‘Roulette’ Wager Being Introduced December 12, 2018 It has been announced that a North American racetrack will be rolling out a new wager this upcoming holiday season.
California EHV-1 Update February 27, 2018 There have been no significant changes since the California Horse Racing Board’s February 23 update concerning the horse at Los Alamitos that tested positive for the non-neurogenic, ‘wild type’ strain...
Racing Flashes Some Flair November 08, 2016 The cream of the crop was on display at Santa Anita Park this past weekend, as the stars of Thoroughbred racing battled it out for Breeders’ Cup supremacy. The action was definitely on the track, but ...
A New Vision For Unused Track Space November 03, 2016 On-track attendance at racetracks is nothing like it was back in racing’s heyday. Many of racing’s top tracks are very large, and if it isn’t one of the track’s major days, many of those facilities ap...
Announcer Subject Of Death Threats July 07, 2016 It has come to light that a horse racing announcer is having to be escorted to and from his perch atop the raceway due to having received death threats in relation to his job.
$1.47 Million Pick 6 Winner Speaks June 01, 2016 “Originally our ticket was $4,600, but we really did not want to spend that much. So we took a couple of horses out. Sometimes you make the wrong choices in that kind of situation and every once in a ...
Punter Hits Pick 6 Worth $1.47 Million May 31, 2016 A Pick 6 ticket that was purchased for $2,160 via the Meadowlands Racetrack on Monday, May 30 proved to be a huge winner, as it contained the lone successful wager on Santa Anita’s massive exotic wage...
New Idea For High-Stakes Race Floated January 13, 2016 As a racehorse owner, if you could pay one million dollars to secure your horse a spot on the starting gate in a $12 million stakes race, would you do it?
Another Iconic Racecaller Retiring December 07, 2015 The horse racing industry has seen a couple of the best race callers in the industry call it a career over the past few years. Tom Durkin stepped away from the microphone in 2014 and Dan Loiselle did ...
Standardbreds At The Breeders' Cup October 27, 2014 The cheering never really stopped for Monterey Rebel and Saddle The Wind. Now 25 and 21, respectively, and known as “Rebel” and “Saddles,” the two pacers left the track in the late 1990s, but every da...
Watch Conan O'Brien Call A Race November 14, 2013 In a performance that would have to be categorized as “Not yet ready for prime time,” late night funny man Conan O’Brien left ‘em laughing as he put his oratorical stamp on a race at Santa Anita.
92YO Guard Shear Reunites With Girl November 05, 2013 It has been two years since paddock guard John Shear, 92, threw himself in front of a thoroughbred in order to save a five-year-old girl from being trampled at Santa Anita Park in California. Shear wa...
Conan O’Brien To Call A Race October 21, 2013 It is somewhat common to see tracks in North American horse racing showcase a special guest racecaller for a dash or two. Although, Conan O’Brien of late-night talk show fame is not your average guest...
