Headlines: February 24
– Wow: Handle is up 151% at Oaklawn this year thanks to the track’s new Instant Racing machines. All the extra money means that Oaklawn is increasing its purses. The track also announced on Wednesday that it’s renaming the Oaklawn Breeders’ Cup Stakes the Azeri Breeders’ Cup Stakes in honor of the champion mare. (TT)
– Sweet Catomine heads the list of 144 Kentucky Oaks nominees. (LHL)
– The Friends of New York Racing web site is up. Your help is wanted.
– The last Thoroughbred breeding farm within the Boston metro area is being sold to a developer. The land will be turned into a subdivision. (Adv.)
– Beulah Park’s handicapping twins, Katie and Jenna Felty, visited a NYC OTB parlor this week. “I shaved, I took a shower, just for these girls today … I’m gonna bet their horses,” said one fan. (NYDN)
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