DraftKings, Churchill Downs Partner to Launch Horse Betting Product
DraftKings is launching a new betting vertical, DK Horse, utilizing odds and technology from Churchill Downs. The partnership between the two publicly traded…
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Equibase Turns to AI to Make Horse Gambling Data More Approachable
As rights holders find new ways to leverage the data being collected about their sports, official horse racing information supplier Equibase has partnered with AI…
Horse Racing Metaverse Expands With Startup Selling NFT Farms
Canadian startup Oly Sport wants to build a metaverse around horse racing, allowing users to not only own and trade NFT thoroughbreds, but also the virtual…
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Gambling Firm SIS Eyes Horse Racing Billions With U.S. Launch
Sports gambling data and content firm SIS is launching a U.S.-based subsidiary, hoping to bridge the gap between horse racing and the rapidly growing North American…
Digital Horse Racing Platform Raises $20 Million, Adds Crypto Stud Fees
With more than $30 million in sales of digital racehorses in the books, Zed Run parent company Virtually Human Studio has raised $20 million to continue sprinting into…
Baffert’s NY Ban Halted as Judge Cites Racing Group’s Overreach
Despite challenging odds, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Wednesday persuaded a federal judge to throw out a suspension blocking him from working with horses in New…
Baffert Sues to Escape New York Racing Association’s Indefinite Ban
Embattled Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, whose Kentucky Derby-winning Medina Spirit tested positive for the banned drug betamethasone, sued the New York Racing…
Churchill Downs Bans Baffert for Two Years After Medina Spirit Drug Test
Churchill Downs clarified that its ongoing suspension for Medina Spirit trainer Bob Baffert will last at least two years, after the trainer’s Kentucky Derby-winning…
Horse Jumping Leagues Jockey in Legal Tilt Over Equestrian ‘NFL’
North America’s first professional horse jumping leagues are in court over whether one illegally copied the other. And per a recent opinion by U.S. Magistrate Judge…
Baffert Belmont Ban Leaves Trainer With Limited Legal Levers
The New York Racing Association Inc.—a not-for-profit that operates the Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course and other horseracing tracks in New York—announced on Monday…
Preakness NFT Auction Nears as Digital Horses Avoid Doping Taint
Fallout from the Medina Spirit doping dispute has brought additional attention, if not positive, to the messiness of the physical horse racing industry ahead of Saturday…
Baffert Admits Medina Spirit Used Banned Drug as Preakness Looms
A day after blaming “cancel culture” for his Churchill Downs suspension and for news that Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for 21 picograms of…
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