Finding The Winners
How often does it happen? An ostensible ‘no-hoper’, the rank-outsider, wins at 50-1.
14th November 2012
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How often does it happen? An ostensible ‘no-hoper’, the rank-outsider, wins at 50-1.
UK Bookmaker Betfred has seen off Sport Investments Partners to win the auction for the Tote in a deal worth around £265m.
Experience the thrill of Asia Pacific’s most prestigious races as your local favourites go head to head with the world’s greatest horses in the Singapore Airlines International Cup and the KrisFlyer International Sprint, which has recently been included in the Global Sprint Challenge.
Britain’s Jockey Club has recruited automotive brand Jaguar to become its first-ever official commercial partner in an inititial one-year deal. The new partnership will allow Jaguar to
BETFRED has made a bid of nearly £200 million in cash for the UK Tote while pledging to guarantee racing an income of £11m from the Tote in 2012 and at least £9m in the following years.
Any horse, any time, if something happened, the customer has the right to know
The foundation you have to build on is what the modern sports fan demands.
As an industry, we are always on the lookout for new ways to expand our aging and shrinking audience base. Some think lowering the takeout should be our chief concern and for those who play poker or already engage in other wagers of skill, there is evidence those voices are right. But if lowering takeout is the only arrow we carry in our quiver, then quite frankly, we’ve missed the point. We’ve missed out on an entirely different growth segment for horse racing in America.
As the sport of kings shows signs across the nation of becoming a sport of the past, Churchill Downs Inc. is moving to protect its equine roots by moving beyond those roots.
For the first time, the Louisville company last year got more profit — 53 percent — from online wagering and casino gambling than horse racing. Churchill once owned as many as seven racetracks. It now has four, and Chief Executive Officer Bob Evans said it’s possible that number could shrink
Kings Gambit saw off challengers from all sides in the final stages of this Group 3 contest as he made every yard of the running under an inspired ride from Jamie Spencer. The Gr3 race gave a 1-2 for SA sires Silvano & Black Minnaloushe.
Beyond the pending investigations, things ended well enough for the Bass-Robinson yard when the improving Rainbow Lorikeet stamped her Paddock Stakes prospects with a gutsy victory under a top-notch ride by Aldo Domeyer
