Daily Racing Form Representatives of Massachusetts horsemen plan to meet with officials from Suffolk Downs over the next several weeks to hammer out a plan for live racing this year after the state legislature passed a bill on Tuesday protecting the track’s racing license and simulcasting operations through 2016. The legislature approved the protections as [...]

Blood-Horse The Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, Keeneland, and Churchill Downs will join in a unique partnership designed to generate funds for the work of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, the non-profit organization that serves as both an accrediting body for facilities that care for Thoroughbreds at the conclusion of their racing careers and a [...]

Blood-Horse As more jurisdictions continue to implement the multiple medication violation penalty system as part of the National Uniform Medication Program, officials March 31 said it's beginning to show it can be a useful tool. The MMV penalty system, which officially began Jan. 1, 2014, in jurisdictions that had adopted it at that time, assigns [...]

Blood-Horse The Racing Officials Accreditation Program, on its 2015 list of points of emphasis, is encouraging the horse racing industry to develop regulations to deal with the issue of "program trainers"—generally those who serve as cover for suspended or barred individuals. "On a scale of one to 10, in terms of importance to racing it [...]

Blood-Horse In a move that sounded a lot like the other shoe dropping, federal criminal charges have been filed against four racetrack veterinarians involved in treating horses at Penn National Race Course near Grantville, Pa. Late March 26, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced criminal charges had been filed against [...]

Blood-Horse With time running out for Suffolk Downs to continue offering full-card simulcasts, the Massachusetts House of Representatives March 26 passed a bill that extends the current rights for one more month. The action was the second extension for the racetrack since the end of last year, and allows for simulcasts to continue through April [...]

Paulick Report Horses are back on the track, taking one stride closer to the upcoming 13th season of racing at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino. Only a handful of horses took advantage of the first few days of training, which began Thursday, March 19. Horses continue to arrive at the facility that holds just under [...]

Blood-Horse Revenue for state government from the nation's pari-mutuel industry dropped 3.5% in 2014 from a year earlier, according to a new report by a university system think tank. While racetrack gaming operations nationwide saw modest gains in what they provide to states in the way of revenue, pari-mutuel revenue dipped to $140.5 million in [...]

Blood-Horse The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission March 23 approved a regulation that would permit the state's racetracks to card races that would prohibit the administration of furosemide, also known as Salix or Lasix, within 24 hours of post time. The vote was 8-4. Keeneland president Bill Thomason had said the Lexington racetrack supports the regulation [...]

Blood-Horse Both houses of the West Virginia legislature have adopted a resolution forming a select committee that will undertake a "comprehensive study" of the state's racing and gaming industries and report its findings to the full legislature in 2016. The resolution, filed March 11 and quickly adopted by the Senate and House of Delegates by [...]