Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Thoroughbred Racing Initiative — an industry collaboration created to fight for live horse racing in Florida and elsewhere in the United States — officially launched on Tuesday.

A bill that would allow horse tracks more freedom to offer gambling without depending on racing horses is advancing in the Florida House of Representatives – but not without some pushback. The bill (Thoroughbred Permitholders, HB 105) would affect the ...

Bentornato is the 2025 Florida-bred Horse of the Year in a vote by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association board of directors and announced at the FTBOA Awards Gala held April 20 at the Circle Square Cultural Center in Ocala.

THE LAWSUIT IS, QUOTE, WITHOUT MERIT. A NEW BILL IN FLORIDA IS PROPOSING THAT THE STATE’S TWO REMAINING HORSE TRACKS COULD STOP HOLDING LIVE RACES, SO THEY CAN HAVE THE FREEDOM TO OFFER OTHER GAMBLING OPTIONS INSTEAD. HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, MARION ...

Florida officials are urging horse owners to tighten biosecurity after multiple horses that competed at recent rodeo events in Texas and Oklahoma tested positive for a potentially dangerous virus, though no related cases have been detected in Florida, the ...