Aqueduct, Churchill Downs Serve Superb Races on Thanksgiving
November 20, 2018
Thanksgiving weekend brings a series of exciting races, including Aqueduct and Churchill Downs’ offerings on
Thanksgiving weekend brings a series of exciting races, including Aqueduct and Churchill Downs’ offerings on
Saratoga and Arlington Park command center stage with million-dollar plus races in early August, while
Saratoga’s Race Course launches its 40-day meet with 69 stakes races and $18.8 million in
Belmont Park’s Stars & Stripes Racing Festival, which launched in 2014, offers a pair of
Pennsylvania horse-racing officials have hired an advertising agency to launch a campaign to bolster flagging
With Justify poised to be the second Triple Crown winner in the past four years,
After winning the Preakness, Justify heads to the Belmont Stakes on June 9—but, will he
Churchill Downs and Golden Nugget Atlantic City are teaming up on an online sports betting
The Lexington, Kentucky-based Keeneland Racecourse mini-meet goes through April 27, with exciting races each weekend
Three Kentucky Derby prep races—Santa Anita, Keeneland and Aqueduct—take off on April 7. Prep races
Racing kicks into high gear in March with major races, big cards, lucrative carryovers and
Fair Grounds in Louisiana and Laurel Park in Maryland don’t always get the love from
On July 29, 1996, legendary manager Tommy Lasorda announced his retirement from the Los Angeles Dodgers following a heart attack. 💔⚾ His departure marked the end of an incredible era: Lasorda won 4 National League pennants and 2 World Series titles after taking over Between Alston (hired in Brooklyn in 1953) and Lasorda, the Dodgers had only two managers over a span of nearly 43 years! Bill Russell stepped in to replace him. Talk about franchise stability.
On July 29, 1994, horse racing history witnessed one of the most unbelievable coincidences ever caught on a photo-finish camera. Two completely evenly matched thoroughbreds—Honest Onyx and Exclusive Gold—went head-to-head for a grueling seven furlongs at Assiniboia Downs. When they hit the wire, officials reviewed the finish-line camera and literally could not separate them. The result? A rare, official dead-heat for the Win! But the story gets crazier. Just two weeks later, the exact same two horses raced the exact same distance at the same track—and dead-heated again, this time tying for second place. Talk about defying the odds! official dead heat
