The Virginia Racing Commission has adopted temporary regulations that will allow up to 3,000 slot machine-like devices at Colonial Downs and a network of off-track betting parlors in the state, paving the way for the reopening of the New Kent racetrack.
Wagering on U.S. races in the third quarter of 2018 was up an anemic 1 percent, despite substantial gains in September of this year, according to figures released Friday by Equibase.
The race dates committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has scheduled a meeting for this Tuesday in order to discuss three separate license applications for a new harness track and casino near the Tennessee border and the Fort Campbell military base.
Louisiana Downs closed its 84-date meet Sept. 26 with a small decline in average daily handle on its races, but a double-digit increase in handle on Super Derby Day.
George R. Albright, a trainer based at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pa., with nearly 4,000 lifetime starts, has been charged by a Pennsylvania county district attorney with one count of rigging a publicly exhibited contest, according to his attorney and court documents.
All-sources wagering at the 11-day September meet that ended Sunday at Churchill Downs was up nearly 15 percent on gross handle of more than $45.4 million, according to figures released Tuesday by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
The inaugural Stronach 5 was deemed a success by officials from the Stronach Group on Friday after attracting a handle of $157,333 and ultimately producing a payoff of $9,888.30 to the 14 ticket holders who correctly selected the winners.
Anita Madden, the Lexington socialite who restored a semblance of glamour to historic Hamburg Place with lavish Kentucky Derby parties, died on Thursday night in a nursing facility near her home.
Bill Thomason, the chief executive officer of Keeneland Association, was elected the chairman of the board of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association on Thursday, at a meeting in which the association also created a smaller executive committee to meet more frequently with management.
A former office employee of the equine industry’s federal lobbying organization, the American Horse Council, has been accused of stealing nearly $600,000 from the operation during a five-year span, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the AHC.
