Voters in Maryland will be asked this fall whether they approve of a plan to allow a sixth casino in the state and the addition of table games to the state’s casino properties.
The Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund has donated $70,000 to the Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation for the exclusive purpose of assisting jockeys and exercise riders,
Racing industry officials defended the revenue shares that racetracks, horsemen, and breeders receive from casinos on Wednesday, a day after the state comptroller released a report contending that the revenue shares had not resulted in any gains in attendance and handle at New York tracks.
Racing needs to devise an “industry-wide approach” to funding and operating post-retirement programs for racehorses so that all facets of the sport contribute to the effort, several officials who spoke at the Saratoga Institute on Racing and Gaming Law conference on Tuesday said.
The racing industry’s effort to police and enforce its medication rules could benefit by the adoption of a top-down structure currently employed by the countries that participate in the Olympic Games, the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency said at the Jockey Club Round Table on Matters to Pertaining to Racing.
New Jersey's newest offtrack wagering facility - the luxurious, 25,000-square-foot Winners in Bayonne - opened last month with the hype that it could replicate the $5 million of revenue produced annually by Favorites, a similar facility in nearby Woodbridge.
The Jockey Club is expected to make an additional push for the adoption of a proposed set of tougher medication rules and penalties as part of its presentations Sunday during the organization's Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing.
The 2013 Breeders’ Cup will be held on Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita Park in Southern California, and the marquee $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic will be broadcast in prime time on the East Coast, the organization announced on Thursday.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley called a special session of the state legislature on Tuesday in order to push a plan to legalize table games at the state’s casinos and cut the casinos’ tax rates.
National amateur and professional sports organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday in New Jersey challenging the state’s plan to allow gambling on sporting contests at racetracks and casinos.
