Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week we have a pair of grade 1 races on Del Mar’s biggest weekend, the Alabama (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, and the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Tribalist Finds a Way in Green Flash Handicap
Tribalist didn’t exactly take a conventional path to his first stakes win—both on the racetrack Aug. 18 at Del Mar and throughout his career.
NJ Lottery scrapped instant scratch-off game after only 3 days
The New Jersey Lottery pulled its latest instant scratch-off game from retailers’ shelves after players became confused by the game’s rules.New Jersey, Scratch Games, Canceled Lottery Game, Poker
$535 MILLION: Huge Powerball sales sparks early jackpot increase
Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday’s drawing to $535 million.Powerball, Jackpots, Multi-State Game
PokerStars Makes Big Splash in Online Slots with Million-Dollar Jackpot Hits on Consecutive Days
Two gamblers playing Millionaires Island, an online slot game offered by PokerStars Casino, hit million dollar jackpots on consecutive days, PokerStars announced on Thursday. They were the third and fourth […]
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Accelerate Set for Rematch With Arrogate
Trainer John Sadler wasn’t present when Accelerate was purchased for $380,000 at the Keeneland September sale in 2014 for his major client, Hronis Racing. But he had an idea that it might prove to be a good buy.
Litfin: Handicapping Saratoga-Del Mar All-Stakes Pick 4
It’s Alabama Day at Saratoga Race Course and TVG Pacific Classic Day at Del Mar.
Always Dreaming Confirmed for Travers
Trainer Todd Pletcher saw three of his possible starters in the Travers Stakes (G1) breeze early the morning of Aug. 18, with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming going four furlongs in company with Outplay, and Tapwrit also working a half-mile.
Mind Your Biscuits on Track for Forego Start
Multiple grade 1 winner Mind Your Biscuits is officially on track for the Aug. 26 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course following his half-mile breeze over the Oklahoma training track the morning of Aug. 18.
Multiple Grade 1 Winner The Pizza Man Retired
Fan favorite The Pizza Man, the only Illinois-bred to win the Arlington Million, has officially been retired, Richard Papiese of Midwest Thoroughbreds said Aug. 18.
PokerStars Championship Security on High Alert Following Barcelona Terror Attack
Casino Barcelona ramped up security immediately following Thursday’s terror attack in Spain. The casino is presently site of the PokerStars Championship Barcelona, which began on August 15 and runs through […]
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Minnesota Festival of Champions Aug. 20 at Canterbury
The annual Minnesota Festival of Champions, a day restricted to the best horses bred in the state, will be held for the 24th time Sunday at Canterbury Park.
Gunnevera Tunes Up for Travers Run
Multiple graded stakes winner Gunnevera tuned up for a scheduled start in the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1) with a sharp five-furlong breeze in 1:00 at Gulfstream Park West Aug. 18.
Winx Seeks Consecutive Win No. 18 in Warwick Stakes
The world’s top-rated turf horse, Winx, returns to Royal Randwick Aug. 19 in the Bob Ingham Warwick Stakes (G2) with the expectation that consecutive win No. 18 is just a formality.
New Deadline for AHC Survey is Sept. 4
The American Horse Council survey will provide the information needed to update an equine industry economic impact study.
TVG to Air 90-Minute Pacific Classic Telecast
TVG, America’s Horse Racing network, will break from its usual format for a live, 90-minute commercial-free special telecast of the TVG Pacific Classic Saturday, August 19, from Del Mar (7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT).
It Takes Only One
The hypothesis here is that there has never been a horse bred in North America that has achieved greater influence as a broodmare sire of line-founding stallions than the son of Bold Ruler (Nasrullah—Miss Disco, by Discovery).
Tabcorp merger costs weigh heavily on Tatts fiscal profit
Now is probably not the best time to be in Tatts boss Robbie Cooke’s shoes.
The weight of Tatts Group’s planned merger with rival Tabcorp is putting an immense pressure on Cooke, especially after its profit dropped 5.7 percent in the fiscal year.
In a regulatory filing, Tatts reported that its net profit in the year to June 30 slipped to AUD220.5 million (US$174.63 million) from $233.8 million (US$185.17 million) in the previous year.
Tatts revenue, meanwhile, was down 5.1 percent to $2.78 billion (US$2.2 billion) in the 12 months to June 30.
Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Books 2 and 3 Online
The catalogs for Books 2 and 3 of the 2017 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale are online now and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com.
Loose casino regulations could spare The Star, Crown casinos from future license probe
Crown resorts and The Star Entertainment Group may be spared from further scrutiny in New South Wales (NSW) in the future should the government decides to abolish a mandatory five-yearly investigation of casino license.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the NSW government is now mulling on changing its present regulation in order to level the playing field between Sydney’s Star Casino and the under-construction Crown Casino.
The NSW government reportedly received at least 200 recommendations, including allowing The Star to provide credit to international “premium players”, which will be allowed at Crown Sydney upon its anticipated opening in 2021.
But the most important recommendation that the NSW received was the possible abolition of the mandatory five-year Section 31 investigations of the license and operations of casinos.