May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
Santa Anita Park Announces Inaugural Autumn Meet – Patch.com http://arcadia.patch.com/articles/santa-anita-park-announces-inaugural-autumn-meet Arcadia race fans got good news Friday when Santa Anita Park officials announced that live racing will return in late September as part of the race track’s inaugural Santa Anita Autumn Meet. The meet, which still must be approved by the California Horse Racing Board, […]
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
Racing’s Drug Problem: More Complicated Than It Looks – New York Times (blog) http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/racings-drug-problem-more-complicated-than-it-looks/ As always at Triple Crown time, the thoughts of some in the racing world turn to drugs. Over the past several months, a number of important horse racing groups have joined in a call for the elimination of all race-day medications, […]
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
HORSE RACING: Racing Hall of Fame announces 2011 inductees – The Saratogian http://saratogian.com/articles/2011/05/14/sports/doc4dcd555678359160386800.txt Female Thoroughbreds Open Mind, Safely Kept and Sky Beauty and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame this summer Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
Racetrack deal a photo finish – Asbury Park Press http://www.app.com/article/20110514/NJNEWS/305140012/Racetrack-deal-a-photo-finish TRENTON — It was an extraordinary showdown at the highest level of New Jersey government. Big-money deal-makers, government lawyers and horse racing industry leaders gathered for 10 hours of sleeves-rolled-up negotiations Thursday before Gov. Chris Christie gave his blessing to the deal that will flip […]
May 13th, 2011 (No Comments)
Could this be the future? The Sport of Kings in video-game-like machines in comedy clubs and 7-11s? Horse racing kiosks: Horse racing games come to the Peninsula – dailypress.com http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-horsetrack-machines-20110513,0,3816196.story NEWPORT NEWS — Corry Cole smiled wryly as he watched a live horse race in Pennsylvania on a device similar to a desktop computer, while […]
May 13th, 2011 (No Comments)
NJ Track Leases Approved, But Issues Remain http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63013/nj-track-leases-approved-but-issues-remain New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed off on lease agreements for Monmouth Park and Meadowlands effective June 1, but pressing issues remain. Christie, a Republican, made the announcement May 12 after a meeting with the lessees—Morris Bailey for Monmouth and Jeff Gural for Meadowlands. The governor […]
May 12th, 2011 (No Comments)
Dialed In Running for Huge Preakness Payday | BloodHorse.com http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63008/dialed-in-running-for-huge-preakness-payday Dialed In has a chance to become The Six Million Dollar Horse. A win in the $1 million Preakness Stakes (gr. I) on May 21 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore would net Dialed In a $5.5 million bonus, in addition to the $600,000 winner’s […]
May 12th, 2011 (No Comments)
I use OmniOutliner on my Mac (sometimes, believe it or not, to get my thoughts straight on a complicated horse race) and I’m thrilled it’s finally here for the iPad! OmniOutliner for iPad is now available http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/12/omnioutliner-for-ipad-is-now-available/ The Omni Group has brought OmniOutliner to the iPad. The app is more of a collection of functions […]
May 12th, 2011 (No Comments)
Monmouth opens with purses similar to 2009 – Thoroughbred Times http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/12/monmouth-opens-purses.aspx Compared to the 2010 Elite Summer Meet that was billed as offering $50-million over 50 days, Monmouth Park will look a lot more like 2009 with the start of a new meet on Saturday that is clouded with ongoing negotiations for a new racetrack […]
May 12th, 2011 (No Comments)
Tampa Bay Downs business soars for second straight year – Thoroughbred Times http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/12/tampa-bay-downs-handle-11.aspx Nearly every conceivable measure of racetrack business increased year-over-year during the Tampa Bay Downs 2010-2011 live meeting, including record total handle for a second consecutive year. Tampa Bay Downs concluded its 90-day meet on May 7 with total handle of $411,484,853, an […]
