According to the EDCC website, the horse’s trainer or veterinarian must contact the equine medical director, or his designated person, and “provide required information on each horse that is seeking approval to move to the track.” 

Jan. 26, 2023, was a day that Jose Antonio Gomez will always treasure. It was an evening with the potential to shape his career and life in ways he could only dream about five years ago.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 31 flatly denied a request by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and the Federal Trade Commission to put the brakes on the appellate court’s ruling that HISA is facially unconstitutional.

Kathy Hochul will reveal Feb. 1 whether she supports a state-backed bonding plan for major infrastructure work at Belmont Park—a decision that either keeps alive or places new barriers to a $450 million capital initiative by NYRA.

A top New York regulator said it is too early to tell whether the state’s year-old mobile sports betting program—which saw about $16.6 billion in total handle since last January—is having an effect on advanced deposit platforms for racetrack betting.

After she served as interim executive director for six months, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Jamie Eads as the executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Her appointment was effective Dec. 1.

The Preakness Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, and the $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) highlight a spectacular weekend of racing featuring 15 stakes, eight graded, worth $3.5 million in purses May 19-20 at Pimlico Race Course.

Fun to Dream and Awake At Midnyte, separated by three-quarters of a length when 1-2 in the Dec. 26 La Brea Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, square off as 4-year-olds against four other rivals in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) Feb. 4.

The recent supplements include multiple stakes winner Miss Auramet (by Uncaptured) consigned by Hidden Brook, and Lemieux (by Nyquist), who is out of the family of 2022 Horse of the Year finalist Life Is Good.

A million-dollar filly by Fastnet Rock brought the curtain down on Book 1 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale Jan. 31.