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Dakota Schultz —- Finding of Preliminary Suitability” Allows Historic Race Track To Secure Financing, Begin Construction on $400 Million Redevelopment July 30, 2020 (Stickney, IL) — Thirty years after Illinois passed legislation legalizing ten casinos to operate...

By Amy Gregory —- Spectacular Racing Generates Total Handle of $63 Million as Historic Keeneland Summer Meet Concludes LEXINGTON, KY (July 12, 2020) – Keeneland successfully closed its unprecedented five-day Summer Meet on Sunday with all-sources wagering of more than $63...

By Jim Reisler —- America’s Day at the Races will provide 22 hours of live racing this week, including blockbuster stakes action on Saturday from Belmont Park ELMONT, N.Y. – America’s Day at the Races, produced by the New York Racing Association, Inc....

By Darren Rogers —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, June 28, 2020) – With the rescheduled Kentucky Derby 10 weeks away, Belmont Stakes (Grade I) winner Tiz the Law closed as the 2-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with Santa Anita Derby (GI) winner Honor A....

By Amy Gregory —- LEXINGTON, KY (June 26, 2020) – Keeneland has been granted approval to permit a limited number of participating owners to attend the upcoming Summer Meet, to be held July 8-12. Keeneland officials collaborated with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and state...

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Owners will be permitted to watch their horses work from a designated area at Monmouth Park from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Fridays through Sundays starting Friday, June 26, the track announced today. Monmouth Park has been closed to all but essential personnel...

By Mike Willman —- Benoit Photos BAFFERT’S MCKINZIE RETURNS FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE ON TOP SPRINTERS IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND AT SEVEN FURLONGS $3.3 MILLION EARNER HASN’T SPRINTED SINCE WINNING GRADE I MALIBU ON DEC. 26, 2018 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4,...

By Kevin Kerstein —- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, May 24, 2020) – Owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey won their unprecedented 500th career race at Churchill Downs on Sunday when 5-year-old gelding Spanned prevailed in the third race. The Ramseys, multiple Eclipse Award winners who race...

Alicia Hughes, NTRA Communications —- SHE’S BACK: TRIUMPHANT RETURN LANDS CHAMPION MONOMOY GIRL IN TOP TEN OF NTRA THOROUGHBRED POLL LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 18, 2020) – Monomoy Girl keeps picking right up where she left off. After the daughter of Tapizar ended an 18-month...

By Jennifer Hoyt —- OAKLAWN TO REOPEN CASINO ON MONDAY, MAY 18 HOT SPRINGS, AR (Wednesday, May 13, 2020) – Pursuant to the Arkansas Department of Health directive, Oaklawn plans to reopen its casino on Monday, May 18 at 9 a.m. “We are glad the Governor has provided us a...