The New Jersey legislature approved a bill on Thursday that will enable racetracks and casinos in the state to take sports bets, but it is not yet clear when Gov. Phil Murphy will sign the bill.
The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association has contributed $15,000 toward the funding of a study that will assess helmet designs and concussions, the association announced on Thursday.
All five entities in the ownership of Triple Crown hopeful Justify along with trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Mike Smith have pledged to donate a percentage of any earnings from Saturday's Belmont Stakes to the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.
Delaware is likely to become the first state to offer wagering on single-game professional sports outside of Nevada since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting states from authorizing sports betting, according to a Thursday announcement.
Grade 1 winner Gygistar died "suddenly and unexpectedly" in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday. The gelding was 19.
Lifelong horseman William E. Graves, a senior vice president with Fasig-Tipton for 26 years, died following a short illness on Wednesday in Lexington, Ky. He was 69.
Officials at New Jersey's Monmouth Park had hoped the track would begin taking sports bets within two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law preventing sports betting on May 14. On Monday, that two weeks will have come and gone, and Monmouth Park will not have offered a single sports bet, nor does it plan to for several more weeks.
The parent company of TVG has agreed to merge with FanDuel, a leading daily fantasy sports site, in a consolidation seeking to capitalize on a recent Supreme Court decision that could open the doors to sports wagering in a number of U.S. jurisdictions.
Breeders’ Cup Ltd. has partnered with two English festival tracks and the Australian host of the Melbourne Cup to launch a website and social-media disseminator focusing on international racing, the partners announced on Tuesday.
Despite sloppy conditions and what appeared on paper to be a less-than-stellar betting race, total handle on the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore set a record while all-sources handle on the entire 14-race card was down 4.4 percent, according to charts of the day's races.
