Horse betting at Presque Isle Downs gets late start

Legacy Downs at WarHorse Lincoln was granted approval by the Nebraska Racing & Gaming Commission for four racing dates in 2024 on Friday. But the new horse racing track's first race will be held just days from now. WarHorse Lincoln officials didn't want to promote the race - to be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 31 - because without a grandstand or a…

WASHINGTON D.C.- Today, horseracing industry groups representing over tens of thousands of horsemen joined Congressman Clay Higgins (LA-03) to introduce the Racehorse Health and Safety Act (RHSA) to bring safety to the industry. The bill is endorsed by the National Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association (HBPA), the United States Trotting…

Hawthorne has adjusted its first post on Wednesday and Thursday to 5:50 p.m. EDT instead of its typical 3:30 p.m. EDT start time. Hawthorne pushed the post times later because of extreme heat in the forecast for both days. The post delay was announced in a Tweet by Jim Miller, director of publicity and racing analyst at the track. The Illinois…

Thoroughbred racing will continue in Maryland at least through the end of the year, under an agreement between industry officials and owners of the Pimlico and Laurel Park tracks. The Maryland Racing Commission was informed of the agreement between the parties Tuesday at a regularly scheduled meeting at Laurel Park, though the deal was not…

Thoroughbred industry officials and owners of the Pimlico and Laurel Park tracks apparently have reached an agreement after difficult monthslong negotiations, a deal they are hoping to present Tuesday for approval at a meeting of the Maryland Racing Commission, two people with knowledge of the sensitive talks said Monday evening. Details of the…

Welcome to the Winner's Circle, a weekly column by Bet For The Win senior writer Prince J. Grimes. Churchill Downs announced Friday the suspension of racing operations at the track after 12 horse deaths over the last six weeks. The famed home of the Kentucky Derby is moving the remainder of its 2023 Spring Meet to Ellis Park, which is about 134…

Horse racing betting is legal in more than 40 U.S. states, including Pennsylvania. Those in Pennsylvania are able to bet on horse races online through platforms like Twinspires or at horse racing facilities. Because horse racing uses a "pari-mutuel" betting system, it wasn't subject to many of the same scrutiny and prohibitive laws as sports…

Trainer Saffie Joseph leaned against the outside wall of his barn at Churchill Downs on Wednesday morning and expressed a confused bereavement. Two of his racehorses had collapsed and died in the first two days of the spring meet at the racetrack, sudden tragedies that are, for now, without explanation. "It shatters me," Joseph says. "The odds of…

The Kentucky Derby, the most celebrated horse race in America, is usually won by thoroughbreds who were born and raised in the Blue Grass State. In its 148 years, 107 winners of the Triple Crown's first jewel were bred in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It's about pride for industry's breeders. In contrast, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, while…

In recent days, Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) linemaker Keith Feustle has been puzzling over how to set the morning line for a wager new to Maryland. For the first time, the MJC will offer a parimutuel future win wager on the Grade 1 Preakness Stakes to be run May 20 at Pimlico Race Course. The new wager, which will have an 18% takeout, was approved…

CDI has pulled back from the consumer-facing online sports betting business over profitability concerns while remaining involved in retail wagering and providing technology to help other companies take action on horse races. The decision to bail on the business of running online sports betting sites appears to be working out relatively well for the…

Ohio - where sports betting launched on 1 January - is the third US state in which Bet365 is live, following New Jersey and Colorado. The partnership lands as the Guardians bid to retain the American League (AL) Central title, which was the franchise's first since 2018. Ted Baugh, the Guardians' vice president of corporate and premium partnerships,…

Churchill Downs Incorporated now has a gaming partner. The Louisville-based gaming company announced a multi-year agreement with bet365, which gives the UK-based online gaming operator access to the Pennsylvania market. The agreement allows bet365 to offer online sports betting and gaming in Pennsylvania through Churchill's Presque Isle Downs &…

Churchill Downs Incorporated ("CDI" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CHDN) announced Monday that Presque Isle Downs & Casino ("Presque Isle"), the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a multi-year agreement with a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of bet365 Group Ltd ("bet365") for online sports betting and iGaming market access in…

Just days after adding Ohio to its North American sports betting portfolio, British iGaming behemoth bet365 entered into a deal through which it will be able to offer sports wagering and iCasino games in Pennsylvania. Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI), which has been phasing out its iGaming business but still operates its TwinSpires Sportsbook in…

Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Monday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Presque Isle Downs & Casino has entered into a multi-year agreement with bet365 for online sports betting and iGaming market access in Pennsylvania. Bill Carstanjen, CEO of Churchill Downs, commented: "We are pleased to partner with a global leader in the online gaming…

The pending sale of Ellis Park to the gaming company Churchill Downs, Inc. (CDI), cleared a necessary regulatory hurdle Tuesday when the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) swiftly approved the transaction by a unanimous voice vote. The KHRC members in attendance at the "special" meeting greenlighted the $79-million transaction in just 6 ½…

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…

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…

A year and a half after being signed into law, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) is expected to kick into action Friday, meaning a new uniform set of medication rules and safety standards that everyone can abide by-that, at least, was the plan. The execution has somewhat thrown those intentions to the wind in the near term, with a…

Saturday should be quite a showcase for the sport of horse racing. Elite milers Life is Good and Speaker's Corner are set to clash at Belmont, 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun takes on red-hot Olympiad in Churchill's Stephen Foster and Breeders' Cup champion Ce Ce returns to Gulfstream to defend her title in the Princess Rooney as part of the…

Fewer races were held. Fewer horses were available. Wagering and attendance for thoroughbred horse racing at Presque Isle Downs were both up from a year ago, resulting in what senior director of operations Matt Ennis considers a "complete success." The downs faced multiple issues common in today's horse racing industry, including shrinking horse…

By several measures, this season has already been a success. Presque Isle Downs hopes that continues on Monday when the venue hosts its premier thoroughbred horse racing event of 2023. Monday's 12-horse Presque Isle Downs Masters race features a $300000 purse and $150000 will be at stake in the nine-horse Presque Isle Downs Mile. The track…

Imagine a brisk morning at Arapahoe Park, Colorado, where the excitement is palpable, not just for the thrill of horse racing, but for the dawn of a new era in sports wagering. Bet365, a leading name in the online betting industry, in collaboration with SIS Content Services, has just flipped the script on traditional horse race betting by…

With the Nov. 4-5 Breeders' Cup just two weeks away, the first of its regional offshoots returns this Saturday with the 37th edition of the Jim McKay Maryland Million at Laurel Park. Upon the return flight from the inaugural Breeders' Cup at Hollywood Park in 1984, legendary ABC sportscaster Jim McKay, a native Marylander, pondered having a similar…