Thoroughbred Racing

Officials with the Woodbine Entertainment Group have said that the Canadian racetrack operator is heading into 2015 with positive momentum, even though it did see a slight dip in its overall 2014 hand...

On Tuesday, December 9, the Woodbine Entertainment Group announced that its Thoroughbred track announcer, Dan Loiselle, ‘the voice of Canadian horse racing,’ will call his last race at Woodbine Racetr...

Making history is nothing new to Dawn Lupul of the Woodbine Entertainment Group. Back in 2009, Lupul made history when she became the first female announcer to call a card of harness racing in Canada....

The New York Racing Association's Board of Directors has announced that it has taken the first step toward the long-term transformation and re-privatization of the United States’ national Thoroughbred...

Incoming Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop has let it be known that he thinks the Province of Ontario should be doing more to keep the Fort Erie Race Track viable and that slot-machine gaming should be re...

In a recent letter to the United States Treasury, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear urged the federal government to clarify guidelines relating to the calculation of pari-mutuel winnings for tax purpose...

On Saturday, October 25 the Breeders' Cup Board of Directors voted to amend its Convicted Trainer Rule to include stipulations in regard to horses and assistant trainers.

It has been announced that the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has reached an agreement for a two-year extension to the operating agreement for its Hastings Racecourse property in Vancouver, British...

The Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced the successful completion of the Horses Offering People Encouragement (HOPE) pilot project.

Representatives for a jockey that was seriously injured during a Thoroughbred race have filed a lawsuit against the racetrack. According to the lawsuit, track officials failed to prevent an in-race ‘a...

It has been reported that two trainers that were indicted as part of a federal probe into horse racing in Pennsylvania will plead guilty to lesser charges in county court.

Harness racing's only one turn oval and the location of the first sub-1:50 trotting mile, Colonial Downs could be dropping Standardbred racing from its menu in 2015.