There was a wide smile on Michael Campbell’s face as he watched New Jersey-bred Book’em Danno win the June 8 Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. “I thought it was great. He’s a tough horse and (trainer) Derek Ryan has done a great job preparing him and picking his races,” Campbell said about the $910,625 earner bred by Gregory Kilka and Bright View Farm. “He’s a real racehorse.” For Campbell, the joy over Book’em Danno’s top-level victory is linked to his job as the executive director of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey. Thanks to the Bucchero …

FanDuel will no longer be the exclusive provider of online and mobile parimutuel account wagering for horse racing in the Garden State. Jul 17, 2024 • 17:07 ET • 4 min read Online wagering at New Jersey’s only full-time thoroughbred horse racing track will soon be overseen by a new managing vendor. Monmouth Park announced today that the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, through its agent Darby Development, has signed an agreement with NYRA Bets for the latter to become the managing vendor of New Jersey’s online and mobile pari-mutuel account wagering system for horse racing. NYRA Bets is…

Accel Entertainment agreed to acquire the parent company of FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing, formerly Fairmount Park, for about $35 million in Accel shares. According to a news release, Accel, a distributed gaming operator, will buy Fairmount Holdings and its Fairmount Park subsidiary from co-owners William Stiritz, former CEO of Post Holdings and Ralston Purina, and Robert Vitale, current CEO and chairman of Post Holdings. Accel noted in the news release that it is acquiring the only track in the St. Louis-southern Illinois market along with an opportunity to develop a legislatively authorized casino project. It also is acquiring the…

Gérald Mossé, who won more than 100 major races on four continents and was Arazi’s first jockey, announced his retirement from riding Saturday and said he plans to become a trainer. “In the course of my long career, I have had the privilege of becoming an international jockey, wearing countless silks and riding champions on the world’s finest racecourses,” Mossé wrote in a statement posted on social media Saturday. “Above all, I have been lucky enough to meet and rub shoulders with some wonderful people, without whom I wouldn’t have been able to fulfil my childhood dreams.” A native of…

Shadai Stallion Station, where Kitasan Black (pictured) stands in Japan, will be part of the Japanese tour during the ARC | Shadai Stallion Station The upcoming Asian Racing Conference at Sapporo on Aug. 28-30 will feature Japanese industry members’ views on the future of racing in Japan. The business programme will consist of nine sessions, and there will also be three dedicated sharing sessions. Opening speeches will be delivered by Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, ARF chairman and Masayoshi Yoshida, president and CEO of the Japan Racing Association (JRA). Officials from the JRA, National Association of Racing in Japan, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.,…

1 of 3 | The Queens M G posts a 44-1 upset win Thursday in the first stakes race of Saratoga’s summer meeting. Photo by Susie Raisher/Coglianese Photography, courtesy of NYRA July 12 (UPI) — Racing goes green this weekend, with Saratoga and Colonial Downs featuring nice turf races on their opening weekends, including the leading edge of an international invasion, and Delaware Park adding to the mix. On the international scene, English racing features Newmarket’s July meeting. And the trainer championship remains up for grabs in Sunday’s final program of the 2023-24 Hong Kong season at Sha Tin Racecourse.…

Jockeys in England will ride wearing black armbands at race meetings July 10-11 and observe a minute’s silence as the sport rallies around John Hunt in the wake of the tragic murder of his wife and two daughters. The appalling triple murder took place in the east of England in a crossbow attack shortly before 7 p.m. on the evening of July 9. They all died at the scene. The murders were described as “such incomprehensible evil” by Cornelius Lysaght as he led industry-wide support for his longtime BBC Radio colleague. More than 23 hours after the horrific incidents, the BBC…

C Two Racing Stable and Mathis Stables’ The Queens M G (Thousand Words) provided her freshman sire (by Pioneerof the Nile) with a second juvenile stakes winner Thursday afternoon, returning $91 to her backers for a convincing 2 3/4-length victory in the Listed Schuylerville Stakes on opening day at Saratoga. The dark bay triggered a similarly hefty mutuel when graduating at first asking at Keeneland in April, but she flopped home last of seven as the 21-10 favorite behind Whatintheliteral (Lord Nelson) in the local June 6 Astoria S. after being acquired privately by these connections and the betting public…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. —Best Bet: Star of Mystery, Race 9Longshot: Heathguard, Race 7Race 1:ChanteuseMartingaleReliable Lady#2 CHANTEUSE (6/5): Set the early pace in her debut, where she ultimately faded to finish fifth behind a talented stablemate. Seven furlongs is a tricky distance to debut at, and I’m expecting a step forward at second asking for powerhouse connections; #5 MARTINGAME (9/2): May have needed her last-out effort, which was her first outing in nearly five months. Chad Brown shipping horses in from Monmouth used to be a red flag, but he’s won with many horses that fit this profile in the past…

Ben Linfoot ‘s Thursday Nap won at 9/2 – he and Matt Brocklebank provide the Friday selections.TIARAQUEEN – 4.20 York (NAP)William Haggas pulled TIARAQUEEN out of a Listed race at Sandown on Saturday due to the ground but it is with hope she turns up at York as she looks to have a cracking chance in the George Blades Memorial Handicap over a mile from a perch of 77 on Friday. The Kingman filly is clearly ready to roll as this is one of four entries she’s had in the last week and the form of her Wetherby win was…