The last time the Breeders’ Cup World Championships were held at Churchill Downs, Bill Mott took the apple cart for the event’s signature race and planted it right on its side with a WinStar-owned runner.
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Extended Three-Year Challenge Series Partnership
Breeders’ Cup and NBC Sports Group announced a three-year extension of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, showcasing the best Thoroughbred races from around the world whose winners earn automatic entry into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
Breeders' Cup Notes, Oct. 29
Breeders’ Cup Week at Churchill Downs got off to a good start on a brisk, but clear Monday morning.
Belmont Park Fall Meet Generates High Source Handle
The 35-day Belmont Park Fall Championship Meet generated all-sources handle of $269,002,237, the New York Racing Association announced today.
Shang Shang Shang Eyes Inaugural Juvenile Turf Sprint
The $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint may be the newest race on the Nov. 2 program for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, but what it lacks in historical precedent, it more than makes up for in talent.
Newspaperofrecord Headlines Juvenile Fillies Turf
It would be hard to envision a better beginning to a turf filly’s career than the way Klaravich Stables’ Newspaperofrecord has performed in her first two starts.
Bellafina Enters Juvenile Fillies on a Roll
When a filly already has a pair of grade 1 wins on her brief résumé by October, she figures to be the one to beat for the Nov. 2 Tito’s Handmade Vodka Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
Watch for Strong Current in Juvenile Turf
Considering his career just started in mid-August, Current has shown versatility which could prove useful in the expected field of 14 for the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.
Game Winner Could Sink Juvenile Competition
Undefeated Game Winner will try to secure a divisional championship in the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.
Marley's Freedom to Face Stiff F&M Sprint Competition
With an entrapped epiglottis knocking out Dream Tree, three-time graded stakes winner Marley’s Freedom became the morning-line favorite.
Stormy Liberal Back for 2018 Turf Sprint
Rockingham Ranch color-bearers Stormy Liberal and Richard’s Boy, the top two finishers in the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), will again face off in the 2018 edition of the grassy dash, but the conditions will be significantly different.
Undefeated Catalina Cruiser Rolls Into Dirt Mile
Hronis Racing’s Catalina Cruiser will make his first appearance at Churchill Downs in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and try to keep his unblemished record intact.
Sistercharlie Heads Brown Arsenal in F&M Turf
In Sistercharlie (IRE), Peter Brant owns the leading North American-based hopeful for the $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T).
Two Yearling Fillies Set High Mark at Louisiana Sale
The Equine Sales Company Open Yearling and Mixed Sale in Louisiana, got off to a strong start with a pair of Louisiana-bred yearling fillies bringing $50,000 apiece early in the auction, and the final results showed big increases from last year.
Four European-Based Females Take Shot at Mile
While Expert Eye and Lightning Spear take to U.S. soil to renew their rivalry one last time before the latter heads to Tweenhills Stud, their female rivals could be coming into form at exactly the right time.
UK gov’t to hike online casino tax from 15% to 21% in October 2019
UK gambling operators will pay more tax on their online casino revenue starting next October, but the increase wasn’t as steep as some operators had feared.
On Monday, UK Chancellor Philip Hammond previewed his Autumn Budget 2018 for the House of Commons, which included hikes in online gambling taxes to offset the long-promised reduction in maximum wagers on the fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBT) in UK betting shops from £100 to just £2.
Hammond (pictured) said the Remote Gaming Duty (RGD), a tax applied to online casino revenue that’s different from the duty imposed on online sports betting, will rise from its current rate of 15% to 21% effective October 1, 2019.
The UK government had made clear its intentions to raise the RGD in order to offset the reduced tax revenue the government will reap via the FOBT stake cut. Hammond repeated this rationale in delivering Monday’s budget preview to parliament.
All Eyes on Enable in Advance of Breeders' Cup
Already the queen of her regal barn, already a star on a global scale, Enable will now take aim at a barrier that has endured throughout Breeders’ Cup’s history when she attempts to become the first Arc winner to win the Turf in the same season.
Radio, Television Schedule for Breeders' Cup Week
Below is a rundown of horse racing television and radio coverage through the week leading up to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Nov. 2-3.
Martin Kabrhel Wins WSOP Europe €100K Super High Roller for €2.6 million
Martin Kabrhel, a non-regular in high rollers, shipped the WSOP Europe €100,000 Super High Roller for €2.6 million in his home country, Czech Republic. Also at the European World Series of Poker […]
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Singapore Pools taking over Turf Club’s race betting operations
Singapore’s state-run lottery and sports betting monopoly is adding horseracing to its offering, taking over from the local race betting monopoly.
On Monday, the Singapore Turf Club announced that Singapore Pools would be taking over its horse betting operations with effect from January 7, 2019. The Tote Board, which operates both betting portals, said the move was intended to “achieve synergies and improve cost efficiencies.”
Singapore Pools will assume control of the betting windows at the Singapore Racecourse, as well as its off track betting outlets and the iTote remote wagering operation. The iTote app will remain separate from Singapore Pools’ mobile app and the Tote Board assured customers that there will be no changes to customers’ ability to access all existing race betting channels.
Singapore Pools CEO Seah Chin Siong said the consolidation of betting activities would help maintain “the highest level of rigor and accountability in social safeguards and responsible gaming measures.”