Contact: Joan Lawrence: 646 335-6833 CHAMBLIN JOINS HORSE PACSM BOARD LEXINGTON, Ky. (Tuesday, February 23, 2016) – The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that Horse PACSM, the Thoroughbred racing industry’s [...]
February 23, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Legislation that proponents said is designed to modernize horse racing in Pennsylvania was signed into law Feb. 23 by Gov. Tom Wolf, who last [...]
February 18, 2016 Lynne Snierson, Blood-Horse The New Hampshire Senate voted Feb. 18 to table a bill authorizing a casino to be located at Rockingham Park, dealing yet another blow [...]
February 18, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Under severe political pressure, the Texas Racing Commission during an emergency meeting Feb. 18 voted 5-4 to repeal rules that would have permitted historical [...]
February 17, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse The Florida Senate Regulated Industries Committee Feb. 17 passed two pieces of legislation, one authorizing a $3 billion gaming compact with the Seminole tribe [...]
February 12, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Legislation that would remove the requirement that racetracks with gaming also offer live racing has been introduced in the West Virginia Senate. The bill's [...]
February 11, 2016 Eric Mitchell, Blood-Horse Texas racetracks will be operating at least through the end of February, but beyond that the future is far from clear. The Texas Racing [...]
February 10, 2016 Blood-Horse Staff A bill that would provide a tax break for Kentucky's horse industry advanced Feb. 10, when the Kentucky House Agriculture Committee unanimously approved HB 112. [...]
February 9, 2016 Tom LaMarra, Blood-Horse Florida horse racing and breeding interests made their case against decoupling Feb. 9 during a House Regulatory Affairs Committee meeting, but lawmakers voted to [...]
February 3, 2016 Tom Precious, Blood-Horse A New York lawmaker, sharply critical of the Nassau Off-Track Betting Corp. bid to try to locate a casino at Belmont Park racetrack, has [...]
