Seven new directors were elected to the Breeders' Cup's 13-seat Board of Members and Trustees as a result of voting certified this week, the Breeders' Cup announced Friday.

The owner and operator of Monmouth Park and The Meadowlands is seeking an exclusive partner for its account-wagering business outside of New Jersey, according to officials of the tracks and account-wagering companies.

Sixteen companies - including five of New York's offtrack betting companies - notified a New York committee by a 5 p.m. deadline on Friday that they intend to respond to the committee's request for proposals to bid on the franchise held by the New York Racing Association, according to a list provided by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of Racing late on Friday.

The sixteen companies that notified the committee about their intentions will be the only ones allowed to submit responses to the committee's request for proposals, which was issued three weeks ago.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - A group that claims to have the support of 200 northern California owners and trainers is trying to replace the Thoroughbred Owners of California as the region's legal representative in negotiations with racetracks.

Jim Ghidella, the former TOC director for northern California who has helped form the new group, said that the TOC does not adequately represent northern California horsemen's interests in purse negotiations and that there are not enough horsemen from the region on the TOC board.

A national group seeking to reform medication rules in the United States will produce a position paper by the end of the year that will seek tighter regulation of the use of anabolic steroids, according to the group's executive director.

The United States is the only country in the world in which nearly all major racing jurisdictions allow the unlimited and unregulated use of anabolic steroids, which are used to build muscle mass and restore horses' appetites after strenuous exercise.

There is a slight chance horse racing could become a victim of the New Jersey's budget crisis, according to Dennis Dowd, the senior vice president of racing for the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.

"There is a 10 percent chance we could be shut down," said Dowd.

A national group seeking to reform medication rules in the United States will produce a position paper by the end of the year that will seek tighter regulation of the use of anabolic steroids, according to the group's executive director.

The Jockeys' Guild board of directors voted on Monday to hire Dwight Manley, a Los Angeles rare-coins dealer and sports agent, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the leader of the politically active Rainbow Push Coalition, to become the guild's national managers, guild officials and Manley said on Wednesday.

Roy Minami, who had been assistant executive director of the California Horse Racing Board since 1991, resigned from that position on June 21.

Minami was not available for comment. The racing board's chairman, Richard Shapiro, declined to elaborate on Minami's departure Wednesday. "It's a personnel issue and I can't" discuss it, Shapiro said.

Minami, who joined the racing board in 1989 as an administrative manager, had been highly visible in recent years on matters such as backstretch security and drug testing.

The trials and tribulations of the Jockeys' Guild took a new turn on Tuesday when conflicting accounts emerged from its annual meeting about whether the guild had decided to hire a Los Angeles-based coin dealer and sports agent supported by the Rev. Jesse Jackson as its new national manager.