US RACING: Many struggling in horse racing hope return brings lifeline
US RACING: Many struggling in horse racing hope return brings lifeline Instead of the Preakness running Saturday in Baltimore with perhaps another heralded Kentucky Derby winner looking to capture the second jewel of the Triple Crown, horse racing is in the midst of transition. And lower and middle class owners are in the cross hairs. […]
Races from Gulfstream Park – Friday, May 14, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Gulfstream Park in Florida is one of the few race tracks across the world still staging races during the coronavirus pandemic. Watch Friday (May 14) races from Gulfstream Park Simply press the link below.
UK RACING: Irish tracks reopening set for June 8, behind closed doors, strict health protocols
Racing is set to resume under strict protocols and behind closed doors in Ireland on June 8. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine said last week that racing, as a spectator-free sport, would fall into the third phase of the Irish Government's plan to ease lockdown restrictions, meaning a June 29 restart looked […]
US RACING: Charles Town race track scores with record handle
While hosting the first live Thoroughbred racing card in the Mid-Atlantic region in nearly two months, Hollywood Casino a Charles Town Races was on Thursday evening also able to establish a new track record for the largest non-Charles Town Classic day handle in track history. Bettors wagered US$4,330,203 over the course of the nine race […]
UK RACING: Newcastle is set to host the opening fixture if racing is able to resume as hoped behind closed doors on June 1.
Racing last took place in Britain at Wetherby and Taunton on March 17, with both cards staged behind closed doors. Hopes of a restart this month were dealt a blow on Monday following news from the Government that there would be no professional sport, even without spectators, in England until at least June 1. The […]
Races from Gulfstream Park – Thursday, May 14, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Gulfstream Park in Florida is one of the few race tracks across the world still staging races during the coronavirus pandemic. Watch Thursday (May 14) races from Gulfstream Park Simply press the link below.
BRITISH RACING: 2000 & 1000 Guineas set for weekend of June 6
The 2000 and 1000 Guineas are still scheduled to be run on June 6 and 7 as the BHA unveil a new provisional timetable. The racing industry’s leaders continue to plan for a resumption of racing from June 1 and the BHA’s Flat Pattern Committee has on Wednesday (May 13) published an update to the […]
US RACING: Santa Anita gets the go ahead for racing
Santa Anita Park has received approval from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to resume safe live racing beginning May 15 as part of the county's revision of its "Safer at Home" guidelines. Racing will be conducted without spectators and with essential personnel following strict protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Protocols call for […]
US RACING: Santa Anita plans nine-race card for Friday (May 15)
Just as Santa Anita Park on Tuesday morning was accepting entries for a nine-race program on Friday, it was revealed during a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting the area’s “safer at home” order that’s scheduled to expire will instead be extended. Santa Anita, which hasn’t raced since March 22, has previously said the […]
CANADIAN RACING: Woodbine sets June 6 or 13 for restart
Woodbine Entertainment Group has in mind either of two dates in June for resuming Thoroughbred racing, and plans for the meet include postponing the Queen's Plate until September. CEO Jim Lawson said in a live-streamed interview Tuesday that officials with the Toronto-area track are planning around reopening behind closed doors on June 6 or June […]