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.
Shaun Bridgmohan won the 3000th race of his career Saturday at Fair Grounds when he guided Inveniam Viam to a decisive victory in the first race.
Classic Empire was a slight favorite after the first of three days of betting into Pool 4 of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
Two gambling bills with repercussions for the racing industry are making their way separately through the Florida legislature, but the vast differences between the bills makes the fate of gambling legislation uncertain.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously approved the sale of the East Boston property of Suffolk Downs to a real-estate development company in a transaction that is expected to allow racing and simulcasting to continue at the site through 2018.
Stakeholders in the inaugural $12 million Pegasus Would Cup are scheduled to meet with officials of The Stronach Group on Friday and Saturday at Gulfstream Park in Florida to receive their disbursement of revenue from the race and discuss the 2018 running, Stronach Group officials confirmed Thursday.
The International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses will hold its first conference in Washington on May 17-18.
Churchill Downs Inc., one of the most influential racing companies in the U.S., has rejoined the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, seven years after dropping out of the organization.
