Midlantic racetracks say 2016 was a banner year for safety – but only a few release their data to the public.
For the fourth straight year, the equine fatality rate declined in 2016 and now is 23 percent below 2009 levels, the Jockey Club said.
Lifelong racing leader and blueblood Ogden Mills Phipps has died at age 75.
The Jockey Club’s Equine Injury Database showed a 14 percent drop in the frequency of fatal injury in 2015 versus the prior year.
The Jockey Club is purchasing Blood-Horse magazine, it was announced today.
The Jockey Club’s America’s Best Racing program will partner with Autism Speaks to help that group raise money and to increase awareness of both endeavors.
A trifecta’s worth of musings: the Arlington Million and the Sword Dancer, tweeting horses, and medication reforms.
The line between therapy and abuse for horses isn’t always bright, but experts say the National Uniform Medication Program, and proper diagnosis, will help.
The rate of equine fatalities at mid-Atlantic tracks rose in 2013, according to the latest statistics from the Jockey Club.
Wagering on races run in the United States was flat in January 2014 versus a year ago, as were the purses paid. But the number of racedays grew.