The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has approved a request by Churchill Downs to drop seven race days from the 2009 spring meet. Commission chairman Robert Beck said he hoped the the move would be a "short-term Band-Aid, not a long-term solution." Track officials told the ...

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a statewide ban on certain kinds of whips in harness racing. The commission on Monday unanimously approved the ban on whips and riding crops that have strands of material at the end called a snapper. Snappers have been known to leave severe welts ...

Trainer Rick Dutrow has been granted a continuance by Kentucky horse racing officials, pushing back his appeal of a drug suspension. Dutrow is the trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, who is set to run in the Haskell Invitational on Sunday at Monmouth Park ...