Horsemen will be able resume training at Laurel Park August 10, they learned in a community meeting Thursday, ending a nearly four-month shutdown.
Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Jockeys will be limited to six overhand strikes of the riding crop in Maryland – and eventually regionally – under new rules that didn’t please everyone.
Steve Koch, former head of the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance, will become VP-Racing for the Stronach Group.
Starting in the fall, the University of Kentucky will offer a racecourse manager certification to help develop the next generation workforce.
National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) are teaming up to hold a June conference for racetrack vets.
Two national racing organizations have come together to promote best practices in test barn management and chain of custody of drug samples.
The NTRA’s Safety and Integrity Alliance has reaccredited Pimlico just in time for the Preakness meet, the group announced today.
Monmouth Park has earned reaccreditation by the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance, with special commendation for its backstretch employee welfare program.
The NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance has tabbed Woodbine’s Steve Koch as its new executive director.