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Valenzuela Returns from Flu to Pass Krone

Jockey Patrick Valenzuela passed the injured Julie Krone to take over the jockey lead Wednesday at Hollywood Park.

 Wednesday, December 17, 2003

CHRB Responds to Trainer Concerns; Will Consider Security Measures

California racing regulators hope they can head off a widely-held suspicion on the backside that some trainers are cheating before that perception becomes the assumption on the front side.

 Thursday, December 04, 2003

Trainers Petition for Detention Barn in Southern California

Southern California-based trainers will ask the California Horse Racing Board to establish a detention barn for "in-today" horses. For the past month, trainers have circulated a petition for the detention barn, which supporters say is needed to combat an uneven playing field caused by horsemen who are allegedly using illegal and untested-for medications to enhance the performance of their horses.

 Monday, November 24, 2003

Proposal Could Open Door to Slots at Calif. Tracks

Slot-seeking California racetracks could benefit by a proposed state constitutional amendment aimed at pressuring Indian tribes to part with up to 25% of their casino profits.

 Friday, November 21, 2003

Detention for Prevention

By Ray Paulick -- What price in fighting drugs is unreasonable if the result is increased integrity of the sport?

 Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Several Factors Cited for Oak Tree Purse Reduction

Santa Anita Park's Oak Tree meet, which began with high expectations as the host site for the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, will end with a 10% reduction in purses for the remainder of the season.

 Friday, October 31, 2003

'Beat the Odds' Ends Up Loser Amid Integrity Concerns

After months of debate, the California Horse Racing Board has shot down a proposal for a wager in which winning is tied to losing favorites.

 Tuesday, October 28, 2003

CHRB Gets Stable Surveillance System Report

A company specializing in surveillance systems reported Thursday to the California Horse Racing Board on the success of an experimental program that included two digital cameras monitoring activities in the stable area at Del Mar last summer.

 Friday, October 24, 2003

Rebating, Graded-Stakes Mandate Complicate Licensing

Despite concerns the association's signal would be sent to wagering outlets that offer rebates, and the fact there is no contract yet with horsemen, the California Horse Racing Board Oct. 23 approved an application by the Los Angeles Turf Club for its Santa Anita Park meet that begins Dec. 26.

 Thursday, October 23, 2003

Signal Pricing, Offshore Outlets Studied by California

As racing interests in California continue to study pari-mutuel wagering as it relates to out-of-state hubs and offshore operations, prices paid for signals are more and more becoming the focal point.

 Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Schwarzenegger Win Could Bring Changes for Racing

Among the issues on which California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger will need to be educated is the importance of horse racing to the state's economy, industry leaders said.

 Monday, October 13, 2003

Backstretch Security, Drug-Testing Heightened for Cup

Oak Tree Racing Association has stepped up backstretch security for its current meet, which includes the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on Oct. 25 at Santa Anita Park.

 Wednesday, October 08, 2003

Breeders' Cup Sues JMG Over Jockey Advertising

Breeders' Cup Limited filed a complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court Oct. 3 seeking to restrain Jockeys International Management Group (JMG) from entering agreements for the display of advertising on jockeys apparel for the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championship races on Oct. 25 at Santa Anita.

 Friday, October 03, 2003

Solano Fair Moves Ahead With Redevelopment Plans

The Solano County Fair Association will begin exclusive negotiations with Mills Corp. to redevelop the Vallejo, Calif., fairgrounds. It would eventually spell the end of more than 50 years of live racing at the San Francisco Bay-area facility.

 Thursday, September 25, 2003

CHRB, Tracks Debate Account Wagering

The California Horse Racing Board took a first look at the knotted issue of changing the way account-deposit wagering is conducted in the state by requiring racetrack associations -- as a condition to operate -- to negotiate agreements for handling wagers with all legal operators.

 Friday, September 19, 2003

Lewis, McCaffery to Resign from TOC Board

Leading California Thoroughbred owner Robert Lewis said he and Trudy McCaffery will be forced to resign from the Thoroughbred Owners of California board of directors after the California Horse Racing Board refused to waive a rule prohibiting horsemen's organization representatives from also serving on racing association boards.

 Thursday, September 18, 2003

California Poised to Step Up Backstretch Surveillance

There's a serious call in California for video surveillance of racetrack barn areas. Magna Entertainment Corp. already is looking into adding equipment at its three tracks in the state.

