Blood-Horse State officials in Pennsylvania said they expect lawmakers the week of Nov. 16 to consider legislation that would, in part, stabilize the funding of horse racing regulation. Department of Agriculture secretary Russell Redding Nov. 13 also said talks have progressed to the point that the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf has deferred making a [...]

Blood-Horse Live Thoroughbred racing can return to Brockton Fairgrounds for the first time since 2001 and Suffolk Downs will double the days of its live meet in 2016. Those were the decisions handed down by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission at a Nov. 12 hearing in Boston, when commissioners unanimously approved each of the 2016 dates' [...]

Racing Biz Five public hearings are scheduled for the November 17 meeting of the Virginia Racing Commission in Richmond, four of them concerning the future of Colonial Downs. Commission meetings have been brief in recent months, but don’t expect that to be the case next Tuesday. Two of the applications concern live racing, and two [...]

Paulick Report Coming on the heels of having launched the first successful Triple Crown bid in 37 years and with record purses for the eighth straight year, it is not a surprise that Oaklawn received a large number of stall applications for the 2016 race meet that begins Friday, Jan. 16. For the second consecutive [...]

Blood-Horse The Keeneland November sale's Book 5 ended Nov. 11 with large session gains that kept the gross and average ahead of last year's overall numbers. One day after surpassing the 2014 November sale's total gross at its ninth session, the 2015 auction padded that lead on day 10. Wednesday's tenth of 12 sessions sold [...]

Blood-Horse Maria Borell has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Runhappy, who she trained to victory in the TwinsSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), seeking money from purses the colt earned under her care and also alleging defamation. According to the lawsuit, filed in Kentucky's Fayette Circuit Court, Borell is seeking $122,752 in purse [...]

Blood-Horse Anthony Oppenheimer's homebred Golden Horn was honored as Europe's 2015 Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt during ceremonies for the Cartier Racing Awards, Europe's equivalent of the Eclipse Awards, Nov. 10 in London. Trained by John Gosden, Golden Horn placed in all eight start this year, winning six races, including four group [...]

Paulick Report Suffolk Downs will host the final of three Racing and Food Truck Festival Days this Saturday, October 31 which will coincide with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships from Keeneland in Lexington, KY. There will be a special early first post time of 11:05 a.m. As it did for the live racing card on [...]

Blood-Horse Churchill Downs will open its 21-day fall meet on Sunday, Nov. 1 with a 10-race program. First post time is 12:40 p.m. (ET). The meet covers a four-week stretch through Sunday, Nov. 29, and starts Sunday with the 11th annual "Stars of Tomorrow I" program, which is entirely devoted to 2-year-old with an eye [...]

pennlive.com State officials and stakeholders continue to hash out a deal to keep horse racing running in Pennsylvania, but the threat of a shutdown is still looming. The Wolf administration last week said the State Racing Fund is operating in the red and leaving the commonwealth without the money to operate the sport throughout six [...]