Bets on Hong Kong horse racing races will be accepted in the USA, the Home Affairs Bureau says.
The approval, effective for five years and subject to the validity of the horse race betting licence granted to the Hong Kong Jockey Club Horse Race Betting, is made in accordance with an Agreement for Telecast & Placing [...]
The luckiest day of the year? While scholars and skeptics across the country debate the significance of 7-7-07, Saratoga Gaming and Raceway already knows what it means: more cash and prize giveaways! And the luck is extending to the entire week with fireworks, the Gin Blossoms, and hot dance nights.
Big purses can’t stem horse racing decline
Officials in many states find live betting is down
Associated Press - Maryland horse racing officials have repeatedly said that slots are needed to breathe new life into their industry. They said competition from Delaware, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, where expanded gambling subsidizes purses and attracts the best horses, hurts [...]
By DAVID PORTER
The Associated Press
BENSALEM, Pa. - At Philadelphia Park Casino and Racetrack, the burgundy-carpeted gambling room looks as though it could have been airlifted from Atlantic City and plunked down in this suburb off Interstate 95.
A continuous cacophony of electronic sound effects fills the room. Patrons sit transfixed, eyes glued to spinning wheels and [...]
Emma-Jayne Wilson became the first female jockey to win the Queen’s Plate when she rode 15-1 longshot Mike Fox to victory Sunday in the first leg of the Canadian triple crown at Woodbine Racetrack. Wilson made her move after the turn, zipping between first Alezzandro and then 6-5 favorite Jiggs Coz to win by half a length.
Lawyer Ron will look to add a fifth graded stakes victory to his resume when he takes on four others in the $150,000 Salvator Mile Handicap (gr. III) at Monmouth Park June 23.
The 4-year-old Langfuhr colt, owned by Hines Racing and trained by Todd Pletcher, has been assigned highweight of 121 pounds in what will [...]
Manduro won the Prince of Wales Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday, holding off Dylan Thomas by 1 lengths after overtaking Sir Percy in the final 300 yards. The 15-8 favorite trained by Andre Fabre, swept past leader Sir Percy as last year’s English Derby winner began tiring.