Race days in the United States plummeted for the second straight month in October when compared with October of last year, a decline that sent handle and purse figures south as well, according to figures released on Thursday by Equibase.
Three new members have been elected to the 27-seat Senate of the Jockeys’ Guild, the organization announced on Thursday.
Churchill Downs Inc. lost $689,000 in the third quarter of 2010, or four cents a share, according to financial statements released by the company on Wednesday afternoon, an improvement over last year's loss in the third quarter of $2.3 million.
Voters in Anne Arundel County in Maryland on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have overturned zoning approvals for a casino at a mall near Laurel Park, according to Maryland news reports. The vote clears the way for the development of a billion-dollar casino complex at Arundel Mills Mall. Opponents of the mall had included Laurel’s owner, MI Developments.
Voters in Anne Arundel County in Maryland will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to overturn zoning approvals for a casino at a mall near Laurel Park.
Stan James PLC, an Internet betting operator based in Gibraltar, has bought a majority share in racing2day.com, a small U.S. account-wagering operator, the two parties announced on Monday.
New York Gov. David Paterson has called for a special session on Nov. 15 for legislators to vote on statutory changes that are part of a reorganization plan for New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation, but a top legislator has said that many of the proposed changes cannot be supported.
Members of Maryland’s racing industry gathered on Friday at Laurel Park to explain their opposition to a ballot measure on Tuesday that would allow for a casino at a mall near Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County.
The board of directors of the Association of Racing Commissioners International on Friday unanimously adopted a model rule that will reduce the threshold level for the popular painkiller phenylbutazone, a vote that will pave the way for what may be contentious approval processes at the state level.
Nick Nicholson, the president of Keeneland, will take over as chairman of Equibase at the end of the year, succeeding Alan Marzelli, the chairman of the company since 1997.
