Racetrack Television Network, a subscription television and streaming service, will offer livestreams of the panels at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing again this year, the company announced Tuesday.

The package will be available for $149, RTN said, with all proceeds contributed to the Race Track Industry Program, the educational program at Arizona that administers the annual conference. The package will enable buyers to watch the panels on tablets, smartphones, personal computers, and on televisions equipped with Roku or Amazon Fire devices.

Jena Antonucci, the trainer of Belmont and Travers winner Arcangelo, has been named the recipient of the Big Sport of Turfdom by the award’s administrator, the Turf Publicists of America.

Antonucci, who is a brand ambassador for Daily Racing Form, became the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race when Arcangelo won the Belmont this year. The 47-year-old so far has 15 wins this year from 104 starts and $2.1 million in purse earnings.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has proposed amending its rules for violations of the estrus suppressant altrenogest that will move the drug from its banned category to its controlled substances list, a policy change that will lead to far less severe penalties for positives in male horses, according to a list of proposed changes HISA posted on its website on Monday.

Alex Foley, the son of trainer Greg Foley and a graduate of the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, has been hired as the executive director of the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, the organization announced Tuesday.

Foley, who started Monday, fills a position that was vacated when the Kentucky HBPA’s longtime executive director, Marty Maline, retired at the end of 2022. Maline was the executive director for 46 years.

Del Mar, which is already set to host the 2024 Breeders’ Cup, also will host the 2025 Breeders’ Cup, it was announced via press release Wednesday afternoon.

The Breeders’ Cup was previously held at Del Mar in 2017 and 2021. In 2024, the Breeders’ Cup will be held Nov. 1-2. In 2025, the event will be held on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

The last time the Breeders’ Cup was held at the same venue in consecutive years was Santa Anita in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Santa Anita held the 40th Breeders’ Cup last weekend for a record 11th time.

The Arizona Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association is scheduled to vote on Friday on whether to extend an agreement with Turf Paradise allowing the track to import full-card simulcast signals, according to Arizona HBPA officials and the track.

The current extension, signed in late September after a potential buyer suddenly emerged for the track, expires on Nov. 12. If an extension is not granted, full-card simulcasting, including account wagering, would shut down in the state, where dozens of restaurants and bars offer off-track betting to patrons.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority will seek to collect $77.5 million in fees from state racing commissions and racetracks in 2024 for its operating budget, according to documents HISA posted on its website Monday night.

Betting on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. racetracks plummeted 9.3 percent in October compared to the same month last year, according to figures released Monday by Equibase.

Total handle during the month was $819.0 million, down slightly more than $84 million from the $903.3 million bet last year during October. The number of races held dropped 6.2 percent, from 2,782 last October to 2,610 this year, contributing to the decline. Average handle per race dropped 3.3 percent, from $324,469 last October to $313,793 this year.

Total wagering on the five Breeders’ Cup races held on Friday at Santa Anita Park in Southern California was down 8.9 percent compared to the record amount of wagering on the five races at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., last year, according to charts of the races.

Wagering was down despite the races starting nearly two hours later than last year, and despite the addition of a pick five that ended on the first Breeders’ Cup race. Handle on that pick five was $2.37 million.

Chris Merz, the senior director of racing operations at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., has resigned from his position and has moved to Maryland to “pursue other opportunities” in racing, Merz said on Tuesday.