Three new members have been elected to the 27-seat Senate of the Jockeys’ Guild, the organization announced on Thursday.

The three new members are Deshawn Parker, Joe Talamo, and Jay Conklin, the Jockeys’ Guild said. The organization’s Senate determines the fees that are assessed Jockeys’ Guild members and selects the group’s chairman and other board members.

Parker was elected to the Eastern region of the Senate, joining Joe Bravo, Javier Castellano, Ramon Dominguez, Stewart Elliot, Mike Luzzi, Mario Pino, Edgar Prado, and John Velazquez, the current Guild chairman.

Churchill Downs Inc. lost $689,000 in the third quarter of 2010, or four cents a share, according to financial statements released by the company on Wednesday afternoon, an improvement over last year's loss in the third quarter of $2.3 million.

Voters in Anne Arundel County in Maryland on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have overturned zoning approvals for a casino at a mall near Laurel Park, according to Maryland news reports.

Voters in Anne Arundel County in Maryland will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to overturn zoning approvals for a casino at a mall near Laurel Park.

The ballot vote will likely determine whether the Cordish Cos. can go ahead with the billion-dollar casino project, which has been approved for 4,750 slot machines. The measure was added to the ballot through a petition drive led by groups funded by MI Developments Inc., the company that owns Laurel Park and its sister track, Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimore.

Stan James PLC, an Internet betting operator based in Gibraltar, has bought a majority share in racing2day.com, a small U.S. account-wagering operator, the two parties announced on Monday.

New York Gov. David Paterson has called for a special session on Nov. 15 for legislators to vote on statutory changes that are part of a reorganization plan for New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, but a top legislator has said that many of the proposed changes cannot be supported.

Members of Maryland’s racing industry gathered on Friday at Laurel Park to explain their opposition to a ballot measure on Tuesday that would allow for a casino at a mall near Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County.

The board of directors of the Association of Racing Commissioners International on Friday unanimously adopted a model rule that will reduce the threshold level for the popular painkiller phenylbutazone, a vote that will pave the way for what may be contentious approval processes at the state level.

Nick Nicholson, the president of Keeneland, will take over as chairman of Equibase at the end of the year, succeeding Alan Marzelli, the chairman of the company since 1997.

Nicholson has served on the management committee of Equibase since 1990, the year it was launched. Equibase, which is owned by a partnership of the Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, collects racing data at racetracks and is the data supplier for Daily Racing Form.

The Jockeys’ Guild said it has asked a Kentucky judge to block rules that went into effect in June that set standards for safety vests and require riders to divulge details to the commission about their sponsorship agreements.