Emerald Downs Shows Gains In Handle, Purses

FARMINGTON - Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack, coming off a big 2022 in terms of growth of handle, enjoyed even greater success during the recently concluded 2023 race meet, according to track officials. Total handle increased by 18.7% to $120541745. On-track handle also bumped up by $4024 to $1973368. The track bucked the national trend which has…

All the ingredients were in place for a grand finale Saturday at Canterbury Park. The Shakopee track was set to end a 53-day season with 13 races, and Canterbury officials anticipated the large fields could push wagering above $2 million. Instead, they got another dose of disappointment. When the main track failed to dry out after rain Friday,…

KY Downs Ends Meet On An Up Tick (Austre / Coady Photography) From the KY Downs Media Team: 'The prestige of the meet is starting to get baked in across North America' (The VIP Chalet at Kentucky Downs. Horsemen's hospitality is a priority at the track. Grace Clark photo) The key indicators to measure the success of a race meet were either up or…

Even with a takeout increase that was a target of criticism beforeopening day, Kentucky Downs brought in more betting dollars in 2023 than it hadin any of its previous meets. Ending Wednesday, the seven days of racing spread across the past two weeksattracted a record, all-sources handle of $83741006, according to data compiledfrom Equibase…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Following the culmination of the summer meet at the Saratoga Race Course, The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced that the 40 days of thoroughbred horse racing generated almost $800 million in all-source handle as well as 1.1 million paid attendance - which is the first time since 2018 this had been…

Attendance for the first two weeks at Del Mar was up around 1 percent. The average field size of 9.75 percent is on pace with the record set in 2022. And Del Mar president and chief operating officer Josh Rubinstein reports on-track, non-wagering revenue - ticketing and food and beverage - is up over a year ago. "It's encouraging," said Rubinstein.…

Statewide sports wagering totaled nearly $320.2 million last month - the second-best single-month total to date. Maryland's ten retail and ten mobile sportsbooks combined to generate $4650711 in contributions to the state during May 2023, the second-best single-month total to date. Each sportsbook contributes 15 percent of its taxable win to the…

Understanding handle Record Kentucky Derby pools Comparing to the Preakness S. and Belmont S. The Kentucky Oaks Enticing Payouts Betting handle reveals the enthusiasm for the Kentucky Derby (G1). Contested annually on the first Saturday in May, the Kentucky Derby serves as the standard-bearer for the North America Thoroughbred racing industry. a…

The 2022 American Quarter Horse Association racing season has successfully wrapped up at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla. There were 290 total races, with an average field size of eight starters per race, conducted during the 27-day meet that concluded on Nov. 15. The meet saw more than $5.6 million in wagers, up 17 percent…

Live Racing Returns to Churchill Downs on Sunday for 19-Day Fall Meet (Churchill Downs / Photos by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Thoroughbred racing in Kentucky shifts from Keeneland to Churchill Downs on Sunday as the home of the Kentucky Derby readies to open its 133 Fall Meet with an 11-race program - all for promising…

Betting at Emerald Downs in Auburn jumped 4% in 2022 from 2021 with a total season handle of $67.7 million. Purse money paid out also increased as Emerald Downs wrapped up its 27th season of live racing Sunday, Sept. 18. The average daily handle of $1.3 million was down 2% from the previous year but still up some 15% from pre-COVID in 2019,…

OCEANPORT, N.J.- Monmouth Park showed a 25.2 percent increase in total handle and a 16.07 percent increase in on-track handle while Paco Lopez won his ninth riding title and Claudio Gonzalez earned his first training title as the Jersey Shore track closed out its 77 season on Sunday. Total handle was $217243199 this summer compared to $173511611 a…

FRANKLIN, Ky.- The FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs concluded Wednesday with record wagering topping $80 million for the seven-day run. Purses again set a record, reaching almost $18 million paid out to horse owners. With $12896355 bet on Wednesday's closing card, total wagering on the meet reached $80175928, clipping Kentucky Downs' previous record…

WOODSTOCK, VA - 9/16/2022 - Shenandoah Downs ushers in a new era of pari-mutuel harness racing Friday (Sep. 16) when it opens its seventh season in Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley with its longest meet ever, highest average daily purse distribution ever and for the first time, will offer its product to fans around the country via four online…

The FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky., concluded Wednesday with record wagering topping $80 million for the seven-day run. Purses again set a record, reaching almost $18 million paid out to horse owners. With $12896355 bet on Wednesday's closing card, total wagering on the meet reached $80175928, clipping Kentucky Downs' previous…

America's three premier horse racing circuits - New York, Kentucky and California - all will have a change of address this week with the opening of new meets at Aqueduct, Churchill Downs and Los Alamitos. The New York scene will call Aqueduct home until spring of 2023 because of construction at Belmont Park. The September meets at Churchill and Los…

DEL MAR, Calif.- Spurred by strong support from horsemen and women from California and around the country, Del Mar set new records for average daily handle and field size during its 83rd summer season that concluded Sunday, September 11. The track also continued its exemplary safety record for the fourth consecutive year. Del Mar reported no…

The short but elite racing seasons at Del Mar and Kentucky Downs will hit the finish line Sunday, but not before the two tracks put forth some more important stakes races and top betting opportunities. It's an untraditional week, to be sure, with Del Mar extended beyond Labor Day against calendar norms. Meanwhile, the New York circuit goes dark…

The New York Racing Association on Monday announced that all-sources wagering handle at Saratoga Race Course surged to a record $878211963 million for the 2022 summer meet, eclipsing the previous record of $815508063, established in 2021, by 7.7 percent. The record setting 40-day meet generated average daily handle of $21955299, which is also the…

Josh Rubinstein, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club president and chief operating officer, has a word to describe the first half of Del Mar's 83 summer thoroughbred racing season. "Phenomenal," said Rubinstein. "We'd love four more weeks of this." Everything from total daily handle to on-track attendance is up through 15 of the season's 31 days. Some…

With a brazen display of speed Papa's Golden Boy blitzed a star-studded field of older horses by 4 ¾ lengths Sunday while defending his title in the $50000 Budweiser Stakes at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash. With Kevin Radke riding at 120 lbs, Papa's Golden Boy zipped six furlongs in a meet fastest 1:07.76 and paid $7.60 as the second betting choice…

Louisiana Downs will kick off its 2022 Thoroughbred racing season on Saturday, May 7. Opening day will feature seven live races beginning at 3:05 pm (Central) and the simulcast of the 148th Kentucky Derby. In addition to enjoying live racing and the entire card from Churchill Downs, fans can enjoy the day from the suite level or on trackside apron…

According to figures released Wednesday by Equibase, $12218407637 was wagered on horse racing in the U.S. in 2021. The figure marks the first time betting has topped $12 billion since 2009 when $12.315 billion was bet. "Against an extraordinarily difficult backdrop, the resiliency of Thoroughbred racing was on full display in 2021, as we concluded…

Remington Park ended the 2021 Thoroughbred Season with a thrilling Springboard Mile Night on Friday, Dec. 17 as Make It Big won a stretch-long battle with Osbourne to win the track's top stakes event for 2-year-olds. Both Make It Big (10 pts.) and Osbourne (4 pts.) earned qualifying points for the 2022 Kentucky Derby for their efforts in the…

Thoroughbred racing on the Kentucky circuit shifts from Churchill Downs in Louisville to its sister track Turfway Park Racing & Gaming, 94 miles to the northeast in Florence, on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 6:15 p.m. (all times Eastern) for the 16-day Holiday Meet. The Holiday Meet covers a five-week stretch every Thursday-Sunday through Friday, Dec. 31…