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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]
An aerial view of Pocono Raceway taken from a passing jetliner in late March 2014 Al Unser Jr. (No. 7) and Chet Fillip (No. 38) racing at Pocono in 1984 An SCCA T-2 Camaro goes clockwise on the Pocono Raceway's front stretch, 1999 John Andretti at Pocono Raceway, 1998 Victory Lane at Pocono during pre-race ceremonies at the 2005 Pocono 500
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 ...
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.
The horse racing board has over 50 safety initiatives in place to ensure horse safety, including a review panel that looks at racing, training and veterinary records of horses entered to run ...
The 1974 Pocono 500, the 4th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, June 30, 1974. Branded as the 1974 Schaefer 500 for sponsorship reasons, the race was won by Johnny Rutherford , who one month earlier won the 1974 Indianapolis 500 .
Under him, John Henry won 4 of 11 races in 1979. When the grass season was over in New York, Rubin decided to send the horse to California under trainer Ron McAnally. Under McAnally, John Henry won six stakes races in a row. Racing through the age of nine, John Henry won the 1981 Santa Anita Handicap and repeated in 1982 after Perrault was ...