Hockey

It does look pretty desolate?

this photo was taken at 2.30pm..  it had built from very low numbers on course for the 1st..  a food truck and a coffee one! both having left by the time this photo was taken!  not the best of weather, but most seemed to be enjoying themselves      

Two days after first being quietly unveiled at Santa Anita, the Racing on Demand slot machine-style parimutuel games—with distinct similarities to Historic Horse Racing—were removed from the track by Department of Justice law enforcement officers Saturday afternoon. In videos shared with the TDN, law enforcement officers are seen wheeling the machines out the back of the Santa Anita grandstand on gurneys. There have been 26 machines in total operating in the grandstand pavilion since Thursday. They offered $1 bets and required gamblers to select the first three finishers of three random six-horse previously-run races. The ultimate purpose of the machines was to provide a much-needed additional source of income for Santa Anita's purses, which have struggled to compete with other states where purse accounts are juiced by supplemental revenue sources like HHR machines. This story will be updated. The post Law Enforcement Officers Remove Santa Anita’s Racing on Demand Slot-Machines appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

If you happened to follow any advt/links to GT for one of their meetings, like we did for Waikouaiti  meeting, looking for things like entrance costs and any booze rules etc,  then you just got sent to the noms page at loveracing!!! No joy via Gallop Souths or the Clubs facebook pages,  sigh..  par for the course...   rave over! ps. got on course and no entrance charge, previously being $10 and $5 a book,  book free as well! with thanks!

Start the Ride wore down Sammy Davis in the stretch to capture the $175,500 California Chrome Cal Cup Derby Jan. 17 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article