Florida Court Denies Barrel Racing Ban Rehearing
Jim Freer
March 18, 2014
A state appeals court in Tallahassee, Fla., has given Gretna Racing LLC another legal “no” in its bid to resume pari-mutuel barrel racing.
A state appeals court in Tallahassee, Fla., has given Gretna Racing LLC another legal “no” in its bid to resume pari-mutuel barrel racing.
A state appeals court upheld a ruling that the Florida DPMW violated a state rule-making process.
Gretna Racing, LLC, is the first organization in the United States to hold pari-mutuel barrel racing meets.
The First District Court of Appeals refused to stop Florida’s first pari-mutuel barrel racing meet.
It is the first pari-mutuel barrel racing in Florida and probably in the country.
An emergency motion was filed Nov. 30 in an attempt to halt the state’s first pari-mutuel barrel racing meet.
Gretna Racing’s Dec. 1 card will include 11 races in a head-to-head bracket format.
As Gretna Racing prepares for Florida’s first pari-mutuel barrel racing meet, some issues remain unresolved.
Hamilton Downs Horsetrack in Jasper, Fla., applied after Gretna Racing’s application was approved in October.
The community will vote on if slot machines will be allowed at the first pari-mutuel barrel racing facility.
Voters will decide if slot machines at the facility where a pari-mutuel barrel racing meet will be held.
A Quarter Horse permit holder in Florida has asked the FDPMW for permission to host barrel races.
Calder Casino & Race Course said Oct. 16 that it has lifted racing and training restrictions on horses stabled at the Racetrack Training Center, which is adjacent to Calder’s stables. The 78 horses at that training center are permitted to train and race at the Miami Gardens, Fla., track effective Oct. 16. The Florida Veterinary Medical Association told Calder officials tha
Calder Casino & Race Course, in Miami Gardens, Fla., placed racing and training restrictions on horses in one of its barns and in an adjacent training center while those horses are being tested for a tick-borne blood disease that is non-contagious Sept. 12. About 160 horses are under restrictions, which officials at the track expect will last for two to four weeks. The adjacen
Calder Race Course Dec. 3 placed a fourth barn under quarantine after a track veterinarian determined that a horse in the barn was showing neurologic signs of illness.
John Marshall, Calder vice president and general manager of racing, said the clinical signs were similar to those of a horse that became ill at Calder over the Nov. 28-29 weekend and tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1
Officials at Calder Race Course Nov. 30 said a horse previously in its stable area has tested positive for equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) and that the track would not permit horses to ship into the facility for stabling or for a race for 14 days.
Officials at Calder, in Miami Gardens, Fla., said no other horses are showing signs of illness.
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