“Texas Horse Racing Industry In Trouble” plus 3 more |
- Texas Horse Racing Industry In Trouble
- Horse Racing Commission OKs new jockey advertising rule
- Plan threatens horse racing at Retama, Sam Houston parks
- Kentucky racing officials change jockey ad rules
| Texas Horse Racing Industry In Trouble Posted: 08 Jun 2010 07:01 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Copyright 2010 by KSAT.com All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Horse Racing Commission OKs new jockey advertising rule Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:20 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a new rule on Tuesday requiring all terms for advertising on jockeys' pants to be provided in writing to the commission. Representatives of jockeys, owners, trainers and Churchill Downs all have objected to the disclosure provision, saying many sponsors may not want that to be disclosed to a state agency and, possibly, the public. Commission member Ned Bonnie, whose rules committee drafted the new rule, said promoting public confidence in racing is more important and justifies disclosure. "Transparency is like soap," he said. "It cleans up a lot of things." The rule will be implemented later this month under an emergency regulation, commission Executive Director Lisa Underwood said. A permanent change would be subject to legislative review. An attorney for The Jockeys' Guild said the organization will seek to have the regulation changed as it is reviewed by legislative committees. The guild wants the commission to increase mount fees for riders in conjunction with the advertising changes and, because of that, opposes the use of an emergency regulation that would take effect when it is filed. Also, the guild wants an exception for the race-by-race approval required for jockey advertising to allow riders to have long-term deals for multiple races. In other business, the commission's license review committee approved a jockey's license for Greta Kuntzweiler subject to her agreeing to terms such as random drug testing. She pleaded guilty in Jefferson Circuit Court in 2007 to methamphetamine-related charges and was placed on probation. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Plan threatens horse racing at Retama, Sam Houston parks Posted: 07 Jun 2010 10:04 PM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Both Sam Houston Race Park and Retama Park may relinquish live thoroughbred racing for one year in 2011 as the struggling Texas horse racing industry battles financial hard times and what one industry executive described as dwindling credibility among racing fans nationwide. Owners and trainers will meet Wednesday at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie to discuss a plan to transfer 2011 thoroughbred racing dates and purse funds at Sam Houston and Retama to Lone Star, establishing a single 65-day thoroughbred schedule next year at the Dallas-Fort Worth track. Proponents say the plan, which would be for 2011 only, would enable promoters to increase daily purses to about $280,000, bolstering efforts to compete against tracks in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas that offer gaming options prohibited by Texas law. The goal is to create a competitive product that we can build from," Young said. "(Thoroughbred racing) is the most important part of our business. Even putting this proposal out there has been very difficult for us, but we recognize that we have to do something. We cannot sit idly by. "Horse racing in Texas depends on (betting) handle. Handle generates purses, and we need to maximize handle. We want to create a competitive purse structure so that we can compete regionally." Young and Dave Hooper, executive director of the Texas Thoroughbred Association, noted that New Jersey has enjoyed success with a consolidated meet at Monmouth Park. While Sam Houston opened in 1994 as the first Class I race track in Texas, Lone Star, which opened in 1997, is the largest and most successful and would be the logical site for a consolidated meet, Hooper said. Drew Shubeck, president of the track, is scheduled to meet Wednesday with horsemen to discuss the plan and declined comment Monday through a spokesman. Bryan Brown, CEO of Retama Park, did not return a phone call seeing comment. The proposal would have to be approved by the Texas Racing Commission, which meets July 7. A spokesman for the commission said the agency had no comment on the proposal. The Daily Racing Form reported that another plan under consideration would retain a shorter thoroughbred meet at Sam Houston, which has hosted a 60-day meet, and some weekend races at Retama, which has had a 32-day thoroughbred meet. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Kentucky racing officials change jockey ad rules Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:06 AM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)—Kentucky racing officials have altered the rules for advertising on jockey clothing after confusion that arose before this year's Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission agreed unanimously Tuesday to require jockeys and horse owners to sign a standardized form at least two days before the race in question. The full advertising contract must be shared with all parties and the commission. There were questions about the advertising rules before last month's Derby, where most riders had agreed to display a logo for Dodge Ram on their pant legs, with proceeds going to charity. Jockeys won the right in 2004 to wear ads after a judge suspended the state ban on promotional logos on attire worn by the five jockeys who challenged the rule. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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