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>>> Aqueduct casino deal scrapped
>>> NY: Lawmakers want urgency in AQU VLT decision
>>> Rockingham Park: After 103 years, live racing comes to an end
>>> Rees: "This is the spring where we really see major toll on Churchill Downs, I believe..."
>>> Pricci: "Did the Governor of New Jersey do racing a favor, or did he give New Jersey’s thoroughbred industry just enough rope to hang itself? Stay tuned."
>>> NJ breeders simply hoping Monmouth plan works
>>> Sat preview: Zenyatta to face eight in G1 $250K Santa Margarita Hcp
>>> Zenyatta a total pro in the morning, too/A>
>>> Mike Smith and Zenyatta - meant to be
>>> Pa Racing Commission wants racinos to offer proof of promoting the racing product
>>> Haskin's Ky Derby Trail: Make or break weekend
>>> White: Weekend to feature not one, not two, not three, but four 2009 Eclipse Award winners
>>> Still more casting notes for HBO's Luck
>>> NY Times: Paragallo convicted of animal cruelty
>>> Liebman: I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry after reading the statement by Paragallo's lawyer
>>> Sports scribe visits Atlantic City -- enjoys horse parlor vs slots/table games... "When I return to our favorite casino, I'll migrate back to the horse-betting parlor and my kind of crowd."
>>> Crist list: First-race back results for reigning HOTY over the past 50 years
>>> Pittsburgh librarian wins TTimes Fiction Contest

>>> TV ALERT: Churchill exec featured on CBS' Undercover Boss... Sun, 9pm ET

>>> Transcript: NTRA teleconference, Tues, Mar 9... Bob Baffert, Michael Machowsky, Mike Smith, Robert Kulina and Bob Forbes (Part 1)
>>> Transcript: NTRA teleconference, Tues, Mar 9... Bob Baffert, Michael Machowsky, Mike Smith, Robert Kulina and Bob Forbes (Part 2)

Joint conference of the TRA and Harness Tracks of America, Mar 9-11
>>> TRA's Scherf addresses wagering seciruty issues

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The never-ending story - Chapter 237:
>>> NY Post editorial: Looks like the wheels are falling off the Aqueduct racino proposal... and it seems highly unlikely that there will be slot machines at Aqueduct any time soon.
>>> Jay-Z, Rev Flake pull out of Aqueduct racino project
>>> Governor recuses himself from racino project
>>> Queens Courier offers Aqueduct racino timeline: October 24, 2001: Video Lottery Terminals (VLT)s are approved...

NY Daily News frontpage 3/10/10

>>> NY Daily News: 'Unlicensable' AEG may be bounced from struggling Aqueduct racino project as early as today



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Sun preview: Dettori set to ride Beauty Flash in G1 Hong Kong Derby

2008 HK Cup winner Eagle Mountain retired... "This is his third career- threatening injury and enough is enough."

Medaglia d'Oro to shuttle to Australia

New Zealand inducts ten in to Racing Hall of Fame


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GENERAL NEWS
Illinois: Why the latest gambling push has a chance

The Meydan: World's first 5-star trackside hotel opens

Raffetto to resign as National Steeplechase Association CEO

Iowa horsemen to push for changes to racing purses

Kentucky trainer Raley suspended for one year over vodka needle charge

GUILTY... Paragallo convicted on 33 animal cruelty counts

Pricci: Audacious Monmouth plan a blueprint for saving an industry?

Veitch: NJ plan - "This is the biggest challenge to New York racing in a long time."

NJ plan: "If it's the death knell for the small horseman, it's because the small horsemen doesn't have the horses that customers want (to bet on)."


Haskin's Apple Blossom diary: "Well, this is it. In four days we'll know if Hot Springs will be boiling over on April 9."

