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Za Approval, Javerre Head Full Red Bank Field

Za Approval, Javerre Head Full Red Bank Field

A full field of 13, including four graded stakes winners, will clash in the May 18 Red Bank Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Monmouth Park.

 5 days ago
William Hill to Sponsor Haskell Invitational

William Hill to Sponsor Haskell Invitational

The sports betting company William Hill has teamed with Monmouth Park in a long-term agreement to become the Oceanport, N.J., racetrack's exclusive sports betting provider.

 Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Atlantic City Ends Meet With $1 Million Day

Atlantic City Race Course ended its six-day all turf meet May 1 with total pari-mutuel handle in excess of $1 million for a seven-race program.

 Friday, May 03, 2013

New Calif. Sports Betting Bill Gets Started

A revived bill to allow sports betting at California horse racing enclosures and other gambling establishments cleared its first committee test during the week of April 22.

 Friday, April 26, 2013
Sportech Racing Reaches Deal With Monmouth

Sportech Racing Reaches Deal With Monmouth

Sportech Racing, a division of Sportech PLC, announced it has entered into an agreement with Darby Development, manager and operator of Monmouth Park, to provide pari-mutuel wagering technology and services to the track.

 Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Atlantic City to Usher in NJ Racing Season

Atlantic City to Usher in NJ Racing Season

The 2013 Thoroughbred racing season in New Jersey begins April 25 with the first of six days of all-turf racing at Atlantic City Race Course, which officials said has been upgraded a bit in response to requests from patrons.

 Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Javerre Named New Jersey HOY

Javerre Named New Jersey HOY

Smith Farm and Stable's Javerre, a winner of four races last year, has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for 2012.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Handle Up, Revenue Flat at TVG

Improved handle failed to translate to increased revenue at advance-deposit wagering company TVG Network during the three-month period ending Jan. 31.

 Thursday, March 07, 2013

Federal Judge Upholds Sports Bet Prohibition

A federal judge Feb. 28 upheld a 21-year-old law prohibiting sports betting in 46 of 50 states, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to revive its struggling casino industry.

 Friday, March 01, 2013

Churchill Monitors Online Gaming Landscape

Churchill's experience in operating an ADW and working with state regulators could prove useful as it attempts to expand its Internet gambling operations.

 Thursday, February 28, 2013
Online Gaming Signed Into Law in New Jersey

Online Gaming Signed Into Law in New Jersey

Gov. Chris Christie Feb. 26 signed legislation legalizing Internet gambling through the Atlantic City casinos. The state legislature passed the bill just a few hours earlier.

 Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Nevada First State to Approve Internet Poker

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed legislation Feb. 21 that makes Nevada the first state to allow intrastate Internet poker. The legislation allows the state to form compacts with other states that allow internet poker.

 Friday, February 22, 2013

Freud's Honour to Birch Creek in NJ

Freud's Honour, a stakes winner at Monmouth Park, will enter stud at Judith Jannuzzelli's Birch Creek Farm near Cream Ridge, N.J.

 Thursday, February 21, 2013

Federal Bills Would Open Sports Gambling

Legislation continues to be considered at the federal level that would allow sports gambling and federal legislators also are expected to revisit Internet poker in 2013.

 Thursday, February 21, 2013
Javerre the Victor in Eventful General George

Javerre the Victor in Eventful General George

Smith Farm and Stable's New Jersey-bred Javerre won his first graded- stakes race Feb. 18, taking the $250,000 General George Handicap (gr. III) at Laurel Park.

 Monday, February 18, 2013

TBANJ Stallion Season Auction Starts Jan. 30

The Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey will conduct its online stallion season auction from Jan. 30-Feb. 4 at Starquine.com.

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Mobile On-Track Bets Approved in New Jersey

Mobile On-Track Bets Approved in New Jersey

Legislation authorizing use of mobile devices for betting on horse races was signed into law by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Jan. 28.

