Scat Daddy drew the No. 3 post position and was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park — a race that could be a rematch of the Fountain of Youth Stakes.
Scat Daddy, who beat Stormello by a nose in the March 3 Fountain of Youth with Adore the [...]
The economic impact of Monmouth Park hosting the Oct. 26-27 Breeders’ Cup World Championships is estimated to be $57.6 million, according to a study released Monday by the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
Tracks out to thwart simulcast thieves
By Janet Patton
Kentucky.com
Pirates of the Caribbean, South America, Europe, the United States, and perhaps around the world steal millions of dollars every year from North American racetracks and horsemen.
“Signal pirates” hack into the live racing electronic feed, in some cases using little more than a cheap satellite dish, and set [...]
air Grounds Race Course has announced a purse increase of approximately 25 percent on overnight races for the final two weeks of its 135th racing season. Beginning Thursday, overnight purses will be increased by $12,000 per race. The increase does not affect stakes races.It is the third purse increase of the season.
Pool 2 of the 2007 Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Thursday, March 8 with 10 horse contenders that were not in Pool 1 last month. The changes among the 23 individual wagering interests illustrate the sizable changes that are already occurring in the wide-open outlook for the 133rd Run for the Roses, the first Triple [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Circular Quay was made the 9-5 favorite for the Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds, and drew the inside post in a field of eight 3-year-olds entered Monday. A major Kentucky Derby prep race, the 1 1-16th-mile Louisiana Derby is one five stakes on a Saturday program worth $2.1 million — the state’s richest day of racing.
Churchill Downs Inc.’s battle with provider TVG could shape future of rapidly growing account wagering industry?? for horse racing.
By Gregory A. Hall
Advance-deposit wagering — bets made off-track using computers, telephones or other devices — represents the fastest-growing segment of the $15 billion-a-year thoroughbred pari-mutuel market.
That’s why Churchill Downs Inc.’s yet-to-be-announced long-term plans and the [...]