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February 2008 - Posts

• Turfway Park executive chef arrested
  Feb 29 2008, 08:01 AM

  Kevin Kangas, an executive chef at Turfway Park, was arrested on Thursday after being charged with embezzling more than $70,000 from the Florence, Kentucky, track to place wagers. Read More... Post Reactions

• Bloodstock agent Galpin dead at 71
  Feb 29 2008, 07:30 AM

  International bloodstock agent Richard Galpin died on Wednesday at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Florida; he was 71.Galpin suffered a stroke on February 23 while in Miami for the Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected two-year-olds in training. Read More... Post Reactions

• MEC’s three-year loss tops $306-million
  Feb 29 2008, 04:54 AM

  Magna Entertainment Corp., the leading operator of racetracks in North America by revenue, lost $113,759,000 during the 12 months ended December 31, 2007, to bring the company’s three-year loss to $306,403,000. Read More... Post Reactions

• Female jockey documentary to begin production
  Feb 28 2008, 10:34 AM

  JOCK, a feature length documentary on female jockeys, will begin production shortly and has launched a website in conjunction with Women’s History month in March. Read More... Post Reactions

• Purses increase across-the-board at Oaklawn
  Feb 28 2008, 08:15 AM

  Oaklawn Park will add $1,000 in purse money per race for allowance, allowance/optional claiming, and maiden special weight races and $500 per race for claiming and starter allowance races beginning February 28. Read More... Post Reactions

• New York reinstates retired racehorse task force
  Feb 28 2008, 04:01 AM

  A first-of-its-kind task force dedicated to protecting retired racehorses will hold its inaugural meeting on Friday in Albany, New York.The 13-member New York State Task Force on Retired Race Horses was created during former Governor George Pataki’s administration but never got off the ground. Read More... Post Reactions

• Modified casino amendment advances to Kentucky House floor
  Feb 27 2008, 10:30 AM

  After failing on Tuesday to pass one version of an amendment allowing casinos in Kentucky, the state's House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee passed a second version of the amendment, opposed by leaders of Kentucky's racing industry, on Wednesday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Congress hears testimony on racehorse drug testing
  Feb 27 2008, 08:21 AM

  Thoroughbred racing was under the congressional microscope on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., where the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection discussed the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances in professional sports.For complete text of NTRA Chief Executive Officer Alex Waldrop's testimony, click here . Read More... Post Reactions

• CHRB to hand over necropsy information
  Feb 26 2008, 11:49 AM

  The California Horse Racing Board has agreed to pay California horse owner Jerry Jamgotchian $19,440 in attorney’s fees and costs, and a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered the CHRB to turn over necropsy submission forms for horses that died on California tracks in 2006 and part of 2007. Read More... Post Reactions

• Powell departs Youbet amid corporate restructuring
  Feb 26 2008, 10:04 AM

  Youbet.com Inc. is in the midst of restructuring its corporate management team, and one of the departed executives is Vice President of Public Affairs Lonny Powell. Read More... Post Reactions

• Pennsylvania slots revenue has exceeded expectations
  Feb 26 2008, 09:59 AM

  Pennsylvania slot machine revenue has exceeded expectations according to Wall Street analysts, who cautioned racino operators to expect a moderation in business when two Philadelphia-area casinos open in 2009. Read More... Post Reactions

• Kentucky expanded gaming amendment fails to advance
  Feb 26 2008, 09:31 AM

  A constitutional amendment that would allow Kentucky voters to decide if they want expanded gaming failed to advance out of committee in the state's General Assembly on Tuesday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Pennsylvania slots help fund $200,000 daily purses
  Feb 26 2008, 07:01 AM

  Pennsylvania’s Thoroughbred breeders will have $23-million at their disposal to distribute in 2008 state-bred awards.The funds come courtesy of expanded gaming revenue at the state’s racetracks and represent a nearly threefold increase from 2006 when breeders shared in $7.8-million for state-bred awards. Read More... Post Reactions

• Bloodstock agent Richard Galpin suffers stroke
  Feb 26 2008, 06:48 AM

  Veteran bloodstock agent Richard Galpin, 71, suffered “a massive stroke with hemorrhaging to the brain” on February 23 while in Miami for the Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected two-year-olds in training. Read More... Post Reactions

• Santanna argues for reduced takeout
  Feb 26 2008, 04:52 AM

  Racing’s economic model is broken and must be overhauled in order to keep owners, trainers, and breeders in the industry, National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association Chairman Joe Santanna said Monday at the Pennsylvania Gaming Congress’s Mid-Atlantic Racing Forum in Harrisburg. Read More... Post Reactions