Betting On Thoroughbreds Down 11% Since Triple Crown Belmont Park Horse Racing Horse Racing / Rodeo Tickets, Betting on thoroughbred racing has declined sharply since the Triple Crown. Wagering has dropped 11% on North American Thoroughbred racing since the end of the Triple Crown series - at least by one indicator - a disturbing trend that can likely be attributed to a variety of factors. Bets placed on United States and Canada racing dropped $209,860,208 from a similar six-week period following the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) in 2007, according to data collected by The Jockey Club Information Systems.

Haskell Field Takes Shape as Big Brown Looks Fit Tickets, The 141st Haskell Invitational field is beginning to take shape for the $1 million Grade 1 at 1 1/8 miles. Big Brown, working well for his comeback race at Monmouth Park since being eased in the Belmont Stakes, is among 33 nominees that include several likely challengers that didn't perform well in Triple Crown races. Big Brown has steadily improved while breezing in the mornings at Aqueduct. On Sunday, the son of Boundary went five furlongs in 59 1/5 ? his fourth work since June 9 when.

Notes - July 21 - Six races on the Polytrack at Del Mar on Monday; three wire-to-wire jobs, three deep closers. That continues a trend in which the track appears to be playing quite honestly and at speeds considered to be normal. However, the bad news is that two horses have now suffere.d fatal injuries while working out over the track in the morning. Each horse suffered broken sesamoid bones. Runforthemoney was a three-year old filly from the Jeff Mullins barn who the trainer called .".one of the best 3-year-old . Belmont Park Horse Racing Tickets.

Summer Time Blues Cheap Belmont Park Horse Racing Tickets, An estimated 2,000 Brooklyn residents lost power on Sunday. And to repair the problem, Con Edison told residents of Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Prospect Park that they needed to turn off appliances, including air conditioners. But some people are turning off their AC's voluntarily. The New York Times reports on people who have signed up for Con Edison's time-of-use pricing service, which provides discounts for using electricity after 10 p.m. The city faces lawsuits from parents.

An absent friend remembered Horse Racing / Rodeo, The 140th summer of racing at Saratoga is at hand. The northward migration of horses and people, a trickle until Sunday, is underway, the New York State Thruway and Taconic Parkway (the scenic route) alive with horse vans and cars packed tightly, bound for six weeks in the lap of history, the summer idyl renewed and embraced. Preparation for six weeks at Saratoga is impossible without reflection because some of the history becomes personal. If you have been making this pilgrimage for any length.

7/18 Panel: Value change urged for racing -Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France) Horse safety and welfare panel of the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Committee, Scott Palmer, V.M.D. on Friday, urged a core value change for racing that puts the horse first and foremost. Story.".Many of the ingredients for making racing safer, including synthetic racetracks, model rules on medications, and the work of the Racing Safety and Welfare Summit; have been proposed.".Read more. Among those with suggestions and guide. Belmont Park Horse Racing.

Greenwood Cup marathon winner gets automatic berth in Santa Anita race Belmont Park, The mile-and-a-half dirt race has just about disappeared. Other than the Belmont Stakes, there have been no significant stakes at the marathon distance in recent years. That changes with the new Breeders? Cup Marathon. Tomorrow, the marathon comes to Philadelphia Park with the mile-and-a-half $250,000 Greenwood Cup. As part of the BC Challenge, the winner gets an automatic berth in the new $500,000 BC Marathon on Oct. 25 at Santa Anita.

Betting big: Thoroughbred racing returns to Michigan FROM: Detroit News BY: Eric Lacy Moving to Michigan in troubled economic times is a tough call these days. But it's not an issue to Teri Elliott, 56, a former jockey turned thoroughbred owner. She sees opportunity. It comes at Pinnacle Race Course, a $72 million race track on 320 acres near Metro Airport, which is scheduled to open Friday.Everybody asks me'Why are you moving back here? said Elliott, who is from Davisburg but has lived in Ocala, Fla. since Ladbroke Detroit Race Cour. Elmont.

?Horse Race? NY, History of Horse Race Horse racing in the United States and on the North American continent dates back to the establishment of another course named Newmarket - on the Salisbury Plains section of what is now known as the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York in 1665. This first racing meet in North America was supervised by New York's colonial Governor, Richard Nicolls. The area is now occupied by the present Nassau County, New York region of Greater Westbury and East Garden City.

Value Stream wins Belmont feature Belmont Park Tickets, Value Stream wins Belmont feature Value Stream posted a pacesetting win, beating Brantley by a length Thursday in the $56,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Belmont Park. Javier Castellano was aboard for trainer Barclay Tagg as the 3-year-old improved to 2-for-5. The time was 1:40.94 for the 1 1-16 miles on the firm turf course. Leave a comment : July 18th, 2008 : Horse Racing Betting.