John Velazquez to ride Crowded House in Dubai World Cup

Courier-Journal's original Derby poll: Weekend's results put little dent in Top Ten

Derby Trail: Caracortado and Atkinson - Get used to it

3YO Watch: Lookin At Lucky gets hood for G2 $300K Rebel

Photo Essay: Windfields Farm - End Of An Era

Steeplechase Times Q&A with National Steeplechase Assoc prez Guy Torsilieri... Discussing the state of the sport

Racinos in Minnesota? Don't bet on it

Photo gallery: Dick Francis - a life in pictures

VIDEO: Picturesque, behind the scenes video shot recently at Hollywood Park

Not like we couldn't see this coming... Md legislator proposes that slots money should go to schools -- not horse-racing

Fair Grounds slashes purses for Oaks, New Orleans Handicap, Mervin Muniz Memorial

Hollywood cuts stakes purses by 27.5%

NJ: State officials and racing industry leaders reached a deal Monday night to try the new weekend-heavy Monmouth/no t-breds at Meadowlands format

Luck - HBO's racing drama: Director Michael Mann has said that Milch's script is one of the two best ever handed to him

And more casting notes from Luck


Zenyatta weighted at 127 for Santa Margarita

Ehalt: "Is there anyone out there who is talented enough to push Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta and make the Apple Blossom a race, and not just a non-wagering match race?"

Finley: Say what?!? Race-fixing -- at Michigan sulky tracks??? Seems improbable

VIDEO: Local TV news covers Ocala breeding industry's current problems

NY Daily News: State investigators have uncovered a slew of eyebrow-raising oddities in their probe of the tainted Aqueduct racino deal

Moran: "The desperate situation [NYRA] now faces is the fault of a state government that is an embarrassment to democracy."

Wincze: First-hand glimpse at Thoroughbred racing in Qatar... "The track itself is very European in its set up with its all-turf cards..."

TTimes 2010 Freshman Sire Contest offers fans cash prizes for predicting top performance of this year's crop of freshman sires

Trackmaster VP: Technology has isolated racing fans... "How do we connect with others?... Well, that's where all this Social Media comes in."

AUDIO: Satish Sanan returns to his weekly gig on At the Races with Steve Byk for the first time since being rebuked by Breeders' Cup colleagues... "I need to make peace with two or three industry constituents..."

Bank sues for Azeri's yearling filly

Rum for one more... Bacardi to sponsor Oaks, Derby infield area

Calder casino gets off to modest start

Arlington Park is offering a free pass to its biggest races for the winners of key European events

3YO Watch: Lookin At Lucky works, headed to Oaklawn

34YO jock Julia Brimo continues to make progress rehab-ing for last year's serious injury

Q&A with Jerry Simms, chairman of Turf Paradise

Zayat's plan with bank gets judge's OK

Canada: Hastings 2010 season to feature over $9.8mil in purses

Illinois legislators consider racetrack slots

Rachel to face four on Saturday... Draws post 2 for $200K New Orleans Ladies

Rachel Alexandra works 4F on Monday in prep for weekend race


Haskin: 21st-century Derby Trail trainers too clever for their own good? "It's time trainers go through the history books and see how it's supposed to be done."

Zast: Racing in the age of fan-feedback -- "Remaining mute when fans call you out... is just fueling a rage that's unnecessary, and nihilistic, to boot."

Super offspring?... Multi-Japanese HOTY Vodka has a date with Euro champ Sea the Stars

OUCH! They're tough over there!... UK stews fine trainer, suspend jock AND horse after poor effort -- and the horse was 50-1!

Australian sprint becomes Breeder's Cup Win and You're In race... BC prez, "The winner of this race will gain automatic entry into the Breeders Cup Turf Sprint upon payment of the appropriate fees."

Derby Trail: Borel to ride Jackson Bend in Wood

Penn National finalizes deal for Beulah

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EUROPE
Fragile peace allows racing to resume in Italy

Cheltenham weather consultant expects rain during Festival

Goldikova to make seasonal debut in May

Denman: 10 Things you need to know about Cheltenham Gold Cup hopeful


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