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Today's Top Racing Stories

Ed Mathews: Competition for gamblers ensues
Ohio gamblers make up about 25 percent of the business at Presque Isle. Fortunately,
Presque Isle has an advantage in that it offers some of the best, and safest, horse racing
 in the nation, while the downtown Cleveland casino obviously doesn't offer ...

Relocating horse tracks to bring millions for Ohio
Ohio stands to pocket nearly $150 million from a gambling company building two
 casinos so that it can move its two horse racing tracks to other areas within the
 state and reduce the competition for drawing gamblers to its casinos.

Ky. Horse Racing Commission may resume debate on proposed ban on race-day drug use
The race-day use of an anti-bleeding drug is expected to come up for another round of
 discussion when the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission meets on Wednesday. The issue
 is listed on the commission's agenda, though no vote is expected.

State threatens to nix NYRA's horse-racing franchise
State regulators hammered the scandal-ridden New York Racing Association Inc. late
Tuesday—making their most serious threat yet to revoke NYRA's horse-racing franchise.
Effective Tuesday, the state halted payment of the multimillion-dollar proceeds ...

Bergman: Mulinix gets ready to unleash A Rocknroll Dance in New Jersey Sire Stakes
The trainer and part-owner of the gifted son of Rocknroll Hanover was on his
way from his farm in Ohio to Hoosier Park to race an overnight horse and had time
to talk about the coming year. For Mulinix, who at 60 years of age has spent his entire ...

A loss of horse sense
Harness racing, thanks to the Ontario Liberal government, is on death watch, after
 the province eliminated the slots at racetracks program. What's that you say? You don't care?
 Well, you should. And don't take my word for it.

State's billion-dollar casino industry set to launch
Clayton Luckie, D-Dayton, who supported the casino ballot issue and favors allowing slot
 machines at Ohio's seven horse racing tracks, said the campaign contributions were
 private funds, and the companies' prerogative to make. “It was their money.

NJ legislators back electronic gaming
Harness racing racetrack patrons would be permitted to place bets on special mobile
gaming devices under legislation approved by the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and
Gaming Committee. It is sponsored by Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer.