Global Tote, one of the three major bet-processing companies in the United States, has launched an account-wagering service using the brand of Monmouth Park in New Jersey, the two companies have announced.
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Trainer Whit Beckman hopes Drexel Hill is the cure for his lengthy bout with seconditis when he sends the 2025 Kentucky Oaks runner-up out as the likely favorite in Saturday's $125,000 Wayward Lass Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.
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A winter sprint stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita, the Grade 2 San Vicente looks the same every year – small fields, short prices, Bob Baffert-trained winners. The cycle repeats Saturday when Grade 1-placed Buetane returns as the San Vicente favorite. The race drew five runners, which is average for the San Vicente the past decade. Baffert-trained favorites have won five of the last six; Baffert has won the stakes a record 14 times.
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association has awarded the prestigious Maynard and Stella Hagemeyer Significant Contribution Award to track announcer Roger Huston for 2025.
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There is not a stakes race on Saturday's nine-race program at Aqueduct, but there are a few horses on the card who will likely turn up in stakes on future Saturdays later in the meet.
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WinStar Farm has announced that Gerry Duffy will assume roles as the farm’s president and chief executive officer this year, with Elliott Walden, the former trainer who has been synonymous with the farm over the past two decades, stepping down from those roles but remaining involved with the operation.
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Even though the $100,000 Santa Ynez Stakes was postponed six days and includes the late entry of a Grade 1 winner, the season's first dirt stakes for 3-year-old fillies in California is likely to produce a predictable result Saturday at Santa Anita.
A federal judge has issued a summary judgment in favor of Churchill Downs Inc. in a case that pitted the company’s account-wagering operation against Michigan gambling regulators.
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Austin Hanners can look back on his 2025 season and enjoy the fact he won the three biggest races of his career so far, including a Breeders Crown, but that will not change his focus going forward.
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Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 1/9 card at The Meadowlands.
