Runner Disqualified After Stewards Shown Wrong Race

OOPS! — New Mexico officials have issued an apology to bettors after a horse was disqualified at Sunland Park following an inquiry that allegedly involved the viewing of footage from a different race.

The incident occurred at a quarterhorse meeting on March 3, when A Separate Star finished second but was demoted to fourth. According to reports, stewards may have been shown the head-on replay of the previous race, which featured a horse from the same stall veering into an opponent.

No inquiry was held at the time because the offending horse did not place. A new inquiry is set to take place on March 9, and it is likely that the original finishing order will be reinstated, with prize money being redistributed accordingly. However, this will provide little consolation to those who had placed bets on A Separate Star.

Large Betting Teams Are At It Again!

Large betting teams which often place their bets at the last second via industry-enabled, batch bet-placement tools – often called Computerized Robotic Wagering groups (CRWs) – have been restricted from placing win pool bets within two minutes of the start of races at the New York Racing Association (NYRA) tracks (Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga) since July 2021. But that doesn’t mean they’re not playing elsewhere.

You can read the entire breakdown on how these teams are spending millions via RacingThinkTank.com

You Win The Lottery - Are You Still Playing Horses?

Follows the lives of a diverse group of six multi-million dollar lottery winners to show how dramatically life-changing the experience can be for the average person; they share their personal stories of success, failure, luck, loss, and redemption.

Best of all, if you want to see how one lottery winner spends his time at the track, skip to the 15:00 mark of the video which starts at the dog track and then switches to the ponies.

The History Of Historical Horse Racing

Do you know what a Historical Horse Racing machine is? Probably not — even if you’ve sat down and gambled at one.

Like pull tabs and other obscure forms of legal gambling, Historical Horse Racing (HHR) machines can only be found in a handful of states — in this case, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Wyoming. To the untrained eye, present-day HHR machines are indiscriminate from slot machines. But because the success of an HHR wager is dictated by the result of an actual horse race — often from the distant past, at a track far, far away — and the prize money is doled out from a parimutuel pool, the slot lookalikes are widely considered to be games of skill.

Read the full history of the machines at US Bets.

NYRA Releases Saratoga Stakes Schedule

The stakes schedule for the 2023 summer meet at the historic Saratoga Race Course has been announced by the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA).

The meet will consist of 71 stakes, with a total purse of $20.8 million. The Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers on August 26 and the Grade 1, $1 million Whitney on August 5 are among the highlights of the 40-day event, which will begin on Thursday, July 13, and run until Monday, September 4.

Racing will take place five days a week, from Wednesdays through Sundays, following the four-day opening weekend. The 2023 summer meet will end on Labor Day during the closing week.

Preorder Kentucky Derby 149 Programs!

Fans, horseplayers, and collectors can now have official programs shipped to their doorsteps in time for Derby Day!

These official souvenir programs are the same as the ones sold at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. It is about 120 pages in full color with a glossy finish and features full past performances for the entire card as well as feature articles on Derby history and traditions.

Last day to order is April 28. Programs will go to print following the May 1 post position draw and will ship on May 4 via FedEx for morning delivery on May 5. Kentucky Derby Day is May 6. Get them here!

International Researchers Cure Horse’s Behavioral Disorders Using 4-Weeks Of CBD Treatment

A team of international researchers from Italy and Brazil published findings earlier this month in the science publication Veterinary and Animal Science in which they reported a “successful outcome of four weeks-therapy with CBD” in a clinical case involving a 22-year-old Quarter horse that was experiencing behavioral disorders.

Grab a joint, blaze it up, and read the full article here.