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Wagering Insecurity: Tote Systems Have Not Evolved To Address Fix Six Scandal - Horse Racing News

Wagering Insecurity: Tote Systems Have Not Evolved To Address Fix Six Scandal Sponsored by: Volponi (43-1) wins the 2002 Breeders' Cup Classic under Jose Santos This is Part 3 of the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation's (TIF) series “Wagering Insecurity.” Faced with remarkable competitive pressure from the rise of legal sports betting, horse racing is at a crossroads. Confidence amongst horseplayers and horse owners is essential to the future sustainability of the sport. Efforts to improve the greater North American Thoroughbred industry will fall flat if its stakeholders fail to secure a foundation of integrity, along with increased transparency of the wagering business and its participants over time. Achieving this is growing increasingly difficult after the sport has neglected its core base – horseplayers – for decades.

Live racing returns to Will Rogers Downs

CLAREMORE – For the 12th consecutive year, top thoroughbred contenders will compete at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs for the lead position in more than 270 races scheduled between March 22 and May 26. Those 270 races include eight stakes races with six exclusively for Accredited Oklahoma-Breds. Races begin at 1 p.m. 
“As one of only a few tracks running last spring, we are now very rehearsed in conducting a safe race meet under pandemic restrictions and CDC guidelines,” said John Lies, WRD racing secretary, announcer and oddsmaker. “We broke new ground with the extended audience we reached last spring and look forward to keeping their attention with another exciting meet.” 

Former Churchill Downs President, CEO Albert Lynn Stone dies at 95

Former Churchill Downs President, CEO Albert Lynn Stone dies at 95 The former president and CEO of Churchill Downs who served from 1970-1984 has died. (Source: WAVE 3 News) By Dustin Vogt | February 27, 2021 at 5:31 PM EST - Updated March 1 at 8:10 AM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The former president and CEO of Churchill Downs who served from 1970-1984 has died, according to a release. Albert Lynn Stone died Monday in Lexington. He was 95 years old. Stone first started his career in professional baseball after serving in the US Coast Guard during World War II. Due in part to a player injury, he then began management of the Braves organization, which was then in Boston.

Lynn Stone, 95, Churchill Downs President From 1970-'84, Passes - Horse Racing News

Former Churchill Downs CEO Albert Lynn Stone Dies at 95

Live Racing Returns To Will Rogers Downs On March 22 - Horse Racing News

Live Racing Returns To Will Rogers Downs On March 22 Sponsored by: Will Rogers Downs Join in the excitement of live horse racing this spring at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs. For the 12th consecutive year, top Thoroughbred contenders will compete in more than 270 races from March 22 to May 26 at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. Races begin at 1:00 p.m. “As one of only a few tracks running last spring, we are now very rehearsed in conducting a safe race meet under pandemic restrictions and CDC guidelines,” said John Lies, racing secretary, announcer and oddsmaker at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs. “We broke new ground with the extended audience we reached last spring and look forward to keeping their attention with another exciting meet.”