 Tuesday, January 29, 2013
New OTW Facility Planned for South Jersey

New OTW Facility Planned for South Jersey

Penn National Gaming Inc. has signed a lease to renovate a former restaurant in Gloucester Township and turn it into New Jersey's fifth off-track wagering facility, the company announced Jan. 16.

 Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Monmouth Announces $6 Million Stakes Schedule

Monmouth Announces $6 Million Stakes Schedule

Led by the $1 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I) July 28, Monmouth Park has announced a total stakes schedule of $6 million, including 16 graded events worth $3.45 million, for the 2013 racing season.

 Friday, January 11, 2013

PNGI, Greenwood Compete for Casino License

Two Pennsylvania racetrack gaming companies are among the six bidders for a license to build a non-racetrack casino in Philadelphia.

 Friday, November 16, 2012
NJ Tracks Get 77 Thoroughbred Dates for 2013

NJ Tracks Get 77 Thoroughbred Dates for 2013

There will be 77 Thoroughbred racing dates for 2013 under a schedule approved by the New Jersey Racing Commission Nov. 14. The dates were approved pending a review of the minutes of the meeting by Gov. Chris Christie.

 Thursday, November 15, 2012
BC Prepared for Handle Hit After Hurricane

BC Prepared for Handle Hit After Hurricane

Breeders' Cup is prepared to take a hit in pari-mutuel handle given the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast even though many wagering outlets were back in operation Nov. 2.

 Friday, November 02, 2012

Meadowlands Cancels Oct. 19 Live Racing

Meadowlands Racetrack has canceled live racing Oct. 19 after heavy rains throughout the night and early morning in northern New Jersey and with rain in the forecast throughout the afternoon.

 Friday, October 19, 2012

New Jersey Taking Sports Betting Applications

New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) said Oct. 15 that final regulations on sports wagering have been published and it will begin to accept applications. No licenses will be issued before Jan. 9, 2013.

 Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Officials See Monmouth Meet as Starting Point

Officials See Monmouth Meet as Starting Point

Monmouth Park registered gains in average daily attendance but declines in pari-mutuel handle for its 65-day meet, officials said Oct. 7, closing day of the meet.

 Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Newlin Leaves Meadowlands for PNGI Post

Mike Newlin, general manager of Meadowlands in New Jersey, has left to take a job as general manager of the Penn National Gaming Inc.-owned Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club in central Florida.

 Friday, September 21, 2012
Ten Juveniles Seek Sapling Stakes Score

Ten Juveniles Seek Sapling Stakes Score

Ten juveniles will go postward Sept. 2 in the $100,000 Sapling Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park, where trainer Todd Pletcher has entered a trio of developing contenders.

 Friday, August 31, 2012
Get Serious Faces Nemesis in Cliff Hanger

Get Serious Faces Nemesis in Cliff Hanger

Get Serious is a fan favorite at Monmouth Park, where he has won eight stakes (five of them grade III affairs). But the 8-year-old gelding faces multiple challenges going into the $100,000 Cliff Hanger Stakes Sept. 1.

 Thursday, August 30, 2012
Report: No '13 Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park

Report: No '13 Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park

An official with Monmouth Park has reportedly said the New Jersey track was not selected to host the 2013 Breeders' Cup World Championships but is continuing to pursue hosting the event in 2014.

 Monday, July 30, 2012
Dullahan Remains on Course for Haskell

Dullahan Remains on Course for Haskell

Trainer Dale Romans says Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) winner Dullahan remains right on schedule to make his next start in the $1 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I) July 29.

 Friday, July 20, 2012

Monmouth to Host Jockey Welfare Conference

An international conference on research to improve the health and welfare of jockeys will be held at Monmouth Park in New Jersey Sept. 15-16.

 Tuesday, July 17, 2012
NJ Horsemen Hopeful on Breeders' Cup Bid

NJ Horsemen Hopeful on Breeders' Cup Bid

New Jersey horsemen are working with Monmouth Park on a bid for the track to secure the 2013 Breeders' Cup World Championships and would not make an issue out of the Breeders' Cup medication policy.

