KentuckyOne Health, a Kentucky health care provider, has reached an agreement to become the title sponsor of the Breeders’ Cup Festival, a live-entertainment program scheduled for the week leading up to this year’s Breeders’ Cup event Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., according to Breeders’ Cup.
On Friday morning, the full Kentucky Senate voted 22-9 to pass a bill that would allow the state lottery to send bets into commingled pari-mutuel pools, according to supporters of the legislation.
When reviewing any wager, I always think I could have done better. If I make a score, the first question I ask is, “Could I have made more money?” It’s not greed – it’s just me wanting to maximize opportunities (and, okay, perhaps a little bit of greed). There are times I make a bad bet, review it, and say to myself: “What was I thinking?”
Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., and a consortium of the state’s breeding and racing organizations have joined together to push a bill through the state legislature that would reallocate revenue from account wagering in the state and potentially lead to the re-establishment of live racing, according to the groups.
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., will increase purses by $1,000 to $3,000 per race starting next Thursday, Feb. 12, the track announced. The boost comes a month into the meet that debuted with a $20 million expansion to its thriving gaming center.
Handle on U.S. races in January climbed 1.5 percent compared with the same month last year despite a 2.8 percent drop in the number of races held during the month, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase.
List of horses nominated for the 2015 Triple Crown.
Now two months old, a simulcasting dispute between a company controlled by the Stronach Group and a group of racetracks has shown some signs of progress over the past several weeks, according to an official involved in the discussions, though a deal has not yet been reached.
Officials with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and several horseplayers met with an official in the Treasury Department this week in Washington to discuss the NTRA’s request for a change in how gambling winnings are taxed, the president of the NTRA said on Thursday.
