The situation could put the start of the 2025 racing season at Louisville’s Churchill Downs and Henderson, Kentucky-based ...

Christopher L. Merz has been named the new executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, according to the state’s ...

Merz’s appointment as executive director follows the retirement of Mike Hopkins after 40 years of service to the state of ...

Christopher L. Merz, with more than a decade in horse racing operations, compliance, business strategy, and oversight, has been named the executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, ...

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has exited a federal lawsuit challenging the Horseracing Integrity and Safety ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. When the justices meet for their ...

As the extraordinary Mike Hopkins-era at the Maryland Racing Commission came to an end at years end with his retirement after ...

In addition, no racing can take place at any British course unless all equine welfare standards, measures and criteria are deemed to have been met by the British Horseracing Authority ... and safely – ...

Every horse will be treated fairly and with the highest level of integrity at all times ... We are employed by the British Horseracing Authority to assess the form of its races and to allot and adjust ...

The two diisopropylamine positives occurred in the same race at Mahoning Valley, with horses finishing one-two ...