Wagering on U.S. races during the month of January declined only slightly compared to wagering during January of last year, and the decline compared favorably to a larger decline in race days during the month.
Penn National reported sharply improved revenues for 2011, and announced it plans to move Beulah Park to Youngstown instead of Dayton.
Voters in a northern county of Florida on Tuesday passed a measure that will allow a barrel-racing facility to operate slot machines.
Trainer Tom Amoss was fined $2,500 by Kentucky stewards in January after a horse he trains tested positive for a prohibited amount of the muscle relaxant methocarbamol, the trainer’s third positive in about a year.
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board approved a rule on Wednesday requiring raceday testing of jockeys for alcohol impairment, joining a number of other states with similar rules.
Frank Stronach has outlined a plan to offer shares in six racehorse-ownership companies for $10 each. But what does it buy?
Scioto Downs, a Columbus, Ohio, harness track owned by MTR Gaming, was granted a temporary slot-machine license on Wednesday by the Ohio Lottery and plans to open a casino by June.
The Jockey Club of Canada announced Tuesday that as part of its changes to the the 2012 Canadian graded stakes schedule the Summer and Natalma Stakes at Woodbine will be run as Grade 2 races.
The New York Racing Association remains unprofitable but for subsidies it has begun to receive from a casino at one of the tracks it operates and needs to “undertake efforts and initiatives to achieve reforms that save costs,” according to an audit released on Tuesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. has donated $10,000 to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, a national charity that cares for 96 retired racehorses in the Empire State.
