From CHRB SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 22, 2024) — The California Horse Racing Board conducted a meeting on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at Cal Expo in Sacramento. Chairman Gregory Ferraro chaired the meeting, joined by Vice Chair Oscar Gonzales and Commissioners Dennis Alfieri, Damascus Castellanos, Brenda Washington Davis, Thomas Hudnut, and Wendy Mitchell. The audio of this entire Board meeting is available on the CHRB Website (www.chrb.ca.gov) under the Webcast link, accessed through the Media Room tab. In brief: After industry stakeholders failed to agree on a formula for financing the CHRB budget ($18,223,000 for fiscal-year 2024-25), the Board imposed a formula that complies with state statutes, while giving some relief to smaller racing operations. In short, all tracks will pay the costs of their own stewards and official veterinarians, as well as equine drug testing for their meets, but the major Southern California racetracks will shoulder a large share of other CHRB expenses, such as investigators, licensing personnel, and headquarters operations. Two things brought this matter to a head. First, the Southern California... ...
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