Golden Gate Fields concluded its 2018 fall meet Dec. 9 with a 19% year-to-year gain in all sources pari-mutuel handle over the course of 30 racing days. Increases in out of state wagering and off-track betting helped contribute to a total fall meet handle of $99.7 million, well above the $83.6 million wagered in 2017.

Stronach homebred Something Awesome (Awesome Again) is under consideration for Gulfstream’s GI Pegasus World Cup Jan. 26. The 7-year-old gelding won this year’s GIII General George S. and GII Charles Town Classic. “Something Awesome is training really well. I’ve got him back the way I expected him to come back. He’s gone through a lot

David Cohen–who is enjoying a banner season after resuming his promising riding career following an injury-induced hiatus spanning almost four years–is the recipient of JockeyTalk360.com’s Comeback Jockey of the Year Award, presented by Red Brand Fence. Cohen will receive the award during the Jockeys’ Guild Assembly luncheon Tuesday at Top Golf located adjacent to the

If you want to put a gun to my head, I think I am going to vote for Justify, but with reservations. There is the brevity of his career, two of the tracks that he won over were a little gimmicky and the class of the horse he beat wasn’t much. I’m not one of

After clearing a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Monday by a 13-0 vote, a New Jersey bill that would guarantee a five-year, $10 million annual purse subsidy for Monmouth Park could be up for a full Senate vote as early as Dec. 17. In addition, the State Assembly and Governor Phil Murphy still have to