A plan for off-track stabling for Southern California Thoroughbreds at Los Alamitos, San Luis Rey Downs, and Galway Downs in 2016 is expected to be finalized before the California Horse Racing Board meeting at Los Alamitos Racecourse on Thursday, according to racing board chairman Chuck Winner.
Trainer Jeff Radosevich collected his 2,000th career victory when the 3-year-old filly She’s Slammed scored by 3 1/4 lengths as the 8-5 favorite in Saturday’s second race at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
For the second time this week, there will be a two-day pick six carryover at Aqueduct. The wager went unhit Thursday and Friday, resulting in a carryover of $134,344 into Saturday’s nine-race program at the Big A.
The Pennsylvania State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that overhauls the state's racing statute and sets up a new funding mechanism for the state's racing regulatory agencies by sending more of the sport's casino subsidies to a merged racing commission.
Indiana Grand in Shelbyville will conduct 120 live racing dates in 2016, according to a calendar approved by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission on Wednesday.
Pete Aiello has been named the new announcer for Oaklawn Park. He replaces Frank Mirahmadi, who said on Tuesday he had resigned to call races at Santa Anita.
On paper, a Wednesday afternoon panel at the Symposium on Racing and Gaming had the potential to be one of the most dynamic of the two-day conference, but in execution, it turned out to be something of a dud.
An increase in prices for Belmont Stakes Day, further development of its advance deposit wagering platform - including potentially expanding nationally - and the closure of the Aqueduct backstretch for approximately four months are among the initiatives the New York Racing Association hopes will make it profitable for a third consecutive year in 2016.
A three-judge panel on Wednesday selected a racing-based sweepstakes proposal as the winner of the first Innovators’ Circle Award at the Symposium on Racing and Gaming here.
American Pharoah, the first Triple Crown winner since 1978, was the overwhelming choice of voters in this year’s Vox Populi Award, which was established five years ago by Penny Chenery, the owner of the late Secretariat, to honor the “horse whose popularity and racing excellence best resounded with the American public and gained recognition for Thoroughbred racing.”
