Churchill Downs and Keeneland have filed an application with state regulators to conduct a brief Standardbred meet next year at the site of a casino that Churchill is opening soon in Louisville, Ky., the two companies announced on Wednesday.
Daily all-sources wagering handle at the Ellis Park summer meet that ended Monday was up marginally, but total wagering was down, partly because of fewer races, according to figures released Wednesday by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
One person was shot by a San Diego County Sheriff’s department officer just as the final race was being completed on Sunday night at Del Mar around 6:40 p.m. Pacific time.
Churchill Downs Inc. has asked Florida gambling regulators to determine how many jai alai performances it would need to conduct in order to retain its licenses to operate slot machines at its Calder Race Course and Casino in Miami.
The parent company of Daily Racing Form has launched a publication focused on sports betting, DRF Sports Form, with plans to distribute additional issues each week both in print and digital form, the company announced.
Marty McGee, a longtime racing reporter for Daily Racing Form, has been selected to receive the Walter Haight Award for career excellence in turf writing by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters.
John Asher, whose love for horse racing and the Kentucky Derby steered him away from a highly successful career in radio and made him the lead spokesman for Churchill Downs as vice president of communications, died suddenly Monday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 62.
The New York Racing Association didn’t need a Triple Crown winner to have record business on Travers Day.
Santa Anita is proceeding with plans to build 800 stalls on a parking lot adjacent to the racetrack, officials told the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday.
The Southern California Thoroughbred schedule will be largely unchanged in 2019, but the Northern California schedule, particularly July and August, remains unresolved, according to discussions during an hour-long meeting of the California Horse Racing Board’s dates committee on Wednesday.
