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Horse racing in Ruidoso Downs canceled, moved to Albuquerque due to New Mexico wildfire and flood damages.
On 1 January 2016 it was announced that Channel 4 had lost their horse racing rights after 32 years to ITV who would have exclusive free to air rights to British horse racing from 1 January 2017. The reason for the change was said to be that ratings had dipped for most of the big meetings that used to be broadcast on the BBC up to 2012 since ...
The 2007 races were affected by a national outbreak of horse flu. [5] The 2009 event attracted a crowd estimated at around 7,000, requiring 20 extra police to be temporarily posted to the small town. [6] The 2010 races were cancelled, the first cancellation in the events history of 128 years, due to flooding. [7]
The Ffos Las Racecourse opened on 18 June 2009 when it held its first race meeting to a sell-out crowd of 10,000. [4] It was an evening National Hunt meeting which included a Ladies Night. [5] The first ever race at Ffos Las was won by 15-8 second favourite Plunkett ridden by Donal Fahy, trained by Evan Williams, and owned by Hywel Jones. [6]
There were two further meetings in 1914, but the course was now in financial difficulty and receivers had already been appointed. The outbreak of war meant the September 1914 meeting was cancelled. Racing did return for three days in 1915, although one day only attracted 15 runners for six races. The final meeting took place on 26 April 1915. [1]
The meeting had initially been postponed to April, but when a case of the disease was confirmed locally, putting the racecourse within an exclusion zone, all racing had to be called off. [10] In 2008, the second day of the festival was cancelled on safety grounds due to heavy storms making the marquees in the tented hospitality area unsafe.
Global events, meetings and symposiums are being canceled in droves as a precautionary measure to help contain the coronavirus pandemic. Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) executives attended a conference ...
Fox Sports returned to horse racing in 2014 with a two-year agreement with The Jockey Club for up to 10 races on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes. [6] In 2016, Fox Sports reached an agreement with the New York Racing Association (NYRA) for coverage of 40 summer races from Saratoga Race Course on Fox Sports 2. The races were branded as Saratoga Live.