MTR Gaming Group Inc. has fired an executive vice president who once tried to buy the company. Robert Blatt was let go Dec. 31, according to a filing Jan. 6 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) winter mixed sale suffered downturns of 63% in its average price and 74.4% in its median price from a year ago as it opened with a consignor preferred session Jan. 6 in Central Florida. The gross revenue dropped 43% even though the number of horses sold was up 54.1% from 2008's first day total.
Dates for the three pools of Churchill Downs' 2009 Kentucky Derby Future Wager are set and a single pool will be offered in each of the three months preceding the 135th renewal of the $2 million-guaranteed Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) on May 2.
Jockeys riding in Kentucky are seeking an increase in losing mount fees â€" those paid for finishing fourth or worse in a race â€" and have been unable to reach an agreement with horsemen, according to representatives of the Jockeys' Guild who attended the monthly Kentucky Horse Racing Commission meeting Jan. 6.
The National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame ceremony in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., which for a number of years has taken place on a Monday in early to mid August, will be moved to Friday, Aug. 14 this year.
Veterinarians with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and management at Turfway Park are looking into reasons why the number of catastrophic injuries over the Polytrack surface spiked during the recently concluded holiday meet at the northern Kentucky track.
Sam-Son Farms' French Beret will have a tough time defending his title in the $100,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 6 at Fair Grounds, as an evenly-matched field of 10 goes to post in the 1 1/16-mile turf event.
The Maryland Jockey Club concluded the 2008 racing season with average wagering figures 22.5% lower than 2007. All sources handle totaled $668.1 million as compared to $875.8 million the previous year. Racing 14 fewer days in 2008, the daily handle decreased from nearly $3.8 million to just over $2.9 million each day.
I wish more would get my philosophy. But thinking back I exactly did not have my philosophy before I became-disabled--The dreaded Handicapped word----
Now I am thankful---I listen to these races and may prefer one style over another, but never something I would call bad-----Maybe I do not know any better.. Not being arrogant--I may not know this game well but You don't spend about 20 years in Law Enforcement and be a chump-----
I chose to be positive--I chose to focus on the positive----this here is one great game----I think for me coming from where I was to being desperate and disabled----Spending 10- 12 hours alone minus a visiting nurse or PT etc---This Game became my side kick----I found TV that I truly could inter act with---I found a sport--Where I could 1-watch 2 participate-----I found some awesome folks who would lend me a hand---
I see it this way--Instead of knocking the game-Lets make it better
I know I said it a million times here---But this is one special game---With some stand up classy and talented men and women--
I am privileged to be part of the Horse Racing family.
I thank God each and every day for this game. Its just not gambling to me.
