Apparently, the deal to sell Turf Paradise to a developer has fallen through, but owner Jerry Simms says he is done anyway. Yes, Simms, who claims he’s getting out to spend more time with his family, is shuttering Turf as…
The betting figures are out for Del Mar’s recently-concluded summer meet and, from our perspective, they’re excellent. According to the Daily Racing Form, all-sources handle was down 10.9% over last year. While the track was quick to blame the cancellation…
According to the Daily Racing Form, total handle (amount wagered) for the 13-race card at Saratoga Saturday (Travers Day) was down 9.7% from last year. The on-track handle – betting then and there – was also down, over 8%. What’s…
The Daily Racing Form reported last night that the New York Racing Association was planning to “convene an emergency meeting of New York State Gaming Commission and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority officials before deciding to run Saratoga’s Sunday card…
Today is Travers Day at Saratoga Race Course. The $1.25M race is, arguably, the biggest on the U.S calendar outside the Triple Crown. We, of course, will be there in force – educating and exposing. Here is what I wrote…
Back in April, it was announced that Turf Paradise was being sold to an industrial developer. The short-term plan was to possibly keep racing going for a while, but only as a placeholder. Clearly, Turf’s days were/are numbered. Yesterday, the…
In the wake of Stronach’s bombshell Sunday that it is closing Golden Gate Fields for good this December, the Northern Cal racers are, obviously, in serious handwringing mode. Desperate times. Yesterday, the Thoroughbred Daily News published an interview with California…
Yesterday, word came that The Stronach Group, one of the racing industry’s major brokers, is closing Golden Gate Fields for good this December. (Stronach is also reportedly considering a move to pull out of Maryland – it currently owns both…
A reminder on this, the opening weekend of Saratoga ’23… Saratoga Race Course proudly bills itself “the oldest sporting venue in the nation” – one of the more blatant manifestations of The Big Lie. What you won’t see in all…
The title of a BloodHorse article yesterday: “KHRC Vet: No Fatalities at Ellis Park After Six Days.” Imagine that. Six whole days, no dead horses – this is what qualifies as news, something, apparently, to be celebrated in the horseracing…
In advance of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes… Since the Gaming Commission began disclosing such things in 2009, 612 horses have lost their lives at Belmont Park – an average of almost 45 per year. At a minimum, this should give you…
Yesterday, I wrote of HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus’ reluctance to shut down Churchill or any death track for fear that livelihoods would be adversely affected. Later in the day, it was announced that “in an abundance of caution,” beginning June…
