on revenues of $173.9 million during the first quarter of 2011, according to financial documents MI Developments filed with Canadian regulators late on Thursday.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Trainer Jeff Mullins has been ordered to serve a 70-day suspension for a medication violation in 2006, the California Horse Racing Board ruled. The board made the ruling in an executive session on April 28, but did not release it until over the weekend.
Two congressmen who have previously supported federal efforts to regulate racing introduced legislation on Wednesday that would prohibit the use of raceday drugs and permanently ban trainers whose horses test positive for performance-enhancing drugs three times.
Handle on U.S. horse races tracked a 7.5 percent decline in race days by falling 7.6 percent in April when compared with the same month last year, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase, extending a long string of month-to-month declines that has shown no indication of abating.
Rep. Gary Pretlow, the chairman of the New York Assembly’s Racing and Wagering Committee, has introduced a bill that would give Catskill Off-Track Betting Corporation the right to operate off-track betting parlors in the five boroughs of New York City.
The bill, filed on April 29, would amend the state’s off-track betting law to add the five New York City boroughs to Catskill’s region. Catskill OTB currently operates 24 off-track betting parlors in the 13 upstate counties that own the public-benefit corporation.
