The New Jersey Racing Commission today agreed to scrap its no-crop rule and instead align with national guidelines for the upcoming Monmouth Park meet.
Jockey Tomas Mejia has been hit with a 10-year ban by New Jersey stewards after allegedly using a buzzer in a race at Monmouth Park.
New Jersey’s whip rules, promoting virtually whipless racing, have spurred threats, recriminations, calls for compromise – and some kudos, too.
The Jockeys’ Guild today decried a New Jersey court decision allowing the state’s tough riding crop regulation to go into effect.
The Jockeys’ Guild will seek to overturn a new New Jersey rule which prohibits the use of the riding crop except for safety purposes.
New whip rules will prohibit New Jersey jockeys from using it for encouragement, which has baffled and angered riders, who say they were not consulted.
New rules proposals in New Jersey and California that would limit whip use have spurred the Jockeys’ Guild to advance their own more “moderate” concept.
Trainer Jorge Navarro and owner Randal Gindi will pay increased fines for their infamous “juice man” video following a New Jersey Racing Commission decision Wednesday.
Indiana terminated Truesdail Laboratories after it missed three positives. That’s cause for concern for four Midlantic racing commissions which employ Truesdail.