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Aqueduct Horse Racing Schedule Is Reduced by NYRA – NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/sports/aqueduct-horse-racing-schedule-is-reduced-by-nyra.html?_r=0
The New York Racing Association dropped six scheduled live race days from its Aqueduct meet Thursday to address safety issues and preserve a horse population that has dwindled in light of more aggressive new drug rules.
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Online horse race wagering halted pending new legislation
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130130/news/701309618/
SPRINGFIELD — Two companies that had been allowing Illinoisans to bet on horse races online have stopped, according to the state’s Racing Board.
The Daily Herald reported last month that the companies’ licenses were invalid because a state law legalizing online gambling on races expired Jan. 1. The companies had been taking bets, anyway.
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Mountaineer Meet to Begin with 10% Purse Hike
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75919/mountaineer-meet-to-begin-with-10-purse-hike
Overnight purses will increase 10% when Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort begins its almost 10-month racing season March 1.
Rose Mary Williams, director of racing at the West Virginia track, said Jan. 29 the hike is possible because of “cash in the purse account” as well as 2013 schedule in which nine races instead of 10 will be run each night from March through August.
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Action during the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course in April 2012. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Tribune Photo) (January 29, 2013) By Neil Milbert, Special to the Tribune |
Now that Churchill Downs has turned the Illinois Derby into a dead end street on its new Road to the Kentucky Derby series, Hawthorne Race Course is trying to remake it into a superhighway to the Preakness.
Hawthorne has increased the purse of the Chicago circuit’s premier main track race for 3-year-olds from $500,000 to $750,000 and will run it April 20, two weeks before the Kentucky Derby and four weeks before the Preakness.
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Mobile On-Track Bets Approved in New Jersey | BloodHorse.com
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75913/mobile-on-track-bets-approved-in-new-jersey
Legislation authorizing use of mobile devices for betting on horse races was signed into law by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Jan. 28.
The law allows the New Jersey Racing Commission to promulgate rules and regulations to allow the use of mobile gaming devices by patrons at in-state racetracks. Patrons can wager on New Jersey races as well as those imported via simulcast from out-of-state tracks, the law states.
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Lone Star to Renovate Main Track for Spring
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75846/lone-star-to-renovate-main-track-for-spring
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, Texas, announced Jan. 25 that the main racetrack is being completely renovated along with grandstand improvements to be in place in time for the 13-week 2013 spring Thoroughbred season beginning April 11.
The main track reconditioning is currently underway and will feature a new base and mixture to ensure track safety and consistency.
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