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Horse Racing, at Last, Comes to Rock Springs, Wyoming; it’s About Time

It’s been about 20 years since the great state of Wyoming had seen any type of horse racing. That all changed when Wyoming Horse Racing was granted permission by the Wyoming Pari-Mutual Commission to host live horse racing in Rock Springs. So, on August 20th and 21st as well as September 3rd and 4th Wyoming [...]

Georgia Next U.S. State to OK Horse Racing?

38 U.S. states have para mutuel horse race betting. Will Georgia, the state where I went to college, be next? I hope so. Georgia has the state lottery. Will more gambling be coming to our state? It’s possible, but probably not for a while. Here’s why: Horse racing in Georgia is the topic being explored [...]

Looking for an Unusual Degree: Try Horse Racing Management, at U. of Arizona

Now if I was young again….. I might go to the University of Arizona, where they offer a Race Track Industry Program, to my knowledge, the only program of its kind. It provides students with the background necessary for a number of career paths

Georgia Lawmakers Files Resolution that Would Permit Horse Racing in the State (it’s About Time)

You all (I should say y’all) know that I went to school in Georgia and love the Peach State and its people. I also love to gamble. In moderation, of course. Because I don’t have a lot of money. So as a former resident of Georgia, I found this news item pretty interesting: seems like Georgia [...]

L.A. Times Editorial Nails it: Horse Racing Needs More Stars, Like Zenyatta, to Create Interest

Kudos to the Los Angeles Times for an editorial I read on Christmas eve. I think one of their opinion writers nailed it, when it comes to horse racing’s future, in particular in the state of California, but really….everywhere there is horse racing. To paraphrase him, he (Bill Barish) wrote that nowhere is there more [...]

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