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The ownership group that campaigned Kentucky Derby (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Authentic over the final portion of 2020 finished the year as leading owner by North American earnings.
Chris Moneymaker has parted ways with PokerStars in order to capitalize on a great new opportunity within the industry, CardsChat has learned.
Chris Moneymaker has left PokerStars after 17 years in order to pursue new opportunities. (Image: Foxwoods Poker)
The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion broke the news last night. In a tweet to his fans (see below), Moneymaker thanked PokerStars for the last 17 years and said 2020 has given him time to reflect.
Being with his family and spending less time on the road is now a top priority. However, Moneymaker’s “interesting decision” will also allow him to pursue other opportunities in poker.
Chad Brown won his sixth consecutive New York Racing Association year-end training title with 91 wins while Jose Ortiz compiled his second riding crown with 142 victories as racing in 2020 concluded there Dec. 31.
Eleven of the most memorable, significant, and reflective events from the last 12 months of Thoroughbred racing are up for the 2020 FanDuel Racing NTRA Moment of the Year, a distinction determined by fan voting and recognized at the Eclipse Awards.
Top Notch Racing’s Flat Rate emerged from a three-way photo finish a neck ahead of Proud Enough to spring a 33-1 upset of Laurel Park’s sixth race Dec. 31 and give 10-pound apprentice jockey John Hiraldo his first career victory.
Miss Tapirado—who topped the 2019 Keeneland April Sale when purchased for $1.3 million—broke her maiden on the final day of her 3-year-old season Dec. 31 at Gulfstream Park, graduating in her second start.
Given the last 12 months have seen Galileo claim his 12th British and Irish champion sire crown, break the world record for the most individual group/grade 1 scorers, and become the first stallion to supply five winners of the Investec Derby (G1).
In a year in which COVID-19 suspended racing at many tracks, five horses made the most of reduced opportunities to tie as the winningest horses of 2020 with eight victories apiece. The leading money earner of the five was Hunka Burning Love.
Grade 2 winner Mutasaabeq, who in his most recent dirt start earned a grade 1 placing, is entered for a return to the main track Jan. 2 in the $100,000 Mucho Macho Man Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Life Is Good, who won a maiden race at Del Mar so decisively Nov. 22 that he became the favorite among individual entries in the first Kentucky Derby Future Wager, returns in the one-mile Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 2.
Count Again made his first start on the Southern California turf a winning one just over a month ago, and the Awesome Again gelding will try to repeat that success in the $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes (G2T) Jan. 2 at Santa Anita Park.
Huck Seed, the 1996 WSOP Main Event champ, will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame as the only member of the 2020 class.
Huck Seed is the newest member of the Poker Hall of Fame. (Image: YouTube)
Seed was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious award. Since 2005, the WSOP has inducted two members each year, until this year. As Ty Stewart explained to CardsChat last month, by limiting the number of members, they increase the prestige of the club.
Seed certainly wasn’t the favorite, but he’s received high praise from the poker community for his honor. That includes Daniel Negreanu, who openly lobbied for Isai Scheinberg, the PokerStars founder.
Turf Paradise announced today that they have hired veteran and international race caller Craig Braddick for the 2021 Winter meeting, starting on January 4, 2021.
Ridenjac Racing’s 2-year-old filly Insightful wired a 5 1/2-furlong race at Tampa Bay Downs Dec. 30 to award freshman sire Barbados with his first winner.
Jockey agent Fred Aime, who worked with a number of top riders including a 10-year stint with Racing Hall of Famer Pat Day, died Dec. 30.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin on Dec. 30 announced the closure of non-essential retail, including betting shops, for a month from Jan. 1 as part of tougher Level 5 restrictions in Ireland.
The meet that runs through May 1 will offer 15 Thoroughbred stakes. The average daily purse is expected to be $110,000, up from $80,000.
The son of Goldencents won four consecutive graded stakes in 2019 and just missing winning the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) by a neck. He retires with $1,360,430 in earnings.