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Read more:Seventh horse dies at Saratoga Race Course in less than a month Saturday was supposed to be a celebration of the $1.25-million Travers Stakes, considered the summer Kentucky Derby.
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 ...
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]
In 1995, the track was repaved and a new garage area, press box, and grandstands were built. [15] Because of his warm demeanor, Mattioli was considered one of the most respected and admired men in auto racing. [16] In 2008, Bruton Smith made an offer of $400 million to purchase Pocono Raceway and move a date to Kentucky Speedway. Mattioli ...
Horse racing’s federal oversight body says racetracks under its jurisdiction experienced 1.23 racing-related equine fatalities per 1,000 starts in 2023, a much lower rate than at tracks outside ...
SETN ceased operations in June 1988; the first Pocono race that year was seen on the Financial News Network's Score weekend sports service, [2] and Martinsville, the last holdout against live television rights, signed an ESPN deal for its fall race. [3] After SETN folded, one Pocono race a year was produced by Jim Wiglesworth on pay-per-view ...