Executives of the U.S. racing industry’s leading racetracks said at an afternoon panel at the Global Symposium on Racing that they see several reasons for optimism about the growth prospects of horse racing over the next several years, citing industry progress in reducing injuries and the growth of sports betting across the country.
A proposed rule to restrict purses in claiming races to 1.6 times the claiming price was rescinded from a tranche of regulations submitted on Monday by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to the Federal Trade Commission, officials of HISA confirmed on Tuesday.
State racing commissions will continue to collect race-day samples and adjudicate post-race positives throughout 2022 under an amended timeline for the implementation of new national racing rules outlined by the chairman of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Tuesday at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz.
Total handle on Thoroughbred races held at U.S. racetracks was up marginally in November when compared to the same month of 2019, prior to the coronavirus pandemic disrupting economic and social conditions across the world.
Total handle during November was $961.8 million, a jump of less than one percent compared to total handle of $955.8 million in November of 2019, according to figures distributed by Equibase. November of this year had eight weekend dates, compared to nine weekend dates in November of 2019.
The attorney for Bob Baffert said in a statement released late Friday that elements in the urine analysis of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit conformed with the administration of the drug betamethasone in a skin ointment, solidifying a line of argument Baffert’s defense will use when attempting to get the positive thrown out.
Panel discussions and presentations at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing next week will be available on live-streams for a fee, a racing broadcast company announced Monday.
Roberts Communications Network will stream the discussions on its website, Roberts Television Network, for a fee of $195, the company said. The symposium is scheduled for Dec. 6-8 in Tucson, Ariz.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Michael Del Giudice is retiring from his role as chairman of the New York Racing Association’s Board of Directors and will be replaced by Marc Holliday, the company announced in a press release Wednesday.
Holliday, 55, was appointed by the board’s executive committee to serve as an interim chairman before a full meeting of the NYRA board on Dec. 16 at which time it is expected the interim tag will be removed and Holliday will be voted the new chairman.
Trainer Brad Cox has joined a Who’s Who of racing personalities in being honored by the Turf Publicists of America (TPA) with their prestigious Big Sport of Turfdom Award for 2021.
Cox was selected for enhancing coverage of Thoroughbred racing through his cooperation with media and racing publicists.
“Brad’s generosity with his time, allowing his story, as well as his horses’ stories, to be shared with the fans of our sport is the epitome of what the award stands for,” said TPA president Wendy Davis in a release this week.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency would determine which horses are selected for post-race and out-of-competition testing under proposed rules released on Monday, in a departure from the current practice in most states of mandating that certain horses are automatically selected for testing, such as winners of races.
A New York state senator has introduced a bill that would allow fixed-odds bets on horse races to be offered by licensed mobile sports-betting operators.
Sen. Joseph Addabbo, the chairman of the New York Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming, and Wagering, introduced the bill on Monday, sending it the Senate Committee on Rules. The legislature is not scheduled to re-convene until January.