 Wednesday, September 03, 2003

CHRB Shortens Horsemen's 2004 Christmas Break

It was only a single day on the proposed 271-day Thoroughbred racing circuit in Southern California in 2004. But for representatives of the state's owners and trainers appearing Thursday before the California Horse Racing Board, it was meaningful.

 Thursday, August 21, 2003

California Satellite Expansion Bill Killed

A California Assembly bill designed to give the state horse racing board greatly expanded authorization to approve satellite wagering facilities has been killed by organized Indian gaming opposition.

 Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Capitol Racing Has Two-Year Pact With Fair Board

Capitol Racing and the California Exposition and State Fair reached a two-year agreement July 28, but it's possible the contract for the Standardbred meet at Cal Expo will be put out for bid in the future.

 Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Cal Expo Granted License, Contingent on Settling Lease Dispute

The California Horse Racing Board granted a conditional license to Capitol Racing Association on July 24 to continue to operate a harness meeting at Cal Expo in Sacramento, contingent on it settling a lawsuit with the fair over its lease arrangement.

 Friday, July 25, 2003

CHRB Waives Three Rules to Accommodate Breeders' Cup

The California Horse Racing Board on Thursday waived three of its own rules for one day only -- October 25, 2003 -- to accommodate horses, owners, and trainers participating in the Breeders' Cup hosted by the Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita.

 Thursday, July 24, 2003

CHRB to Undertake Marketing Study

California Horse Racing Board commissioners Alan Landsburg and John Harris were appointed to form an ad hoc committee to examine efforts in the state to market horseracing.

 Thursday, June 26, 2003

Court of Appeals Reverses Baffert's Morphine Dismissal

In a decision filed June 6, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a federal court ruling and ordered reinstatement of the California Horse Racing Board's complaint against trainer Bob Baffert for a morphine positive in one of his horses.

 Monday, June 09, 2003

Mullins, Englander Answer CHRB Inquiry

Trainer Jeff Mullins and owner Richard Englander say they are surprised by a California Horse Racing Board review into a victory by their filly Flyindownbaylaurel at Hollywood Park on May 21 and said the action is the result of Mullin's success on the Southern California circuit.

 Saturday, May 24, 2003

CHRB Reviewing 'Significant Form Reversals'

The California Horse Racing Board said May 23 it is reviewing certain races "with significant form reversals," including the second race May 21 at Hollywood Park in which "a filly improved tremendously to win at relatively low odds while stepping up in class."

 Friday, May 23, 2003

CHRB Targets Offshore Gambling Advertisements

The California Horse Racing Board heard arguments April 24 on the issue of publications and radio shows in the state selling advertising to off-shore wagering operations. Residents of California are only able to legally bet through facilities licensed by the state, so wagering with offshore companies is in violation of state law.

 Friday, April 25, 2003

Buddy Bled in Win, to Miss Training Time

Although he was running with Lasix, Buddy Gil did "bleed slightly" through the nostrils during his victory Saturday in the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), trainer Jeff Mullins said. It was the first time the horse has done so in a race, Mullins said.

 Sunday, April 06, 2003

Official: Uniform Drug Policy Three to Five Years Away

Uniformity in medication and drug testing could be years away, a member of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium said April 1 during a California Horse Racing Board Medication Committee meeting.

 Thursday, April 03, 2003

California Panel Calls for Ban on Use of Venom in Horses

California has taken the first step to ban the backstretch use of snake venom, which officials believe can be used as a nerve- or joint-numbing agent in sore or injured horses.

 Thursday, April 03, 2003

California Trainers Face Late Scratch Penalty

In the face of dwindling fields, Hollywood Park won approval from the California Horse Racing Board to penalize trainers for late scratches.

 Thursday, March 27, 2003

In California, a Call for Rebates, Pari-Mutuel Overhaul

California Horse Racing Board chairman Roger Licht said he favors changing state law to allow the pari-mutuel industry to pay rebates to its customers.

 Monday, March 17, 2003

CHRB to Cut Off Coeur d'Alene on Friday

The California Horse Racing Board has instructed all racetracks in the state to remove the Coeur d'Alene Casino and its account wagering operations from the state's simulcast wagering program as of Mar. 7.

