New Jersey horsemen and others were rebuffed by federal courts in their attempt to have sports wagering. Now they’re betting a different tack might work.
Itsmyluckyday, the 2013 Preakness runner-up, fractured his pelvis in his very next start. Now, a year later with two straight wins, he’s all the way back.
Four year-old Valid, a Darley Stable castoff now stabled with Marcus Vitali at Monmouth, will take a shot at Friday’s Grade 3 Pimlico Special.
Bookmaker William Hill is making a major bet at Monmouth Park: that sports betting will be made legal. If so, the company is already there.
It was a long, cold winter, but the opening of Monmouth Park’s stable area has New Jersey-based trainers happy to be home — and excited about summer.
The Pennsylvania legislator who sought to raid the Race Horse Development Fund says his effort is “very strong.” Horsemen’s reps counter that it’s “dead.”
Pennsyvlania horsemen have had their trials this winter, including terrible weather and contagious disease. Safe to say that spring can’t come soon enough.