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1/ST CONTENT, the leading global provider of premium content for North American horse racing, and NYRA Content Management Solutions (NCMS), a subsidiary of the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), announced Monday a 10-year partnership agreement that will dramatically expand the availability of North American horse racing content throughout international markets. The new partnership solidifies 1/ST CONTENT as the world's premier international distributor of North American horse racing content.

As part of the deal, NCMS acquires a significant equity position in TSG Global Wagering Solutions LLC (GWS), a subsidiary of 1/ST CONTENT responsible for the delivery of horse racing content to global markets.

Built on the foundations of broadcast distribution and video-streaming, this agreement furthers the co-operation between 1/ST CONTENT and NCMS over the content rights, data, odds, and signals from a host of first-class horse racing venues. By leveraging its vast international distribution network and direct to home (DTH) rights in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Africa, 1/ST CONTENT will now deliver more than 3,000 days of racing each year from top North American racetracks, including 1/ST RACING's Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, The Maryland Jockey Club at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, NYRA's Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course along with Del Mar, Keeneland, Tampa Bay Downs and Woodbine.

“By joining 1/ST CONTENT and NCMS, two of the powerhouses in North American horse racing content, we are reinforcing to international operators that the continued investment and support for North American racing is the smart bet,” said Gregg Colvin, Chief Executive Officer, 1/ST CONTENT. “This agreement ensures that North American horse racing stakeholders are the primary beneficiaries of revenues generated through international wagering, further strengthening the domestic industry for the next generation of fan and bettor.”

Tony Allevato, NYRA Chief Revenue Officer, said: “NCMS is pleased to expand on our strategic partnership with 1/ST CONTENT to further broaden the international reach of North American Thoroughbred racing. Sports fans and bettors around the world can look forward to more coverage of top-quality racing than ever before.”

1/ST CONTENT will continue to only operate in regulated markets, ensuring the highest level of integrity and fairness as it deploys its ground-breaking 1/ST ODDS pricing engine, and an innovative in-running betting service currently in trial with numerous Tier-1 operators.

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The final nine races on Kentucky Downs' Sunday card were postponed because of inclement weather and will be run Tuesday at the Franklin, Kentucky track.

The first post Tuesday will be 12:25 p.m. (CT).

A new program will be created to make the rescheduled races (Sunday's third through 11th) races 1-9. The races will not be redrawn, but all scratched horses have been reinstated into the fields. The new scratch time is 9 a.m. Monday.

“It's disappointing not to get the card in, because the turf course was perfect Saturday and starting our Sunday card,” said Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs' Vice President for Racing. “It actually benefited from some water because (track superintendent) Butch Lehr was cognizant of pending rain, and the course started the day very firm. While rain was intermittent, we had that one steady shower. It was a borderline call, but the safety for our human and equine participants is paramount.

“We now look forward to sunshine the next few days and to staging terrific cards Tuesday and our closing day Wednesday. We appreciate the patience shown by our horsemen, our guests and simulcast players.”

The final tournament of the King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge will be carried over to Tuesday's nine-race card and pick up where it left off Sunday with the postponement after two races. There will no new registrations and no refunds.

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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $300,000 on Sunday's program at Gulfstream Park.

First-race post time is set for 12:25 p.m. (ET).

The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for the 12 racing days following an Aug. 13 mandatory payout.

Sunday Rainbow 6 sequence will span Races 4-9, headlined by the $55,000 North Miami, a five-furlong overnight handicap for fillies and mares on Tapeta, in Race 8.

Joe Orseno-trained Running Memories and Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained Miss Auramet will be the co-highweights while carrying 125 pounds, between eight and 12 pounds more than their six rivals. Running Memories and Miss Auramet finished 1-2, respectively, in their last two meetings in the Bay Harbor Islands on Tapeta and the Golden Beach on turf.

Running Memories went on to finish a disappointing fifth as the favorite in the $150,000 Chicken Fried Stakes on turf at Lone Star Park. Miss Auramet followed up her back-to-back runner-up finishes with a dominating victory in the Biscayne Park on Tapeta.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70% of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30% is carried over to the jackpot pool.

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