There seems to be a movement towards better returns to horse bettors, this time around - it’s the Laurel Park racetrack in Maryland making the moves to keeping whatever horse racing betting fans are left and maybe making a few new fan acquisitions. Laurel Park is slashing its takeout on live races by about half [...]

A lucky horse punter in the UK scored an amazing winning horse wager - Scoop Six - worth 427,434 pounds sterling! And the amazing part is this British horse bettor made this wager while on a shopping spree with his wife and family. The brilliant but bored punter scooted away to a nearby high street [...]

Champion horse Funny Cide, winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (both gr. I) and one of the most popular horses in recent years, has been retired at age 7, trainer Barclay Tagg said July 13.
Tagg stated that Funny Cide retires perfectly sound. After conferring with Sackatoga managing partner Jack Knowlton and assistant [...]

Mohegan Sun, which operates one of the world’s most successful casinos in Connecticut, has formed a partnership with one of the bidders hoping to run thoroughbred racing in New York. The Indian tribal company has teamed up with Capital Play in seeking the 20-year franchise to operate Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga race tracks.

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Thoroughbreds tested Del Mar Race Track’s new artificial surface for the first time Thursday, working out over the track ahead of next week’s opening of the 43-day summer meeting.
The $9 million Polytrack, a mixture of sand, fibers, rubber and wax, was installed recently in an effort to provide a more [...]

Universal Pictures has acquired the screen rights to ???Gone Like the Wind,??? an article written about the 2006 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner, Barbaro, by Buzz Bissinger. The story appears in the August issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
Before this two documentaries about Barbaro have already appeared on national television via NBC and HBO, Universal???s planned [...]

International Federation of Horseracing Authorities has added Norsk Risktoto and Fintoto, the Norwegian and Finnish tote operators, to its Racing Trust Mark scheme and international horse racing commingling pool.
The scheme labels tote operators as authorised to offer horse bets in the countries where they are active. Swedish tote operator ATG joined in 2006.
Ilmari Halinen, managing [...]