 Monday, June 25, 2012
Previous Winners Back in Monmouth Stakes

Previous Winners Back in Monmouth Stakes

Two previous winners of the Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIT) will face each other again when the race is run June 10 at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.

 Friday, June 08, 2012

Ruthenia Storms Home to Take Violet Stakes

Virginia Kraft Payson's Ruthenia made the most of her Monmouth Park debut with a come-from-behind victory in the $100,000 Violet Stakes (gr. IIIT) May 28 at the New Jersey racetrack.

 Monday, May 28, 2012

Trainer Allegedly Has 1,700 Drug Violations

A Standardbred trainer was suspended in New York May 24 for an alleged 1,700 equine medication violations after a joint investigation by New York and New Jersey regulators.

 Friday, May 25, 2012

NJ Acts on Racetrack, Casino Sports Betting

New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball, and other games this fall, Republican Gov. Chris Christie said May 24.

 Friday, May 25, 2012

Atlantic City Meet Continues in Growth Mode

Atlantic City Race Course wrapped up its six-day turf meet with large crowds and what was said to be the largest crowd at the New Jersey track in 25 years.

 Friday, May 04, 2012
My Adonis Still Under Derby Consideration

My Adonis Still Under Derby Consideration

My Adonis, currently 22nd on the graded stakes earnings list among horses still under consideration for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), breezed five furlongs at Monmouth Park April 29.

 Sunday, April 29, 2012

Atlantic City Ushers in Jersey Racing Season

Atlantic City Race Course will begin the live Thoroughbred racing season in New Jersey April 27 with the usual full fields for its all-turf program.

 Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Hearing Officer Upholds Monmouth Park Lease

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has accepted a hearing officer's recommendation that the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association retain control of Monmouth Park.

 Friday, April 20, 2012
Haskell Invitational Highlights Monmouth Meet

Haskell Invitational Highlights Monmouth Meet

Led by the $1 million Haskell Invitational (gr. I) July 29, Monmouth Park will offer a stakes schedule worth $6 million including 17 graded events for the 2012 racing season.

 Wednesday, April 04, 2012

March to Victory, Il Postino to Birch Creek

Stakes-placed March to Victory and multiple winner Il Postino will enter stud this year at Denise Williams' Birch Creek Farm near Cream Ridge, N.J.

 Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tips From Fred Hertrich's Commercial Success

Tips From Fred Hertrich's Commercial Success

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 Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Monmouth Seeks Approval for 75 Racing Dates

Monmouth Seeks Approval for 75 Racing Dates

Monmouth Park, expected to be under lease to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, proposes to begin its live meet May 12 and offer 75 days of racing, 10 of them all-turf programs at Meadowlands.

 Thursday, March 08, 2012
Sports Authority, Horsemen OK Monmouth Lease

Sports Authority, Horsemen OK Monmouth Lease

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority said March 1 it has reached an agreement with the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association for the lease of Monmouth Park in time for the track's 2012 racing season.

 Thursday, March 01, 2012
Report: Progress on Plan to Lease Monmouth

Report: Progress on Plan to Lease Monmouth

The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority have reached a preliminary deal on the lease of Monmouth Park, according to a state newspaper.

 Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Report: Horsemen Intend to Operate Monmouth

Report: Horsemen Intend to Operate Monmouth

The New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association has submitted a plan to the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to lease Monmouth Park beginning this year.

 Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Birch Creek in NJ to Hold Open House

Birch Creek Farm near Cream Ridge, N.J., will hold an open house Sunday, Feb. 12.

 Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Racing-Related Bills Clear NJ Committees

A bill authorizing small offtrack betting operations in bars and restaurants, and another measure giving Atlantic City Race Course a larger chunk of revenue from casino race books, passed New Jersey legislative committees.

 Friday, January 06, 2012
Atlantic City Gets Six Days of Turf Racing

Atlantic City Gets Six Days of Turf Racing

Though the specifics of the Monmouth Park racing schedule for 2012 are undecided, Atlantic City Race Course will offer the customary six days of all turf racing this spring.

 Wednesday, January 04, 2012
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