 Wednesday, March 05, 2003

California Board Cuts Off Signals to Idaho Casino

California regulators, in an effort to stop out-of-state account wagering operators from taking bets from state residents, have excluded the Coeur d'Alene Casino in Idaho from importing upcoming meets at Bay Meadows and Hollywood Park. The manager of the casino said the situation would be resolved.

 Tuesday, March 04, 2003

California Bill to Benefit Retired Horses Submitted

A bill providing that 20 percent of the proceeds from California racing "charity days" go to nonprofit corporations caring for retired racehorses has been introduced in the state assembly.

 Friday, February 28, 2003

Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Plan Endorsed by CHRB

The Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita will get an additional day of racing Sept. 28, allowing it to run four Breeders' Cup prep races under a plan endorsed Friday by the California Horse Racing Board.

 Friday, February 21, 2003

Spawr Fined in Albuterol Cases

Trainer Bill Spawr was fined $8,500 by track stewards for two post-race urine tests that revealed Albuterol in the systems of two horses who won races while in his care last year.

 Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Fairplex Park at Forefront of CHRB Meeting

Fairplex Park was at the center of the California Horse Racing Board's attention once more Thursday. Just a couple of months after the CHRB turned down a proposed lease of the Los Angeles County Fair's end-of-summer racing dates to Hollywood Park, Fairplex issues were in the middle of things once more -- on a couple of fronts.

 Thursday, January 23, 2003

Magna Official Says Santa Anita TV Situation 'Caused Us Chagrin'

A top executive for Magna Entertainment Corp. told the California Horse Racing Board's parimutuel committee Wednesday that the company's inability to find suitable television distribution for its Santa Anita signal has "caused us chagrin."

 Wednesday, January 22, 2003

CHRB Refuses Early Bet Cut-Off Request

The California Horse Racing Board Thursday surprisingly denied Hollywood Park permission to close all betting when the post time clock clicks to "zero."

 Thursday, November 21, 2002

No Change in Hollywood Bet Cut-Off ... For Now

Hollywood Park won't be getting special approval from the California Horse Racing Board to institute a new policy that would cut off wagering on its races at post time in time for its next racing day, which is Nov. 14.

 Tuesday, November 12, 2002

Hollywood Park Seeks OK for Wagering Cutoff

Hollywood Park officials expect the California Horse Racing Board to quickly approve wagering security steps announced earlier by its parent company, Churchill Downs, Inc., including a requirement to close all mutuel pools one minute before horses are loaded into the starting gate for each race.

 Sunday, November 10, 2002

California Race Calendar OK'd With Few Changes

The California Horse Racing Board approved a 2003 racing calendar Thursday that is largely unchanged from 2002, including a 17-day fair meet at Fairplex Park in Pomona.

 Thursday, October 17, 2002

California Workers' Comp Bill Signed by Davis

Legislation allowing California horsemen to use a portion of the money generated from off-track wagering to help defray spiraling workers' compensation insurance costs has been signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis. It's one of several horse racing-related bills in the state approved this week.

 Saturday, September 28, 2002

As Fairplex Meet Winds Downs, Questions Linger

As the Fairplex Park meet winds down, questions still linger as to the future of live racing at Southern California's only fair meet.

 Friday, September 27, 2002

CHRB Approves Workers' Compensation Funds

The California Horse Racing Board Wednesday opened the door for tracks to pursue a workers' compensation insurance agreement that would bring relief to racing operations throughout the state.

 Thursday, September 26, 2002

Fairplex to Rescue for Equine Fire Evacuees

As wildfires raged in nearby canyons, Fairplex Park in Pomona, Calif., became an emergency evacuation center for 90 horses forced from their homes.

 Wednesday, September 25, 2002

California Joins Growing List of States to Ban EPO

Erythropoietin (EPO), a human medication designed to increase the concentration of red blood cells that is rumored to be in use on racehorses, has been added to the list of prohibited veterinary substances on racing premises by the California Horse Racing Board.

 Thursday, August 22, 2002

California Board May Look to 'Beat The Favorite'

California officials are considering a wager that taps into the bettor's natural inclination to "beat the favorite."

 Thursday, August 15, 2002

Advance Deposit Wagering Growing in California

The percentage of California handle attributed to advance deposit wagering (ADW) is slowly growing, with 5.7% of in-state handle now traced to bets made through one of three account wagering providers.

 Friday, July 26, 2002
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