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Sponsored by: Hunka Burning Love wins the 2020 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial at Remington Among the best claims of the 2020 Oaklawn meeting occurred last April when owner/trainer Karl Broberg took Hunka Burning Love for $32,000 out of a seventh-place finish in a 1 1/8-mile event for older horses. Broberg didnt have to shake for the gelding, either. All Hunka Burning Love has done in 10 starts for Broberg is win eight races, including four stakes, by a combined margin of more than 43 length...

%%excerpt%% The Louisiana gaming industy lost nearly $1 billion in revenue compared to the previous year and shed thousands of jobs.

Louisianas gaming industry likely lost more than $830 million in 2020, and at least 4,790 employees were laid off at some point during the year, according to data from the Louisiana Workforce Commission and the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. Through November, Louisianas video gaming, racetrack slot machines, land-based casinos and riverboat casinos combined to lose more than $829.7 million in revenue compared to the same period in 2019. The Louisiana Gaming Control Boards revenue reports do no...

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) today announced that it awarded more than $145,000 to non-profit organizations across the country in the Company’s annual holiday competition, “Wreaths of Hope.” More than 135 non-profit organizations participated in the 2020 competition, decorating wreaths that were displayed online and at Boyd Gaming properties nationwide. A total of 18 Boyd Gaming destinations participated in Wreaths of Hope in Nevada, Illinoi...

McMahon Summarily Suspended, Off All Mounts At Sam Houston Sponsored by: Jockey C.J. McMahon Jockey Charles “C.J.” McMahon, arrested on Jan. 2 in Lafayette, La., and charged with attempted murder, illegal use of weapons and possession of schedule 1 drugs, has been summarily suspended by Texas Racing Commission stewards and taken off all mounts at Sam Houston Race Park, which kicks off its 2021 meeting on Friday evening. The ruling states that McMahon “admitted to recent use of M...

Hall Of Famer Asmussen Prepares To Defend His Title At Sam Houston Sponsored by: Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen Ushering 2020 out the door was a welcome relief for pretty much everyone in the universe. The challenges from COVID-19 had a monumental impact on all sports and horseracing was affected greatly. However, Steve Asmussen, who will return to defend his training title at Sam Houston Race Park when the 2021 season begins on Friday, Jan. 8, had an amazingly good year amid the...

Drain The Clock Rebounds With 7 1/2-Length Limehouse Stakes Score Sponsored by: Drain the Clock draws clear in the Limehouse Stakes under Edgard Zayas Slam Dunk Racings Drain the Clock made a triumphant return to Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Saturday, putting an unfortunate trip out of town behind him with a dazzling 7 ½-length victory in the $75,000 Limehouse Stakes. The Limehouse, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-olds, was one of five stakes on Saturdays 11-race progra...

American Graded Stakes Committee: Saratoga Derby Upgraded To Grade 1 Status Sponsored by: Domestic Spending picked up his first stakes victory in the 2019 Saratoga Derby The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association today presented its listing of U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes Races for 2021, the results of its annual grading session conducted Dec. 15 and 16. The committee evaluated races conducted after the 2019 Breeders Cup through March 15 ...

Sponsored by: The racing world just lost a fan. Ken LeJeune died at home on Friday, Dec. 4 after a brief illness. In his 40-plus year career, he was a jockey, trainer, bloodstock agent, and all things in between; but always a fan. He quietly went about his business; no advertisements, no parties, rarely a mention in the trade papers. That wasnt his thing. His involvement in horse racing reached far and wide. There are not too many people I can think of in the business who have not ask...