Some things just seem to stay the same at Suffolk Downs year after year. The East Boston oval celebrated its 75th anniversary yesterday, with a full racing card, including a pair of $75,000 stakes races, along with a celebration of the track’s best years, featuring displays of antique cars, a Dixieland band, a carousel, and [...]
On the wrong track: OTB can't be fixed unless horse racing is repaired too
This article originally appeared in the New York Daily News, and hits on some very good points. The depleted fan base is the issue and that has to do with handicapping and betting. And racing won't get fixed until handicappers stop [...]
While this sounds plausible on the surface, I'm concerned that 'contraction' will cause a further contraction in thoroughbred racing's profits. From a ValueCapping™ point of view, large fields are usually a good thing, but to have that twice a week is not.
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Turfway plans to cut Wednesdays from Fall Meet, slash stakes
The Courier-Journal • July 7, 2010
Turfway Park plans to cut four Wednesday cards and all but one stakes race from its 2010 Fall Meet scheduled to start in September.
Track president Robert N. Elliston made the announcement Wednesday, but the request would [...]
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Maryland looks to enter the racino sweepstakes.
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Suffolk Downs Expansion Plan Tied to Gaming
By Tom LaMarra
Updated: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 8:08 AM Posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 7:56 AM
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Suffolk Downs, celebrating its 75th season this year, has a vision [...]
East Coast Tracks Cancel Because of Heat
By Blood-Horse Staff
Updated: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 4:18 PM Posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 11:19 AM
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With a predicted temperature of 100 degrees and a slightly higher [...]
