Monmouth Park is closer to offering fixed-odds wagering, along with parimutuel, after the state Assembly approved it Friday.
Three runners trained by Todd Pletcher — Known Agenda, Bourbonic, and Overtook — breezed towards possible Belmont Stakes starts Friday morning.
Off to the Races Radio returns to the air May 15 with a show featuring John Fradkin, owner-breeder of Preakness hero Rombauer, and Chuck Simon.
Sosua, a flashy first-out winner at Tampa, ran his record to two-for-two with a game triumph in the allowance feature Thursday at Pimlico.
Jessica Paquette, formerly on-air handicapper at Boston’s Suffolk Downs, will fill that role in 2021 at Colonial Downs.
The carryover in the Jackpot Pick 6 at Pimlico is more than $560,000, the highest it’s ever reached. Racing resumes Thursday.
Online sales company Wanamaker’s has released the catalog for its next offering, which takes place May 27.
Saturday’s NBC broadcast of the 146th Preakness Stakes garnered the event’s highest ratings since 2018, 29% above the 2019 event.
Monmouth Park general manager Bill Anderson has won the Virgil “Buddy” Raines Award for distinguished achievement in New Jersey racing.
Preakness winner Rombauer will ship to Belmont Park, site of the final leg of the Triple Crown, Monday morning, his trainer said.