Here and There...
Racing and breeding news and information.
Headlines for Monday, December 17, 2001
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Feds Clear Purchase of Anchor Gaming
Federal regulators have cleared the purchase of Anchor Gaming, the parent company of United Tote, by gambling equipment giant International Game Technology (IGT). The deal is valued at $1.4 billion.
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Grade I Winner Tranquility Lake Retired
Millionaire Tranquility Lake, who was scheduled to run in the Dec. 15 Bayakoa Handicap (gr. II) at Hollywood Park, was retired prior to the race and will begin life as a broodmare for owners Martin and Pam Wygod.
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Ascot--'the Queen's Racecourse'--Incorporates as an LLC
In a further sign of the commercialization of racing in the UK, the Queen's racecourse, Ascot, has become a limited company. The move will make it easier for Ascot to raise the £100-million plus needed for the most ambitious grandstand project ever in Europe.
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British Rehab Program Receives $3.5-Million From Mellon Estate
The estate of Paul Mellon, the American owner/breeder who died in 1999, has donated $3.5 million to the British Horseracing Board's Rehabilitation Of Racehorses charity.
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Good and Tough to Lakland North
Good and Tough will stand the 2002 breeding season at Lakland North near Hudson, N.Y.
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Hidden Prize Colt Wins South America's Biggest Race
Second Reality, the pride of La Plata, stamped himself as Argentina's national racing hero by outclassing 15 rivals in the 113th edition of the $172,000 Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini (Arg-I, 2400 meters), South America's most prestigious race Saturday at Hipodromo San Isidro racecourse, near Buenos Aires.
