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One Of The Stupidest Things Ever Said About Horse Racing And The Takeout

December 11th, 2010 (No Comments)

From the Daily Racing Form, this particularly clueless lead for an article entitled:" California officials hope takeout increase will lead to larger fields." Hoo boy, this should be good, I thought. Didn't take long, in fact one sentence. Hang onto your hats, boys and girls, this is a doozie: TUCSON, Ariz. – California racing officials […]

AP Reports Jockey Valdes to Plead Guilty in Race-Fixing Case

December 10th, 2010 (No Comments)

I say throw the book at him! From the Associated Press: Lawyers say a Florida jockey charged in Detroit with conspiring to fix horse races plans to plead guilty. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Morris in Detroit says he has a plea deal with Ricardo Valdes of Ocala, Florida. Defense lawyer Brian Russell acknowledged it while […]

Some NYCOTB Handle Appears To Be Migrating

December 10th, 2010 (No Comments)

The NY Racing product is a good one, and it's good to see that while intrastate OTB handle is down, the product is being wagered upon by bettors using other outlets.  From The Thoroughbred Times: In comparing Thursday’s Aqueduct card—the second contested since the closure of New York City Off-Track Betting—to comparable racing cards, it […]

From pressofatlanticcity.com, a disturbing article about racing in NJ

December 9th, 2010 (No Comments)

From pressofatlanticcity.com, a disturbing article about horse racing in New Jersey.  Again, horse racing in N.J. / Come on, it's over This has gotten absurd. If not bizarre. Major legislation to create a tourism district in Atlantic City is essentially being held hostage by the state's beleaguered horse-racing industry. How is this possible? Why is […]

From the NY Daily News: With OTB Dead, Andrew Cuomo Must Rethink Relationship Of NY And Horse Racing

December 9th, 2010 (No Comments)

From the NY Daily News:  The closure of New York City Off-Track Betting marks the painful but necessary demise of a government-run gambling operation that had long outlived its usefulness. Incoming Gov. Andrew Cuomo must seize the shuttering as the opportunity to overhaul the state's relationship with the horse racing industry. It's time for New York to get out of the […]

NYCOTB Shuts Down After Senate Rejects Plan

December 8th, 2010 (No Comments)

From bloodhorse.com, pretty dire news for New York racing: The state Senate in New York Dec. 7 rejected a reorganization plan for the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.—and the OTB proceeded with its shutdown plan on Wednesday, Dec. 8. As part of the shutdown, three parlors will remain open for six days for bettors […]

Senate Rejects NYCOTB Plan; Shutdown Looms

December 7th, 2010 (No Comments)

A big uh-oh for New York OTB… From bloodhorse.com:  The state Senate in New York Dec. 7 rejected a reorganization plan for the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.—and the clock began ticking on a threatened midnight shutdown of one of the nation’s largest bookmaking entities. The measure failed by three votes after intense maneuvering […]

Santa Anita Ready To Unveil New Dirt Track

December 4th, 2010 (No Comments)

From the San Gabriel Tribune, hopefully the start of a trend: Christmas will come 19 days early for anti-synthetic fans and horsemen Monday morning when Santa Anita unveils its new dirt main track by reopening for training in advance of its traditional Dec. 26 opener. Barring an unforeseen amount of rain this weekend, horses will […]

From Bloodhorse.com: NYCOTB Could Be Reprieved by Senate

December 3rd, 2010 (No Comments)

The New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. could get a last-minute reprieve from its threatened shut-down following a promise Dec. 2 by the New York state Senate to return to the Capitol next week to take up a reorganization bill for the state-owned entity. NYCOTB is scheduled to cease its operations at the close of […]

New York City OTB approves shutdown plan – Thoroughbred Times

December 1st, 2010 (No Comments)

via thoroughbredtimes.com A sad day for racing. As an ex-New Yorker, who cut his teeth making bets at OTBs on the Upper East side of Manhattan, it is inconceivable to me that an operation that gets an hefty percentage of the handle could be so inefficiently managed that it has to close. This may be […]

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