Calif. takes wait-and-see approach with Baffert

A horse owner and a trainer from Texas filed a lawsuit claiming officials in New Mexico are failing to follow their own policies and regulations in overseeing the state’s multimillion-dollar racing industry. Debra Gotovac and Brad Bolen filed the case in U.S. District Court, alleging their rights

The home of the Kentucky Derby, which this year was moved to Sept. 5 from May 2 because of the novel coronavirus outbreak, said opening day of its 2020 Spring Meet without spectators will be communicated in the coming days. “There will be no fans for racing,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said in a news release issued by Churchill Downs. “I will tell you this is one of the most detailed plans that we have seen about specific security checks that everybody has to go through and be temperature-checked to masking to having a very limited group that is there.”