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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it’s on, but only on paper. Horse racing’s top two ladies will duke it out among voters for Horse of the Year honors after never meeting on the track.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has hired a supervisor of pari-mutuel wagering to address betti
CHARLESTON - West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan announced Monday that he has sent a letter to the West Virginia Racing Commission (WVRC) about an ongoing issue.
Gregory Lamb, who for the past 18 years has been an auditor with the Colorado Division of Racing Events, has been selected to be the new Kentucky Supervisor of Pari-mutuel Wagering.
The home of the Kentucky Derby is trading in race horses for rock stars. Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY will host the HullabaLOU Music Festival next year, a three-day music festival between July 23-25 featuring 65 acts stretched across the 147-acre facility on 5 stages playing everything from classic rock to country to adult contemporary; [...]
Next year’s horse racing schedule at Fairmount Park hinges on whether the track and its workers can agree on a working schedule.
Riders from throughout the country descended on Josey Ranch this weekend for the annual Thanksgiving Barrel Racing Clinic. While some use the event to gear up for competitions, others take the opportunity to unwind before more challenging duties.
Vodka became Japan's most successful Grade One winner on Sunday when she clinched the prestigious Japan Cup by a nose to capture her seventh victory at the highest level.
INGLEWOOD - Jockey Garrett Gomez and the rest of the horse racing industry lost a friend Nov. 16 when Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel died of lymphoma at 68.
Because of its long economic decline, the closing of Blue Ribbon Downs horse racetrack feels to Judy Martens like the death of a family member from a chronic illness.
Thousands of people passed through the turnstiles Saturday at the grand re-opening of Hialeah Park. Some came for the first time, others, like Miguel Gonzalez held on to their fading memories of the historic race track. "I've been here basically all my life, since I was a kid," he says. The big opening day of Hialeah Park brought out politicians, horse racing fans, and of course plenty of big ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday by buyers and sellers of high-end racehorses, but there was no immediate indication Dubai's ruler would scale back his enormous financial ties to the industry in the United States and elsewhere.
WELLINGTON — Kim Kolloff bopped and swayed to Jingle Bell Rock, as a Santa Claus, which adorned her hat, played the festive tune.
HIALEAH — A week ago, John Brunetti, Hialeah Park's owner, was surrounded by a double-shift workforce rushing to complete a preliminary $12 million makeover for the legendary landmark that was once the racing world's pre-eminent winter destination.
For years, the fabled Hialeah Park race track has sat idle — battered, broken, and left to rot.
Its future depends on interest and gambling, but Saturday a South Florida landmark is open for quarter horse racing
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