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Santa Anita Park ready for 76th season
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/13/3140963/santa-anita-park-ready-for-76th.html

Santa Anita Park is about to open for its 76th season of racing which will be highlighted by the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby. Opening day will be Wednesday, Dec. 26 and extends through Sunday, April 21.

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State Approves Online Betting For Horse Racing, Set To Launch In April
http://www.courant.com/business/hc-haar-ct-online-gambling-20121211,0,478339.story

Connecticut has issued a license for online betting to the operator of 15 off-track horse racing locations, ushering in the era of state-sanctioned Internet gambling even as lawmakers debate its future.

Sportech Venues, Inc., based in London, England, said Tuesday it’s aiming to launch online betting in April. Wagers would be limited to adult Connecticut residents, for pari-mutuel betting on horse racing only.

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Canterbury Stakes Purses to Increase 20% | BloodHorse.com
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/74995/canterbury-stakes-purses-to-increase-20

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Canterbury Park

Canterbury Park’s 2013 Thoroughbred stakes schedule includes 26 races worth $1.76 million, an increase of more than 20% compared with the 2012 season. The 69-day race meet, the longest the Shakopee, Minn. track has conducted since 2006, begins May 17 and concludes Sept. 14.

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Horse Betting Advocates Looking to Expand USA Mobile Presence
http://www.4flush.com/sports-betting/horse-betting-looks-for-usa-expansion-prospects/11095

In case you are unaware, betting on horse racing is actually legal within the United States. However, there only a few licensed sites that offer a platform where you can actually bet the ponies ONLINE, with the most notable being Twinspires.com (this site is really only available to a few dozen states in reality). With the LIVE sports betting market being already spread thin in general, there has been talks of increased legislation to bring a larger online presence for horse racing wagers.

For instance, the Kentucky Derby brings in HUGE amounts of online bets despite only being a 3-minute race. The need to provide a mobile betting space for users to wager through the internet and their smart phones has been steadily rising over the the last few years, especially those wanting to bet on horse races similar to the Kentucky Derby and others.

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This is a very pessimistic view of thoroughbred horse racing. I often wonder what can be done to change this perception

Gulfstream Casino: Why No One Cares About Horse Racing Anymore (It’s Boring …
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/11/horse_racing_dying_gulfstream.php

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Yep, we’re all f**ked.

On Saturday, something seemingly wrought from a time forgotten will emerge and rumble down the track at Gulfstream Casino to the delight of almost no one.

Today, we bear witness to the fetid remains of a once-proud sport: horseracing. Yes, the sport will ultimately limp on, but it will do so within the confines of nostalgia — like newspapers. And yes, there’s nearly $1 million up for grabs on December 1 at our local Claiming Crown race, but forgive us if that doesn’t elicit great enthusiasm.

That’s because watching horseracing is boring.

Yes, boring.

There’s no other way to break this down. If we’re to watch sports — and we do, reader, we do — we like to like to watch something that offers escape from the tedium of existence, not intensifies it. Which means: We don’t like waiting through hours of vapid commentary by random schmucks for a race that takes exactly one to three minutes. Snnnnoooozeee.

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