Woodbine Alters Post Times For Thursday, Friday Cards

Woodbine Entertainment has announced approval from the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) to alter post times for Thursday and Friday cards of live racing at Woodbine Racetrack.

Effective June 9, 2022, first-race post time on Thursdays will move from 1:10 p.m. to 5:05 p.m., while first-race post time on Fridays will shift from 4:50 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.

For the latest information on live racing at Woodbine Racetrack, visit www.Woodbine.com or follow @WoodbineTB on social media.

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Breeders’ Cup and HorsePlayers Launch HorsePlayers Happy Hour

Breeders' Cup launched the second season of HorsePlayers Happy Hour Tour (“HorsePlayers Tour”) hosted by In the Money Media (ITMM). The Horseplayers Tour will begin Thursday, June 2, at 2 p.m. ET, and will coincide with the HorsePlayers Happy Hour livestream every Thursday at 4 p.m. ET, featuring ITMM's Matt Bernier and Peter Fornatale.

The HorsePlayers Tour kicks off on June 2 with a $20 feeder contest on HorsePlayers.com, where sign-ups are currently live. Breeders' Cup will donate all proceeds from the HorsePlayers Tour online contests to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and the Thoroughbred Retirement Fund.

Each week, players participating in the designated HorsePlayers Tour feeder contest will have a chance to earn tour points and qualify for the year-end playoffs. Points will be awarded to the top 10 finishers each week, starting with 100 points to the winner and descending in increments of 10 points to each respective place below that, with 10 points awarded to the 10th-place finisher. The top eight scores for each player during the regular season will be used to calculate the final leaderboard scores. The person with the highest overall score will be declared the regular season winner and earn a $10,000 BCBC seat.

Once the regular season concludes, there will be an 80-player playoff that will consist of the top two finishers from each of the weekly HorsePlayers Tour contests, as well as the remaining top finishers on the regular season leaderboard who have not already qualified.

Playoffs will start on Oct. 6 and be narrowed down to 40 players the following week (Oct. 13), 20 players the next week (Oct. 20), and 10 players on Oct. 27 for the Final Table. This schedule is subject to change. Additionally, a $179 BCBC qualifier will run concurrently each week of the playoffs.

The Final Table participants will compete during a special livestream format that will be broadcast as the final show of the season, with the winner earning a $10,000 BCBC seat. Players can have up to two entries at the start of the playoffs, but only one entry can advance to the Final Table.

To participate, players must have a valid Horseplayers.com account.

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Caesars, NYRA Bets Launch Caesars Racebook App In Florida, Ohio

Horse racing fans in Florida and Ohio can now enjoy a best-in-class horse racing experience in the palm of their hands. Caesars Sportsbook, a division of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) (“Caesars”), and NYRA Bets LLC (“NYRA Bets”), the official online wagering platform of the New York Racing Association, Inc. (“NYRA”), today announced the new horse racing account wagering app, Caesars Racebook, is officially live in Florida and Ohio with plans to add additional states throughout the year.

Now available for download on iOS, Caesars Racebook utilizes the NYRA Bets platform providing bettors with pari-mutuel wagering on premier horse racing content from more than 250 tracks around the world including Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course, Del Mar, Santa Anita, Keeneland as well as Caesars operated tracks Harrah's Hoosier Park, Horseshoe Indianapolis, Harrah's Philadelphia, and Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs. New customers registering for Caesars Racebook will be eligible for a 100% first deposit match up to $500.

Similar to the Caesars Sportsbook app, Caesars Racebook integrates the industry-leading loyalty program Caesars Rewards to offer bettors a chance to earn exclusive experiences with every wager placed.

“The launch of Caesars Racebook is an important milestone as we continue to add wagering opportunities for our customers and livestreaming content for the first time,” said Dan Shapiro, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Caesars Digital. “Caesars Racebook is truly differentiated as the first horse racing advance deposit wagering app to include our award-winning Caesars Rewards loyalty program. We look forward to welcoming new horse racing customers and existing fans onto the platform and to working with NYRA Bets to grow horse racing as we deploy Caesars Racebook with plans to launch in about 30 states across the country.”

The partnership enables Caesars to further expand into horse racing, which generated $12.2 billion in pari-mutuel wagering handle in 2021.Caesars Racebook players can enjoy all the additional benefits of NYRA Bets, including race replays, handicapping insights, and more. NYRA Bets, the fastest-growing national advance deposit wagering platform features a secure, state-of-the-art wagering platform that allows its customers to conveniently and securely watch and wager on horse races.

“The new Caesars Racebook app, which utilizes the NYRA Bets interface and technology, will expand access to world-class horse racing now and in the future,” said Matt Feig, General Manager of NYRA Bets. “The partnership between NYRA Bets and Caesars is a win for horse racing, its stakeholders and countless racetracks around the world.”

As a longtime supporter of horse racing, Caesars is the proud host of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's National Handicapping Championship at Horseshoe Las Vegas and has announced plans to build and operate a Harrah's racetrack and casino in Columbus, Nebraska.

The launch of Caesars Racebook is a momentous step in the partnership between NYRA Bets and Caesars Sportsbook. In January, Caesars Sportsbook and NYRA unveiled a partnership establishing Caesars as an official sports betting marketing partner in New York and the title sponsor of the NYRA Turf Triple Series at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course.

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Santa Anita ‘Folds Of Honor Charity Poker Tourney Raises More Than $40,000 For Veterans

Santa Anita's Memorial Day Weekend “Folds of Honor” Charity Poker Tournament, conducted Saturday evening in the track's newly remodeled Baldwin Terrace room, following the races, raised more than $40,000 to help provide scholarships to spouses and children of disabled or fallen American military veterans.

With Santa Anita's iconic “The Shoe Wants You” t-shirts proving to be a popular item among racegoers, Santa Anita was honored to have Folds of Honor representative Liz O'Hare present the winner's trophy for Saturday's Grade 3 Honeymoon Stakes which was won by Cairo Memories.

O'Hare later related her moving story to a room full of poker tournament participants about how Folds of Honor paid for her education following her father's combat death in Iraq.

Horseplayer Ethan Donnelly placed first and received a Santa Anita Poker Tournament Championship Bracelet.

Fellow horseplayers Trey Lockerbie and Glenna Helm placed second and third while jockey Edwin Maldonado, players Dan Wells, “Big Rich,” Jeff Schmidt, J.T. Taylor, Tia Wightman and Alexis Quiroz made the tournament's final table.

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