Santa Anita Reports Increased Handle, Field Size

Santa Anita Reports Increased Handle, Field Size

Santa Anita Park concluded its six-month 2024-25 Winter-Spring season June 15 by posting encouraging increases in handle, field size, on-track attendance, and safety. Santa Anita Park began its 90th year on Dec. 26, 2024, with the third-largest opening day handle in its history. The momentum continued to build with total all-sources handle for the season,…

UK Politicians Called On to Secure Racing’s Future

UK Politicians Called On to Secure Racing’s Future

Increasing online betting taxes would devastate British racing, ministers were warned June 16. A hard-hitting report by a cross-party group of politicians will demand that action is taken to secure the future of the sport as it faces a ‘triple whammy’ of financial threats caused by government policies. They are headed by Treasury plans to…

O’Neill Earns 3,000th Win as Hollywood Meet Concludes

O’Neill Earns 3,000th Win as Hollywood Meet Concludes

Trainer Doug O’Neill picked up two wins at Santa Anita Park June 15 and with them achieved the latest milestone in his career—3,000 wins.  The victory by Hero Or Zero  in the eighth race at Santa Anita, a maiden special weight for 2-year-olds, secured the mark for the Southern California-based trainer. Earlier in Sunday’s card,…