Churchill Downs reports increase in handle for fall meet
Business was up substantially at the 21-day Churchill Downs fall meet that ended Sunday, according to figures released by the track.
Marty McGeeDec 01, 2015
Business was up substantially at the 21-day Churchill Downs fall meet that ended Sunday, according to figures released by the track.
Del Mar's second fall season since the closure of Hollywood Park was, as track president Joe Harper said Sunday night after the meet ended, “a tale of two meets.”
Betfair, the British-based owner of Television Games Network, has been granted a conditional license by New Jersey regulators to launch the first exchange-wagering platform in the U.S.
The mutuel field, the No. 24 or “all others” option, closed Sunday as the favorite in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager and in the Sire futures offered for the first time this year by Churchill Downs.
The 2015 Gulfstream Park West meet concluded Saturday showing big gains in average and overall handle compared to the previous year.
Stewards at Mahoning Valley Race Course near Youngstown, Ohio, have suspended the track’s horse identifier for 60 days and issued penalties to three other people for their roles in a mix-up at the track in which a winning gelding ran in a race restricted to maiden fillies and mares.
Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., has applied to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission for a permit to operate “historical racing machines,” the devices in place at three Kentucky racetracks that closely resemble slot machines.
The New York State Gaming Commission on Monday dismissed allegations of widespread animal abuse against leading trainer Steve Asmussen that had been lodged by an animal-rights group nearly two years ago but fined him $10,000 for seemingly minor transgressions involving the use of a feed supplement.
Though jockey Mike Luzzi pleaded guilty to one charge of criminal mischief, three other charges levied against him from a domestic dispute involving his wife during the summer at Saratoga were dropped, according to Donald Matusik, Luzzi's attorney.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Saturday allowing New York racetracks to conduct live racing and take simulcast bets on Palm Sunday, lifting an unusual 42-year-old ban. Palm Sunday is March 20 in 2016.