Boosted by increases in account and out-of-state wagering as well as strong business on Saturday's Pacific Classic card, Del Mar's summer meeting showed an 8.2 percent increase in all-sources average handle through Sunday.
The two-day Breeders’ Cup event will return to Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles in 2019 and will then be held at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club near San Diego in the succeeding two years, the organization announced on Friday.
The Jockey Club intended to telegraph its intentions to bolster racing in distressed markets with the announcement that it would consider buying racetracks in the future, but has no immediate plans to acquire any racing assets.
Dave Johnson, the former television announcer for the Triple Crown and numerous racetracks, has filed a lawsuit against the maker of a mobile horseracing game for unauthorized use of his likeness.
Genuine Reward, one of only two offspring of 1980 Kentucky Derby winner Genuine Risk, was euthanized on Wednesday afternoon at Old Friends Farm near Georgetown, Ky., according to Michael Blowen, the founder of the farm.
Betting on sports in New Jersey more than doubled from June to July as more sportsbooks opened in the state, according to figures released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement on Tuesday.
Mario Serey Jr., the Pennsylvania-based horsemen whose career has been set back multiple times over the past two years by medication violations, has begun serving a 165-day suspension handed down by the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission.
The New York Division of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America will honor Lisa and Kenny Troutt on Wednesday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., for their dedication and commitment to backstretch workers on the New York Racing Association circuit.
C. Steven Duncker, a former partner in Goldman Sachs & Company and the former chairman of the New York Racing Association, has been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club
After benefitting from fabulous weather the last three years, the New York Racing Association has felt the wrath of Mother Nature this summer at Saratoga.
