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Matt Hegarty

Mon May 05
2025

Total wagering, races drop slightly during stormy April

12:41pm
Sat May 03
2025

Kentucky Derby 2025: Handle sets another record; TV viewership highest since 1986

9:36pm
Sat May 03
2025

Florida legislature adjourns without passing decoupling legislation

10:51am
Fri May 02
2025

Kentucky Oaks Day handle down slightly but Oaks betting rises

9:27pm
Thu May 01
2025

Coalition rallies for better visa and citizenship process for immigrant backstretch workers

1:41pm
Thu May 01
2025

Penn trainer Graci accepts lifetime ban for medication violations

10:28am
Tue Apr 29
2025

Salinas suspended after arbiter rejects claims of innocence

10:03am
Mon Apr 28
2025

Weather postponements caused drop in Keeneland meet handle

3:08pm
Sat Apr 26
2025

Florida House passes bill including decoupling language

10:48am
Fri Apr 25
2025

Flunixin charge against Clement dropped

8:56am
Thu Apr 24
2025

HISA town hall addresses new funding mechanism that will increase costs for smaller tracks

2:43pm
Thu Apr 24
2025

Churchill Downs pauses $1 billion renovation, citing tariff-related costs

10:04am
Wed Apr 23
2025

Preakness Future Wager pool opens Friday

11:00am
Mon Apr 21
2025

HISA issues shoulder-injury advisory for horses returning from layups

1:51pm
Mon Apr 21
2025

Television review: Netflix's ‘Race for the Crown' puts focus on people, not horses

12:01pm
Sat Apr 19
2025

Federal judge rules in favor of Churchill in Michigan suit

12:02pm
Thu Apr 17
2025

DeSantis issues public support for Florida horsemen in decoupling fight

3:21pm
Thu Apr 17
2025

California Horse Racing Board denies requests for dates up north

3:15pm
Tue Apr 15
2025

Florida House committee advances decoupling legislation after Senate committee cancels hearing

5:24pm
Mon Apr 14
2025

West Virginia legalizes fixed-odds betting on horse races

10:10am
Fri Apr 11
2025

Meet begins with pair of Indiana-bred handicaps

12:10pm
Fri Apr 11
2025

'Dirt Dozen' series will again incentivize Breeders' Cup prospects

11:53am
Thu Apr 10
2025

Jill Byrne announced as new executive director of VTA

3:33pm
Thu Apr 10
2025

University of Kentucky sells equine drug-testing lab to private company

3:29pm
Thu Apr 10
2025

Breeders' Cup adds more international races to Challenge Series

12:18pm
Thu Apr 10
2025

Shuffled Derby preps create peculiar betting handle scenario

9:52am
Wed Apr 09
2025

Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority to be dissolved two years earlier than planned

11:49am
Sun Apr 06
2025

Journalism favored as Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool closes

10:48am
Fri Apr 04
2025

Horses imported to U.S. for sales purposes will face full brunt of Trump tariffs

1:56pm
Fri Apr 04
2025

Year-over-year Thoroughbred handle dropped 4 percent in March

1:09pm
Tue Apr 01
2025

Senate committee passes Florida decoupling bill, but guarantees seven years for Gulfstream

7:11pm
Tue Apr 01
2025

Journalism still favored in final Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool

1:26pm
Mon Mar 31
2025

Turfway wraps up meet with slight dip in handle

3:06pm
Thu Mar 27
2025

Louisiana Supreme Court declares law authorizing HHR machines unconstitutional in the state

4:22pm
Wed Mar 26
2025

NBC to continue broadcasting Breeders' Cup through 2030

10:45am
Wed Mar 26
2025

Trainer Bonnie Lucas accepts lifetime ban in Penn National corticosteroid case

10:23am
Mon Mar 24
2025

N.Y. Gaming Commission favors rule to uncouple runners with shared ownership

2:48pm
Fri Mar 21
2025

Two more Penn trainers suspended for violating corticosteroid rules

9:30am
Wed Mar 19
2025

Three more Penn National trainers receive suspensions for injections

9:49am
Tue Mar 18
2025

Florida decoupling legislation amended but battle against it continues

10:41am