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Simulcast Impasse Means No Kentucky Downs Wagering For NYRA And NYRA Bets Customers

Kentucky Downs has reached an agreement with all the major simulcast outlets and account-wagering platforms to take bets on the six-date all-turf meet except the New York Racing Association and its affiliated online-arm NYRA Bets as well as some of the tracks and outlets they represent in the simulcasting market.

Kentucky Downs, located in Franklin, Ky., opens this Sunday and continues through Labor Day Monday and Sept. 8, 9, 11 and 12.

The lack of a signed contract means that horseplayers at NYRA's three tracks as well as NYRA Bets account-holders will not be able to place wagers on Kentucky Downs. (New York state's regional OTB networks are not impacted.)

Kentucky Downs is the host track for inter-track and whole-card wagering in Kentucky during its live race meet. As a result of the impasse, horseplayers betting on-site at any of the Kentucky tracks likewise will not be able to wager on the last two days of Saratoga's meet, Sunday and Monday. Online betting platforms such as TVG, TwinSpires and Xpressbet are not affected.

“We are disappointed and saddened by NYRA's decision but also understand and accept it,” said Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs' Vice President for Racing. “We want to let horseplayers know in advance so they aren't caught off-guard. We are confident that New York horseplayers will find alternative ways to wager on Kentucky Downs and look forward to resolving this issue at some point with NYRA.”

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Santa Anita Has FrontRunner Restaurant, Other Areas Open For Simulcasting

With two of the nation's most popular race meets in full swing, Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., is open for simulcast wagering from Del Mar, Saratoga and other tracks across North America on a Wednesday through Sunday basis with free parking and admission offered in most available areas.

On Wednesdays, Santa Anita's Grandstand Paddock Room is open at 10 a.m. and from Thursday through Sunday, the track's popular FrontRunner Restaurant is open beginning at 11 a.m. with a $5 admission charge. (On Friday's FrontRunner opens at 1 p.m. as first post time at Del Mar is at 4 p.m.).

The FrontRunner, which is glass-enclosed and affords attendees a panoramic view of the San Gabriel Mountains in air conditioned comfort, offers a lunch and dinner menu along with complete cocktail service throughout the afternoon.

Along with its FrontRunner Restaurant, Santa Anita's Sirona's Sports Bar, located on the Grandstand main floor, provides ample pari-mutuel windows from main line one through main line three, beginning at 9:45 a.m. Thursdays through Sundays.

With the exception of the FrontRunner, admission is free to all other areas, including night simulcast wagering in the Paddock Room.

With several non-racing events currently in progress in the South Parking Lot, fans are encouraged to enter Santa Anita via Gate 5, on the northeast end of the track at the confluence of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place. Fans can then enter the facility on foot through the East Gate, which is located in close proximity to both reserved and general parking.

In accordance with LA County Health Department guidelines, fans are asked to wear face coverings in indoor settings.

Live racing returns to The Great Race Place on Friday, Oct. 1. For additional information regarding simulcasting and live racing, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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HKJC Granted Additional Simulcast Days

The Hong Kong SAR Government has granted the Hong Kong Jockey Club permission to increase its maximum number of simulcast days per year by 14 days, from 23 to 37, and for simulcast days to take place during the summer beginning this year. This new arrangement will address the demand of Hong Kong residents to bet on overseas races during the nation's summer break in racing, and should also help curtail illegal betting. The HKJC said the change will also promote the globalization of horse racing.

A statement from the Hong Kong Jockey Club on Wednesday read, “During the summer break of Hong Kong's racing, it is the peak season of overseas racing particularly in Europe, and the illegal and offshore bookmakers have taken advantage of this time gap to lure Hong Kong people to place bets on overseas races. As such, the approval of extra simulcast days in the summer will effectively address the existing illegal gambling issues while at the same time generate additional betting duty as well as charities donations, and create additional job opportunities which will benefit the Hong Kong community as a whole.”

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Belterra Park, Ohio HBPA End Impasse, Simulcasting Set To Resume Under New Three-Year Contract

Officials with Belterra Park and the Ohio Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association have agreed to a three-year contract that will result in the resumption of simulcasting from the Cincinnati, Ohio, racetrack as early as Tuesday.

The simulcast signal was shut off earlier this month after horsemen – who have been involved in protracted contract talks with Belterra – opted not to renew an export approval agreement that expired at the end of August.

With no simulcasting or advance deposit wagering and extremely limited on-site betting, handle at Belterra plunged. The first seven cards of September have averaged just $29,229 in pari-mutuel wagers compared to $874,261 on the final live program in August.

“Our board has approved a new contract with Belterra that we are in the process of finalizing today,” said Dave Basler, executive director of the Ohio HBPA. “I expect approval by this (Monday) evening and the signal should be back up tomorrow.”

Basler said the two sides have been operating off a contract from the old River Downs racetrack dating back to the 1990s that preceded both casino wagering in Ohio and the replacement of River Downs by Belterra. Changes of ownership of the racetrack casino – now part of Boyd Gaming – complicated the process, Basler said.

“The percentage (from casino revenue) paid to horsemen was set by the racing commission via resolution, but how that was distributed was being done without agreement,” said Basler, who said the amount in question was $9 million annually. “The process really bogged down the last couple months and we we thought it might drag on for the next couple months.”

Basler said the contract and export approval both run through December 2023.

The 2019 meet at Belterra Park ends Oct. 9 and racing is scheduled to resume in April 2020.

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