Joe Wilson

TRA Elects Joe Wilson as President

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• March 3, 2016

The Thoroughbred Racing Associations of North America Board of Directors elected Joe Wilson as the organization's 37th president at its March 1 meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Parx to Add Fall Festival, Cut Total Dates

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• June 26, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Mid-Atlantic Region

Parx Racing and the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association have reached an agreement that will see the track offer top purses at a planned fall festival while cutting nearly 60 dates from the annual schedule.

Jockeys' Guild, Parx Racing Reach Agreement

• By Ron Mitchell
• March 18, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Mid-Atlantic Region

The Jockeys' Guild has reached an agreement with Parx Racing, resolving their dispute in a manner that will not alter the current on-track accident policy at the Pennsylvania track.

Greenwood to Close Atlantic City Race Course

• By Tom LaMarra
• January 9, 2015
• Northeast Region, Mid-Atlantic Region

Atlantic City Race Course, which was coming off one of its better meets last year and was awarded 2015 dates, will shut down Jan. 16, owner Greenwood ACRA said Jan. 9.

Remington's Wells Elected TRA President

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• March 5, 2013

The Thoroughbred Racing Associations board of directors elected Scott Wells, president of Remington Park in Oklahoma City, the organization's 36th president at its March 5 meeting in Tampa, Fla.

Officials: AC Wants Larger Role in New Jersey

• By Tom LaMarra
• May 17, 2010
• Northeast Region

Atlantic City Race Course is again making a pitch to expand its racing days but says it needs several million dollars a year in additional purse money.

PhoneBet TV Viewers Will Be in the Dark

• March 11, 2010
• Northeast Region

Comcast, the broadcasting network of Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack's daily television show PhoneBet TV, has announced it will remove the show from its lineup effective March 31.

Philly Park Faces TrackNet Deadline

• By Ryan Conley
• March 10, 2009
• Northeast Region

Philadelphia Park has been asked to cease handling account wagers on racing affiliated with TrackNet Media Group unless the Pennsylvania track signs a new licensing agreement with the content group.

Atlantic City: No Plans to Call it Quits

• By Tom LaMarra
• April 2, 2008
• Northeast Region

Officials at Atlantic City Race Course said April 2 there are no plans to close the storied New Jersey track, which will continue to offer live Thoroughbred racing and longer meets if it receives a share of a $90-million purse supplement from the state's casinos.

Leak Cancels Racing at Philly Park

• By Jason Shandler
• November 30, 2007
• Thoroughbred Racing

Philadelphia Park Casino and Racetrack canceled ive racing Nov. 30 because of a damaged water main that was discovered one day earlier just outside of the casino.

Greenwood's Handel to Focus on Jersey Operations

• By Linda Dougherty
• May 31, 2007

Harold G. "Hal" Handel, chief executive officer for Greenwood Racing, Inc. since 1998, has left his day-to-day duties at Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack and assumed responsibility for Greenwood's New Jersey operations, which include the revitalization of Atlantic City Race Course.

Panel Looks at Why People Should--or Shouldn't--Bet on Track

• By Scott Davis
• September 22, 2004

The International Simulcast Conference concluded its three-day run in Miami Beach, Fla., Sept. 22 with a panel discussion that looked into why people would want to wager at racetracks instead of through account-wagering services or other outlets.