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Saratoga Announces Season Passes

The NYRA announced yesterday that special season admissions passes are now on sale. Passes for the Clubhouse are $100, for the Grandstand $50, and are good for entrance every day of the meet. Beware, though: Buy a pass and you may miss out on giveaways tracks officials are calling “sure things,” such as the John Velazquez bobble head doll fans will receive with paid admission on July 29.

Other news: “Life Among the Ruins Suits La Reine’s Terms” (Washington Post) and “Smarty not challenging elders soon” (Boston Globe).

Posted in News on July 4, 2004

Up/Down

With wagering on the Preakness up 36.5% from 2003, “the Maryland Jockey Club no longer is considering cutting weeks from the summer racing schedule in an effort to maintain present race purse levels” (Washington Post). Unfortunately for Woodbine, the “sharp decline in wagering on the Queen’s Plate Stakes could lead to purse cuts” at the track this year (Thoroughbred Times).

Posted in News on June 30, 2004

Noted

Saratoga plans for “best racing in the nation” (Blood-Horse); organizers of the Thoroughbred Championship Tour discuss doubling the number of stakes races included in the program, expected to begin in 2005 (Thoroughbred Times).

Posted in News on June 29, 2004

Miscellany

More details of Youbet’s wireless wagering (Daily Racing Form), Jay Cronley wonders, Who are the stewards? (ESPN), and East European extortionists attack online gaming sites (Boston Globe).

Posted in News on June 28, 2004