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 ...

The British Horseracing Authority (the “BHA”), in line with its values, is committed to the highest standards of integrity, credibility and accountability ... dangers to health and safety, bribery, or ...

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 week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA)-related rulings from around ...