Matt Hegarty

Thorpedo Anna, the cinch for the Eclipse Award for 3-year-old filly and a leading candidate for Horse of the Year, features in three of the performances up for the “Moment of the Year,” according to a list distributed by the award’s administrator, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.

The New York Racing Association and the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority have reached a settlement on a lawsuit NYRA filed jointly with Churchill Downs Inc. centered on a dispute over the calculation of HISA’s assessments on racetracks, the two companies said on Thursday.

An agreement between the owner of Gulfstream Park and Florida’s horsemen to jointly support legislation that would allow Gulfstream to continue to operate its casino without any obligations to live racing has generated confusion throughout the racing industry over the long-term impacts of the bill.

Barnes, the runaway winner of the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes, has been made the 10-1 individual favorite for the third installment of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

A representative of the parent company of Gulfstream Park in Florida told the track’s horsemen on Wednesday that live racing would continue at the track for the next three years provided the horsemen supported the company’s effort to pass legislation allowing it to continue to operate a casino at the property without a statutory live-racing requirement, according to multiple trainers who attended the closed-door meeting.

Laurel Park in Maryland has canceled its nine-race Sunday card due to the winter storm that has descended into the Midwest, the mid-Atlantic, and the entire Northeastern seaboard.

The New York Racing Association will support a measure in the governor’s proposed budget that would use penny breakage for all payouts on bets at New York racetracks

The group representing trainers and owners at Gulfstream Park in Florida has begun to “reassess” its position regarding Gulfstream’s plans to support legislation that would remove a statutory requirement to hold live racing in order to continue to operate its casino, the group said in a statement released on Friday afternoon.

Barbara D. Livingston This year's 13-race Pegasus card had 136 runners, compared to 142 runners in 13 races last year.

Riders at New York Racing Association tracks will begin receiving slightly higher fees for losing rides as of Feb. 1 under a new three-year deal on mount fees.