1 day ago | Times Union

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The people won't be there until Friday but hundreds of thoroughbreds were on the main track the day before Saratoga Race Course opens for the season. Horse...
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Saratoga Casino nearing purchase of Kentucky race track

3 days ago | Times Union

Saratoga Casino and Hospitality Group is nearing a purchase of Ellis Park, a thoroughbred race track and simulcast parlor in Henderson, Ky. According to a report from The...
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Fiery Hall of Fame jockey Manny Ycaza dies at 80

3 days ago | National Post

Manny Ycaza, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the 1964 Belmont Stakes and paved the way for generations of Latin Americans to ride in North America, has died. He was 80. Ycaza...
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Horse racing regulators approve sale of Kentucky racetrack

3 days ago | Saint Louis Today

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A group holding a minority ownership stake in Ellis Park cleared a key hurdle Tuesday in its bid to purchase the western Kentucky racetrack, winning approval...
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New Jersey track brings sports bets to New York's doorstep

6 days ago | Saint Louis Today

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - A northern New Jersey horse racing track has brought legal sports betting to New York City's doorstep.
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Gronkowski Owners Buy New Race Horse, Name Him 'LeBron J'

17 days ago | SI

LeBron J will be eligible to run in next year's Triple Crown races.
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois

17 days ago | Miami Herald

July 1, 2018 Belleville News-Democrat Illinois horse racing wants you to bet on the past so it has a future So what sucker would gamble on a horse race that...
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Filly Wonder Gadot beats the head, field to win $1-million Queen's Plate

20 days ago | National Post | 2 articles

TORONTO - Filly Wonder Gadot won the 159th running of the $1-million Queen's Plate. John Velazquez rode the 2/1 favourite to victory in North America's oldest annually-run race...
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Betting on past horse races? Tracks seek OK to take wagers on 'historical horse racing'

24 days ago | Chicago Tribune

The Illinois Racing Board advanced a proposal Tuesday to allow video gambling on past horse races - even as the board's attorney advised that the move would be illegal. As a...
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Kentucky Lottery to test new live horse racing game

24 days ago | WLWT

A new lottery game is coming to horse country.
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Disney fires 'Guardians of the Galaxy' director after controversial tweets...

James Gunns' tweets made light of pedophilia and rape. Read more ...

Mega Millions jackpot reaches $433 million

The estimated jackpot is $433 million. Read more ...

Father of 2 Parkland school shooting survivors is shot and killed during a...

A man entered the store, held the store owner at gunpoint, took money and left. Then the gunman returned and fatally shot the father of four. Read more ...

9 members of same family died in duck boat tragedy

Nine members of the same family were among the 17 people that died in the “heart-breaking” duck boat tragedy in Missouri, the state's governor said Friday. Missouri Governor... Read more ...

Dentist has patients flocking for teeth cleanings after 'In My Fillings'...

A Greenville, South Carolina dentist has officially won the Drake-inspired "In My Feelings" challenge with a twist. Read more ...

Baby born at Chick-fil-A receives free meals for life, job offer

This little nugget couldn't wait to enter the world. Read more ...

Michael Cohen recorded Donald Trump discussing payments to Playboy model...

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, secretly taped a conversation he had with Trump regarding payments to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, in the... Read more ...

It's been 49 years since first humans set foot on the moon

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went where no one had gone before. Read more ...

Bristol Palin joining 'Teen Mom: OG' cast

Sarah Palin's daughter will reportedly be replacing well-known cast member Farrah Abraham. Read more ...

Michael Cohen recorded Trump discussing payment to ex-Playmate

Trump has denied McDougal's allegations of an affair. Read more ...