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A mere month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), Rhode Island passed a budget that legalized retail sports betting in the state.
Unlike virtually all other Bible Belt states, Arkansas was an early adopter of legal sports betting, kicking off retail wagering in 2019 and the mobile version in 2022. Oaklawn Park, which ...
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Top Gun Rocket was popular among horsemen and horseplayers alike when he won a $40,000 claiming race at Keeneland on April 19. Not only was he sent off the 4-5 favorite in a ...
ARCADIA, Calif. – If it’s a turf race at Santa Anita, trainer Phil D’Amato probably is involved. In any race at any track, jockey Umberto Rispoli probably is saving ground. D’Amato and ...
Fort Washington was one of the few New York-based horses to win at Pimlico last weekend, taking the Grade 3 Dinner Party Stakes by a length. Trainer Shug McGaughey said he wasn’t sure where Fort ...
This Sunday afternoon (May 25) Harrah’s Philadelphia will present as good a card of racing as has been seen in North America so far in 2025, with $661,766 in purses to be contested during the ...
Jockey Junior Alvarado has appealed the $62,000 fine and two-day suspension he was issued after the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority concluded he violated its whipping rule during his ...
Horses training at U.S. tracks under the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority had a fatality rate of 0.73 per 1,000 workouts in the first quarter of 2025, according to a ...
At the end of a turbulent week, a $1.1 million Girvin filly led a quartet of seven-figure purchases as the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale finished with record average and ...
McAfee, runner-up to Hill Road in the Grade 3 Peter Pan at Aqueduct two weeks ago, will make his next start in the Grade 3, $500,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown on June 21, Jake Ballis, managing ...
The late Uncle Mo recorded an exacta of sorts in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, which serves to underline his continuing legacy. The victorious Journalism is out of Uncle Mo’s daughter Mopotism ...
Thursday racing returns to Woodbine this week with a new post time of 3 p.m. and a seven-race card headed by a seven-furlong conditioned allowance with an $80,000 claiming option.