Sal Sinatra, president of the Maryland Jockey Club for the last seven years, will leave that post in two weeks to become head of Equibase.
Laurel Park, which had been using a controversial GPS timing system whose accuracy many questioned, has switched back to the beam system.
Though the pandemic led to many fewer racedays in 2020 than in 2019, national wagering handle held steady – though what that means is open to debate.
David Siegel, longtime president of Equibase subsidiary TrackMaster, will retire at the end of 2020.
Equibase has announced a revised final time, as well as adding internal fractions, for Authentic’s victory in last Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Its timing system under increasing fire, Equibase issued a statement briefly outlining how it intends to address criticisms.
The Gmax timing system in use at numerous tracks offers many advantages — but still has issues getting the final time correct. This is a big problem.
Equibase will purchase all of the timing assets of American Teletimer Corp., putting the former in charge of timing at dozens of American racetracks.
Ten times in a four-month period, new course records were set at Laurel Park, promoting the track to return to Teletimer, its former timing system.
Using its GPS system, Equibase will now be the official timer at Penn National and Mahoning Valley, along with tracks already in the fold, including Laurel and Pimlico.