Court Rules Against Pena January 12, 2012 On Thursday, January 12, U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Chesler ruled against granting top conditioner Lou Pena a preliminary injunction which would have forced officials at the Meadowlands Racetra...
NJ Gaming, OTW, Licensing Bills To Christie January 10, 2012 According to reports, bills in New Jersey dealing with expanded gaming, simulcasting, and the licensing of off-track wagering locations passed both the Assembly and the state Senate on Monday, January...
Pena Files Lawsuit Over 'Big M' Barring January 06, 2012 According to a report, the Meadowlands Racetrack's 2011 leading trainer, Lou Pena, has filed suit against the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and Jeff Gural after the track opted to bar the...
Changes In Bill To Affect NJ Racing? January 05, 2012 Both the standardbred and thoroughbred racing industries have been closely watching reports from New Jersey news publications regarding the politics which are currently holding the NJ racing in the ba...
Monmouth Re-bidding To Be Streamlined January 04, 2012 According to New Jersey State Senator Jennifer Beck, the process which almost saw Morris Bailey become the lessee of Monmouth Park should streamline the upcoming re-bidding process for the thoroughbre...
New Jersey, California Simulcast News January 03, 2012 New Jersey and California may be on opposite sides of the U.S. Their comparative weather patterns may be like night and day. But one thing is similar: both are beefing up their horse-racing simulcasti...
Gural Inks 30-Year Lease For The Big M December 20, 2011 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today announced two critical developments in his goal to establish a fully independent, privately operated horse racing industry in New Jersey
Report: Monmouth Deal Reached December 20, 2011 According to a report, a deal was reached at roughly 10:30 p.m. on Monday, December 19 which will see live thoroughbred racing continue at New Jersey's Monmouth Park in 2012
NJ T-Breds Coming Back To Big M? December 19, 2011 It has been reported that New Jersey's thoroughbred horsemen are expected to make a bid on a lease for Monmouth Park in the near future, and that a 141-date meet is being proposed for 'earned-purse' r...
New Monmouth Deal On The Table December 19, 2011 On Friday, December 16, New Jersey thoroughbred horsemen and the office of Governor Chris Christie laid out details for a new Monmouth Park deal after a lease agreement for the state-owned track to re...
"We're Not Going To Interfere" December 15, 2011 New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association President John Forbes has gone on the record as saying that his organization would have no qualms with the Meadowlands Racetrack simulcasting out-of-stat...
Option On Table In Monmouth Impasse December 15, 2011 It appears as though there might be a viable option in play regarding the impasse between the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and the state government which has left the future of Monmo...