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Richmond voters are barrelling toward a decision about whether the One Casino will rise.

By Richard Rosenblatt Six, count ‘em. Two at Churchill Downs. One at Belmont Park. And three at Woodbine Racetrack. th Breeders’ Cup – now seven weeks away on…

It was like the first day back at school at Churchill Downs, where racing resumed Thursday. It is also where the first points prep for the 2022 Kentucky Derby – the Iroquois Stakes – will be run Saturday night. Since the race has never produced a Derby winner, it becomes an even better bet when horseplayers handicap it on its own merits. On that score, it may come as a surprise to learn who among trainers has dominated the Iroquois in recent years.

Our Delaware Park Handicappers' Notebook -- featuring races and horses to watch, track bias info, jock/trainer of the week, and more - returns for 2021.

It's Virginia's love affair with turf racing that sees the 18th Virginia Derby Day being staged at Colonial Downs on Tuesday 31 August, again on its magnificent

Whitney Hopefuls Knicks Go, By My Standards Both Preparing Away From Saratoga Sponsored by: Joel Rosario sits motionless as Knicks Go wins the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap by 10 1/4 lengths Two of the top contenders for the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes on Aug. 7 at Saratoga have been preparing out of town, reports the  Daily Racing Form. Knicks Go has been training at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., while By My Standards is currently based at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va. The Whitne...

Colonial Downs Kicks Off 2021 Season With Record Opening Day Handle Sponsored by: Colonial Downs kicked off its 2021 racing season Monday with a record opening day handle of $2.66 million, spurred by a four-pack of $100,000 Virginia-restricted turf stakes races, and the return of fans to the New Kent track now in its third year under ownership of the Colonial Downs Group. “We would like to thank the horsemen, our fans on and off site and our team for starting the meet on the right f...

  Largely the underfinanced volunteer work of a dozen or so people who had a passion for racing, HANA was active for about 10 years as a collective voice for the horseplayer. It heightened awareness of hot-button topics from medication controversies to simulcast distribution. It even organized wagering boycotts of places that were seen as doing wrong by the average bettor.   The best thing HANA ever did was to hold racetracks accountable for their takeout rates. It was credited with having a ...

There are 16 states (dark green) that have derbies named for them, one (light green) that still has the race under another name and 15 (red) that used to have them. The other 18 (blue) never had such a race. (MapChart.net graphic) Louisville, Ky. There is only one Derby, right? After the Kentucky Derby, there is no other. At least not with the colloquial capital letter. But there are plenty of other derbies with states in their names, and they are popping up with regularity now. The Ohio Derby ...

The way America bets on horse races could be in for a sea change that might have begun this week with the New Jersey legislature’s bipartisan passage of a bill allowing fixed odds to line up alongside pari-mutuels. Not bad for a state that cannot get its act together on the crop rule.