From CHRB SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 16, 2025) — The California Horse Racing Board conducted a meeting Thursday, May 15, at Cal Expo. Chairman Gregory Ferraro chaired the meeting, joined by Vice Chair Oscar Gonzales and Commissioners Dennis Alfieri, Damascus Castellanos, Brenda Washington Davis, Thomas Hudnut, and Peter Stern. The audio of this entire Board meeting is available on the CHRB Website (www.chrb.ca.gov) under the Webcastlink, accessed through the Media Room tab. In brief: The Humboldt County Fair made another appeal to have dates allocated to its racing program in Ferndale in 2025 – this after the Board failed in a 3-2 vote to allocate those dates at the April meeting. Humboldt gained a vote from newly appointed commissioner Peter Stern, joined by Vice Chair Gonzales and Commissioner Davis, but with only three affirmative votes, one short of the required majority, the motion failed. Commissioner Castellanos, who did not attend the April meeting, added his negative vote to those of Chairman Ferraro and Commissioners Alfieri and Hudnut, making the vote 4-3... ...
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