The 2026 Ruidoso Downs meet will have to be moved to Albuquerque after severe flooding in 2025 and 2024, and officials have determind there's no way to safely hold future racing in the current Ruidoso location.
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"Thoroughbred horse racing at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse is ending after more than a century, with the operator announcing Friday it will no longer run a racing season at the historic facility.
Great Canadian Entertainment, which operates the site, said the decision takes effect immediately. It says racing at Hastings typically runs from spring to fall and no horses are currently on the grounds.
In its statement, the company described the move as 'an extremely difficult decision,' and said it was made due to 'a lack of economic feasibility to move forward with another season of horse racing.'"
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Grants Pass Downs will not hold a 2022 meeting due to lack of horses [due to denial of historic horse racing machines]. The meet was initially announced in February.
For the third consecutive year, there will be no horse racing at the Kennewick track.
Organizers who say they have invested $50 million in Grants Pass Downs and a proposed hospitality and wagering center are betting that a wave of comments from supporters will help move state officials to action after a three-month delay.
Lip Chip LLC announces new pilot program being launched later in 2022 to bring integrity and transparency back to horse racing. The program starts at Ruidoso Downs during the summer meet and possibly progresses to other supportive tracks. Lip Chip offers advanced equine microchipping technology and was built by horsemen, for horsemen. The program will offer access to the Chip Link System, which will be available to horsemen everywhere in 2023.
Dani Jackson, a voice familiar to many racing fans in the United Kingdom, will be the guest race caller at Turf Paradise from Jan. 17 to Jan. 21. Dani, from Manchester, UK, flies out to the Phoenix, Ariz. track at the invitation of regular Turf Paradise race caller, Craig Braddick, who has been mentoring Dani for the past six months.
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