Paulassilverlining is stepping into salty waters for her first start of 2017 as part of a deep nine-horse field for the $300,000 Madison Stakes (G1) going seven furlongs at Keeneland April 8.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Poker Central Reaches Media Rights Pact with NBC Sports Network Beginning with 2017 Super High Roller Bowl
Poker Central has announced NBC Sports Network will broadcast the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl, a $300,000 buy-in event held at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on May […]
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Paulassilverlining Leads Brown Duo in Madision
Paulassilverlining is stepping into salty waters for her first start of 2017 as part of a deep nine-horse field for the $300,000 Madison Stakes (G1) going seven furlongs at Keeneland April 8.
Ascot to Launch On-Course Betting Service in 2018
In 2018 Ascot Race Course will launch its own pari-mutuel betting operation, AscotBet.
Tapwrit Enters Blue Grass Looking Like a Million Bucks
And as his connections watched their $1.2 million purchase finish last in the field of 10 that day, they were hit with the sinking feeling that the potential they thought they saw the summer before had led them awry.
PokerStars Player ‘Xavi666’ Becomes Site’s 200th Millionaire
PokerStars has handed out a seven-figure reward for the 200th time. A player from Panama named ‘Xavi666’ took down the $10 Million Guaranteed Sunday Million 11th Anniversary for $1,093,204. His […]
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Melnyk Heads Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Class
Eugene Melnyk, who has earned two Sovereign Awards as Canada’s outstanding owner and one as outstanding breeder, is among five inductees on the Thoroughbred side selected for the 2017 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Casse Switches Strategy for Ashland Duo
The 1 1/16-mile Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland April 8 looks to be a proper challenge for John Oxley’s grade 1 winner Pretty City Dancer and Gary Barber’s graded stakes placed Summer Luck.
Former November Niner Griffin Benger Wins Largest-Ever Irish Poker Open for €200,000
Griffin Benger, who last year finished seventh in the World Series of Poker Main Event, came out on top of a 1,129-entry field to win the €1,150 buy-in 2017 Irish […]
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Mind Your Biscuits New York-Bred Horse of the Year
Grade 1 winner, and hero of the group 1 $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse two weeks ago, Mind Your Biscuits was voted the 2016 New York-bred Horse of the Year.
Strong Start to Inglis Easter Sale
Bolstered by a diverse group of buyers, the annual Australian Easter sale conducted by William Inglis & Son began on a strong note April 4 at the Newmarket paddocks in Sydney.
18 arrested in illegal lottery bust in New Jersey
Cracking down on a vast underground gambling operation, Irvington Police hit the jackpot on Friday, arresting 18 people, allegedly connected to an illegal lottery enterprise out of storefronts across New Jersey.Insider Buzz, New Jersey, Retailer, Law Enforcement, Illegal Activities, Crime
Poker Player Charlie Carrel Tells British TV How He Became a Millionaire
Charlie Carrel was a quick study in math and an even faster student in learning how to be successful at poker. In four years, he has managed to amass more […]
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32Red Makes the Break from Australia Ahead of iGaming Ban
32Red has started the process of exiting the Australian market following the country’s decision to approve the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016. Although the new bill is yet to be […]
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Transylvania Marks 2017 Debut for Oscar Performance
Oscar Performance is entered for his 2017 debut in the Transylvania Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (G3T) April 7, in what will mark the first start for the Kitten’s Joy ridgling since winning last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T).
Yevgeniy Timoshenko’s $90k Lawsuit Against Roommate that Didn’t Pay for Basketball Tickets
Poker pro Yevgeniy Timoshenko has become the latest player to take legal action against one of his peers for an unpaid debt. Poker players with outstanding debts is nothing new, […]
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Always Dreaming Moves to Second in Triple Crown Poll
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Top 3-Year-Old Poll results were released April 3.
Brown Likes Blue Grass Timing for Practical Joke
Chad Brown will send out Practical Joke in the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) and the Eclipse Award-winning trainer likes that the April 8 race at Keeneland allows his two-time grade 1 winner an extra week of training.
Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Cash Control Retired
The Klein family’s Cash Control, a five-time stakes winner, has been retired from racing and will take up residence at Clarkland Farm near Lexington, and will be bred this year to Quality Road.
Classic Empire Works Toward Arkansas Derby
John Oxley’s reigning juvenile champion Classic Empire worked April 3 at Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala, Fla. in preparation for his anticipated start in the Arkansas Derby (G1) April 15 at Oaklawn Park.