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21
Nov

Equibase unveils updated chart glossary

Press Release / 2 years
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2 min read

Equibase has unveiled a new and updated glossary of the terms it uses in its charts of races.

09
Jul

Dashing Beauty time revised

Frank Vespe / 2 years
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2 min read

The time for Sunday’s Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park has been revised downwards after questions were raised.

13
Jun

May wagering handle ticks up

The Biz / 2 years
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2 min read

Driven by record wagering on the Kentucky Derby, national wagering handle increased slightly in May versus the prior year.

05
Jan

National wagering handle declined in 2024

Frank Vespe / 2 years
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2 min read

National wagering handle declined by nearly four percent in 2023 versus the prior year, and the number of races conducted was down five percent.

01
Jul

Sal Sinatra steps down from Equibase role

Press Release / 4 years
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2 min read

Former Maryland Jockey Club president Sal Sinatra has stepped down from his role as president and COO of Equibase.

07
Jun

Sal Sinatra leaving Maryland Jockey Club

Press Release / 5 years
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2 min read

Sal Sinatra, president of the Maryland Jockey Club for the last seven years, will leave that post in two weeks to become head of Equibase.

10
Feb

New Laurel Park timing system “More accurate” than GPS

Frank Vespe / 5 years
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4 min read

Laurel Park, which had been using a controversial GPS timing system whose accuracy many questioned, has switched back to the beam system.

05
Jan

Wagering handle flat despite fewer racedays

The Biz / 5 years
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3 min read

Though the pandemic led to many fewer racedays in 2020 than in 2019, national wagering handle held steady – though what that means is open to debate.

14
Dec

TrackMaster president Siegel to retire

Press Release / 6 years
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3 min read

David Siegel, longtime president of Equibase subsidiary TrackMaster, will retire at the end of 2020.

11
Nov

Equibase revises Authentic’s final time in BC Classic

Press Release / 6 years
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2 min read

Equibase has announced a revised final time, as well as adding internal fractions, for Authentic’s victory in last Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

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