A half sister to grade I winner Sam’s Sister brought $475,000 from Alex Solis and Jason Litt for client LNJ Foxwoods at session five of Keeneland’s yearling sale
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Kermadec Up Late for George Main Victory
Trainer Chris Waller landed the George Main Stakes (Aus-I) for the third time in four years, sending out Kermadec to win this year’s edition Sept. 19 at Royal Randwick.
Trouble Kid Flies Home in Gallant Bob
Trouble Kid was gunned from the gate and never looked back in the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (gr. III) Sept. 19 at Parx Racing, holding off 4-5 favorite Limousine Liberal to win by a neck.
Mineshaft Colt Brings $485,000 From Albaugh
Iowa-based Dennis Albaugh, through Kempton Bloodstock’s Steve Castagnola, went to $485,000 to secure a Mineshaft colt Sept. 19, topping to that point the fifth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Keen Ice, Tale of Verve Breeze at Churchill
Keen Ice, who will train up to the Oct. 31 Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I), went a half in :51 1/5 for trainer Dale Romans, while Dallas Stewart trainee Tale of Verve went five furlongs in 1:01 2/5.
The Pizza Man Works for Shadwell Mile
Midwest Thoroughbreds’ The Pizza Man breezed five furlongs in 1:01 2/5 on the Churchill Downs dirt Sept. 19 for trainer Roger Bruggemann.
Mr Speaker Rallies for Commonwealth Cup Score
Phipps Stables’ homebred Mr Speaker showed off his top-level class Sept. 19 with a score in the $250,000 Commonwealth Cup Stakes (gr. IIT) at Laurel Park.
Parkway to hold about a quarter-million for papal mass
The parkway where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass will be able to hold about 250,000 of the million or more people organizers have projected will attend the service, a new estimate shows. The Secret Service told The Associated Press on Friday that about 80,000 people with tickets distributed mostly through local parishes and an online lottery will fill the first three blocks in front of the pope’s altar for the mass Sept.
Alamos Gold Stock Rating Upgraded by Zacks
According to Zacks, “Alamos Gold Inc. is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and extraction of gold. It owns and operates the Mulatos Mine in Mexico.
PokerStars Sportsbook Offers Odds on Most Expensive Online Tourney Ever
The PokerStars Sportsbook will be taking bets on the winner of its forthcoming WCOOP Super High Rollers event, the first time that an operator has offered a book on the outcome of an online poker tournament. The $51,000 buy-in Super High Rollers event, which kicks off this Sunday, 20th September, is set to be the […]
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Mr Leadbox Scores First Win for Sire Ice Box
Kentucky-based sire Ice Box picked up his first winner Sept. 18 when Mr Leadbox won a maiden special weight race at one-mile on the turf at Remington Park.
Saunders Wins No. 2,000 at Northlands Park
With a last-to-first move Sept. 18 at Northlands Park, Liberty Road Stables’ Indian Love gave trainer Dale Saunders his 2,000th victory.
Sheikh Mohammed's Eldest Son Dies at Age 33
Owner Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the eldest son of Sheikh Mohammed, died of a heart attack the morning of September 19. He was 33.
N.C. Lottery looking for new HQ as revenues grow
Executives of the North Carolina Education Lottery have initiated a search for new office space that’s more than double the size of the lottery’s headquarters on Yonkers Road in Raleigh.Administration, North Carolina, Headquarters
Illinois fires lottery operator Northstar
The nation’s first private company to manage a state lottery was fired Friday by the Illinois Governor after years of failing to make the lofty revenue targets it promised.Illinois, Administration, Fired, Privatize Lottery, Operations, Northstar Lottery Group
Hard Spun Colt Tops Early Trade at Keeneland
A Hard Spun colt brought a final bid of $330,000 to top early trading Sept. 19 during the fifth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
Flatter Colt Brings $425,000 at Fifth Session
A bay colt by Flatter out of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) winner Caressing was purchased by agent Ben Glass for $425,000 Sept. 19 during the fifth session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.
State report finds Illinois Lottery lost money last year
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Lottery lost money last year for the first time since 2009, reducing the amount of money it generates for state programming by $125 million, according to a new report from the Illinois Legislature. The loss comes after the state hired a private manager, Northstar Lottery Group, in 2010 to increase sales and profits.
IGT selects new slot machine executive
International Game Technology on Tuesday named Ken Bossingham to oversee global management of the company’s slot machine division. Bossingham, who will be IGT’s senior vice president of casino core product, will be based in Las Vegas.
Colts Usually Have Good “Luck” After Losses
If you are Andrew Luck, how do you respond after a straight-up loss? Pretty well, as it applies to those who may be engaged in Monday night football betting this week. Let’s put it this way – prior to last week’s 27-14 loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Indianapolis Colts had lost fifteen games with Luck as their quarterback, and he has responded by going 14-1 against the pointspread after those defeats. That has truly been a trend people have come to rely on.
And maybe that is pretty rough news for the New York Jets, who are somewhat giddy after winning their first game under new coach Todd Bowles, beating the Cleveland Browns 31-10.
We probably don’t have to explain that there is a world of difference between the quarterback the Jets faced last weekend and the one they will face on Monday. Cleveland had to go quickly with Johnny Manziel after Josh McCown went down, and although Manziel threw a touchdown pass, he was also overmatched in many situations. Luck, it goes without saying, is much more composed.
In the Monday night football betting odds that have been posted on this game, the Colts are rather decisive favorites: