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Horse racing, already under intense scrutiny over horse deaths, suffered yet another very public display of the sport's troubling side. New York Thunder was far in front toward winning the Grade 1 ...
Defunct horse racing venues in New York City (6 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Defunct horse racing venues in New York (state)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
This was the first time the track has been repaved since 1995. The new flag stand came from an incident in which a NASCAR Truck Series hauler clipped the old stand and destroyed it in August 2011. January 26, 2012: Founder and chairman of the board for Pocono Raceway, Joseph Mattioli, dies after a long illness. [7]
The track hosted the modified Race of Champions from 1992 to 1995, taking over from Pocono Raceway. The race moved to Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York from 1996 to 2014, 2016. In 2015 at Chemung Speedrome. The track also hosted the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for four races, from 1995 to 1998.
The Breeders' Cup hasn't had a horse fatality since 2019, but recent safety improvements in the sport still haven't brought an end to thoroughbred deaths.
A review of 14 horse deaths at Saratoga Race Course last summer found no definitive cause of why they happened, saying rainfall “could not be overlooked” as a factor. The Horseracing Integrity ...
The Pocono Downs harness racing facility opened in July 1965. [1] [2] The 5 ⁄ 8-mile (1.0 km) harness track still operates as a component part of the racino that emerged when casino gambling was added 41 years later. [1] Mohegan Sun acquired the Pocono Downs racetrack on January 25, 2005 in a $280 million purchase from Penn National Gaming. [3]
Horse racing once again in the spotlight as Saratoga Race Course has exceedingly high number of fatalities since meet opened on July 13.