A press conference will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Belmont Park, at which time Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce which of two bids has been selected to redevelop underutilized property at the track.
The Stronach Group will set up a committee to evaluate horses that will be seeking the three slots that the company bought for its own Pegasus World Cup on Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park in Florida,
Bob Baffert led all trainers at the 11-day Los Alamitos winter meeting with six wins, two of which were in Grade 1 races.
Penn National Gaming Inc. has reached an agreement to buy a similar gambling-property owner and operator, Pinnacle Entertainment Corp., in a transaction valued at $2.8 billion.
The board of Ontario Racing and members of the Standardbred Alliance have voted to merge the two organizations, creating an independent organization that will represent all Ontario racetracks and horse racing industry associations in the province with a unified voice, according to a press release put out by Ontario Racing on Thursday.
Bernard Daney, an accomplished businessman, educator, and racing regulator who served as chairman of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission for 18 years, died Dec. 9 at age 92.
Dan Silver has left the New York Racing Association and has been hired as director of sales, marketing and business development at Roberts Communications Network, a leading communications services provider to the parimutuel industry.
Lisa Underwood, the former executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, died on Saturday morning of a heart attack, according to an obituary appearing in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Underwood was 57.
Lynn Chouinard, owner of Bar None Ranches in Dewinton, Alberta, Canada, died Dec. 7 after a 12-year battle with cancer. He was 75.
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For the first time publically, the two groups hoping to redevelop underutilized property at Belmont Park revealed their plans on Sunday.
