Thoroughbred horsemen in California have withdrawn their consent for TwinSpires.com to accept bets on races at state racetracks from California customers, citing their dissatisfaction with the company’s compliance with monitoring account wagers made on-track in the state.
The Grade 1, $3 million All American Futurity, the richest race offered for Quarter Horses, leads the Ruidoso Downs stakes schedule. The 440-yard race for 2-year-olds will be run on the final card of the meet Sept. 4. Trials are Aug. 18-19.
Frank Kurinec, who worked at the racetrack from the age of 14 into his early 90s, recently died, according to friends. He was 99.
Wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred races declined slightly in the first quarter of 2017 despite an uptick in the number of races held and record-setting handle on the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup in late January, according to figures distributed Wednesday by Equibase.
Jockeys Evin Roman and Rito Almanza will serve suspensions beginning this weekend for careless riding infractions in recent races at Santa Anita.
Santa Anita recently received approval from the California Horse Racing Board to change the rules regarding pick six distributions in the event of a surface switch after the bet is underway. The new rule takes effect on Thursday.
There are two pick six carryovers at Santa Anita on Thursday - $133,546 in the main pool and $590,443 in the single ticket jackpot pool.
The 2016-17 Gulfstream Park championship meeting went out with a bang on Sunday for those fortunate and skillful enough to correctly select the final six winners on the card and collect a 20-cent Rainbow 6 payoff of $48,881.88.
McCraken was a lukewarm favorite amid a scrambled outlook when the fourth and final pool of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern.
There was not a unique winning ticket sold on the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, resulting in a carryover of $1,911,407 into Sunday where the entire pool must be distributed as it is the final day of the meet.
