The Kentucky Lottery has launched a limited pilot program of the game Win Place Show, the first-ever daily lottery game based on the results of live horse racing. The game is available in stores in Lexington, Louisville, and northern Kentucky. Players can purchase the $2 Quick Pick tickets at one of the 45 retailers now…
The final round of prep races for the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve is in full gear this weekend, with three major preps from coast to coast. In New York it’s the Wood Memorial Stakes presented by NYRA Bets that takes top billing at Aqueduct, where a field of eight Derby hopefuls is expected to…
Horse racing is among America’s oldest sports and perhaps the only one ever run out of the White House: Andrew Jackson operated a stable there during his presidency. Yet the multibillion-dollar industry is reeling as the Kentucky Derby approaches, with the death of yet another thoroughbred at the premier Santa Anita Park in California amplifying…
Welcome to Horse Racing Nation’s Kentucky Derby Daily, which will each day leading up to the May 4 race at Churchill Downs detail all the news and notes related to contenders in one convenient space. Jon White, odds maker for Santa Anita Park, has every reason to favor the California-based contenders atop his weekly ballot for…
The Kentucky Lottery has launched a limited pilot program of the game Win Place Show, the first-ever daily lottery game based on the results of live horse racing. Players can purchase the $2 Quick Pick tickets at one of the 45 retailers now offering the game on a limited basis. Each ticket lists three numbers…
In recent years, the $750,000 Grade 2 Wood Memorial Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct, has been a fairly predictable race. There hasn’t been a single winner of New York’s final prep for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at double-digit odds in the last ten years, and eight of the last ten winners started at…
Monday, April 1, 2019 ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A two-horse spill in the $100,000 San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday led to the 23rd equine fatality at the Southern California track in just over three months. Arms Runner injured his right front leg and fell in the Grade 3 race on…
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE April 3, 2019, 3:54 AM GMT By Alex Johnson LOS ANGELES — Sen. Dianne Feinstein called for all racing to be suspended at Santa Anita Park on Tuesday after a 23rd horse was fatally injured…
