“Horse-racing fans say they're sorry, not surprised” plus 2 more |
- Horse-racing fans say they're sorry, not surprised
- Horse track owner wants to move 2 Ohio sites
- Horse Racing Capsules: Investigation into BC Ladies' Classic continuing
| Horse-racing fans say they're sorry, not surprised Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:03 AM PST | Article published February 10, 2011 Horse-racing fans say they're sorry, not surprised Horse-racing fans in Raceway Park's off-track betting parlor Wednesday weren't surprised to hear that the facility may be ,font color=blue>packing up and leaving for the Mahoning Valley. They noted that the number of races each season has been fewer and the attendance smaller, except for big races such as the Kentucky Derby, when the place is wall-to-wall with people. "A lot of us are sorry to see it happen, but I would assume they'll keep off-track betting here," Jim Nowak, an Old West End resident, said as he watched simulcasts of races from Aqueduct Race Track and Tampa Bay Downs on the wall screens. Mr. Nowak, 71, said the end of harness racing in Toledo wouldn't be the end of the world for local horse fans. "We'll just have to travel farther," Mr. Nowak said, noting that he's enjoyed Michigan tracks such as Hazel Park Harness Raceway and Northville Downs. Toledoan Dave Socha said he has been following horse races for 50 of his 67 years and used to run his own horses at Raceway.
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| Horse track owner wants to move 2 Ohio sites Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:12 PM PST Posted on Thu, Feb. 10, 2011 TOLEDO, Ohio - A gaming company building two casinos in Ohio wants to move its horse racing tracks in Toledo and the Columbus area to new sites within the state if lawmakers allow video slot machines at all of Ohio's racetracks. The new racetracks would be built just outside Youngstown and in Dayton, at the site of an abandoned auto parts plant, Penn National Gaming Inc. announced Thursday. Penn National plans to spend $400 million on the two new tracks that it says would create thousands of temporary construction jobs along with permanent jobs at the two sites. The biggest hurdle may be securing approval of video slots. Gov. John Kasich hasn't decided yet whether he's open to the idea, which former Gov. Ted Strickland proposed as a budget-balancing measure in 2009. Opponents sidelined the racetrack slots plan with a legal challenge, saying the machines are illegal gambling devices outside the state's constitutional definition of a legal lottery. Kasich first wants to do a thorough review of all gambling in the state. "He wants to see how these will work together, what impact they'll have," said spokesman Rob Nichols. Moving the racetracks also will need the state racing commission's approval. Penn National unveiled its plan at a commission meeting on Thursday. The company, based in Wyomissing, Berks County, is known primarily as the operator of racetrack casinos in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. It also is co-owner, with Greenwood Racing Inc., of Freehold Raceway in Freehold, N.J. The two new tracks would go to areas of Ohio that have lost thousands of manufacturing jobs in recent years. Dayton has been hit hard by auto job losses. The track there would be built on the site of a shuttered Delphi Automotive plant The horse track near Youngstown would be built on vacant land in Austintown, just south of the Ohio Turnpike. Ohio's horse-racing industry has been in decline in recent years, losing customers and money to nearby states with casinos and racetracks with slots or casino gambling. That's why Ohio tracks have been pushing for video slots. Track owners have said slots would help protect 17,000 jobs at their facilities. Ohio voters in 2009 approved casinos in Toledo, Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, which will only add to the competition for horse tracks. Penn National is building two of those casinos, in Toledo and Columbus, areas where the company also own racetracks. Executives say the sites would be competing for customers, and that's why they want to move the horse tracks. The moves would mean the end of Raceway Park in Toledo and Beulah Park in suburban Columbus. Both have had dramatic drops in customers and races over the last few decades. On many race days, the tracks draw little more than 100 people. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php | ||
| Horse Racing Capsules: Investigation into BC Ladies' Classic continuing Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:36 AM PST LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky horse racing officials are still looking into what happened to mare Life At Ten in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic last fall at Churchill Downs. The then 5-year-old mare warmed up poorly before the race according to jockey John Velazquez and jogged behind the field for the entirety of the 1 1/8-mile event. Trainer Todd Pletcher blamed the performance on severe cramping and acknowledged she should not have run, leading to questions on why stewards and track veterinarians didn't scratch her from the race. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission executive director Lisa Underwood said Wednesday investigators have spoken to 89 people so far, some of them multiple times, but set no timetable for when the investigation may be concluded. Does It Every Time wins Big A feature NEW YORK (AP) — Does It Every Time, the 7-5 favorite, made a strong move up the rail Wednesday to beat Annual Appeal by 1¾ lengths in the $44,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares at Aqueduct. Ramon Dominguez was aboard for trainer Rick Dutrow as the 4-year-old got her second win in six starts. The time was 1:10.59 for the six furlongs on the fast track. Does It Every Time paid $4.90, $3 and $2.40. Annual Appeal returned $2.90 and $2.20. Spoleto paid $3 to show. Hot Springs, Ark., track cancels Thursday racing HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — After cancelling live racing four days straight last week because of a frozen track, the Oaklawn Park thoroughbred track at Hot Springs has cancelled Thursday's racing card. The cancellation announced Wednesday as heavy snow fell brings to seven the number of days without races at the track since it opened its 56-day live-racing season in January. David Longinotti, assistant general manager, said track officials were optimistic about resuming races on Friday. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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