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Sports Wagering Opens In Kentucky; Beshear Visits Red Mile

September 07, 2023

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) marked the much-anticipated opening of in-person sports wagering in Kentucky on Thursday, Sept. 7 by congratulating Gov. Andy Beshear on placing the first b...

EHV-1 Updates From Two Tracks

February 08, 2018

On Thursday (February 8), the U.S. Equine Disease Control Center issued a series of updates regarding the status of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) outbreaks in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

'Johnny Longshot' To Film In Cincinnati

October 26, 2012

In a press conference on Thursday, October 25, actor/director Emilio Estevez announced that his film crew will be shooting the full-length harness racing feature 'Johnny Longshot' in and around Cincin...

Numbers In From Reduced Turfway Meet

Thoroughbred racetrack Turfway Park hosted a reduced winter meet from January 1, 2010 to March 28, 2010 which saw its schedule of live race dates reduced to three or four compared to the five-day-a-we...

Track Leaders Rebel In Kentucky

January 18, 2010

Thoroughbred track leaders are said to be vigorously opposed to a constitutional amendment to allow slots in seven counties with tracks, even if local-option votes were eliminated as a requirement and...

Quick Fallout In KY Loss

The defeat of the slots-at-tracks bill in Kentucky last night by a 10-5 vote in the senate budget committee not to recommend consideration by the full senate, had almost immediate repercussions.