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No Simo Deal Means No Govt Money

It has been reported that before the state of Maryland hands over millions of dollars to racetracks to cover day-to-day operating costs, Pimlico Race Course, Laurel Park and Rosecroft Raceway must hav...

Christie Grants Gural Extension

Michael Drewniak, spokesman for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, has confirmed that an extension has been granted to Jeff Gural to reach a deal to lease the Meadowlands

Gural To Christie: 'I Need An Extension'

A pair of very newsworthy items came out of Rutgers University's New Jersey gaming forum, which took place Thursday, March 31: Jeff Gural needs an extension in order to sign a lease deal for the Meado...

NBC To Broadcast T-Bred Triple Crown Races

February 22, 2011

NBC has announced that effective this year and through 2015, thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown races, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, will all be broadcast on its netwo...

U.S. Rejects NYS Indian Casino Plan

February 18, 2011

It has been reported that the United States Department of Interior today rejected the deal which would have seen the Wisconsin-based Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe erect a casino in New York’s Catskills

WEG, HBPA Sign Five-Year Agreement

February 18, 2011

The Woodbine Entertainment Group and the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario have signed an agreement ensuring 167 dates of thoroughbred racing at Woodbine Racetrack every year...

Luchento: A Deal Is On The Table

December 07, 2010

According to reports out of New Jersey, a deal is on the table for state horsepeople to rent the Meadowlands Racetrack. An 'optimistic' Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey Pre...

NJ State To Lease The Meadowlands Racetrack For Live Racing In 2011?

December 03, 2010

A little more information in regard to meetings between New Jersey horsepeople and the office of Governor Chris Christie has been released

Maryland T-Bred Tracks To Be Saved?

November 09, 2010

Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas went on the record as saying that Laurel Park would close and racing at Pimlico Racecourse would be drastically reduced

British Racing Levy Standoff Continues

November 01, 2010

The ongoing saga regarding the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB), and the British horse racing levy took another turn this past weekend. In light of the ...

Official: New Rosecroft Owner Possible

August 12, 2010

Maryland officials have gone on the record as saying that there has been positive progress surrounding the possibility that Rosecroft Raceway could be back in business

Locked-Out WEG Workers Accept Deal

The 329 food and beverage workers which were locked out by the Woodbine Entertainment Group this past weekend have accepted a deal by the company that was originally turned down by union negotiators