The Jockey Club announced Thursday that it will be increasing the fees for imports, exports, returns, and associated late payments by $50, effective Jan. 1, 2023. These fees have not been changed since 2013.
The updated fee schedule is as follows:
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Four stakes worth a combined $700,000 highlight the 2022 Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos.
The six-day season will begin Friday, Dec. 9 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 18. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday both weeks (Dec. 9-11 and Dec. 16-18). Post time will be 12:30 p.m.
The first of the stakes races is the most lucrative – the Grade 1, $300,000-guaranteed Starlet for 2-year-old fillies. The race at 1 1/16 miles will be run Saturday, Dec. 10.
One week later – Saturday, Dec. 17 – the Grade 2, $200,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Futurity will be offered. The race – which will also be run at 1 1/16 miles – is for 2-year-olds.
Completing the schedule are a pair of races at one mile for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. The $100,000-guaranteed Soviet Problem – for fillies – will be run Sunday, Dec. 11 while the King Glorious – for colts and geldings – will be contested Sunday, Dec. 18.
Grandstand admission is $3 and $2 for seniors 62 and older. Admission to Burgart's is $10 and Vessels Club is $10. Tickets can also be purchased online at http://losalamitos.com/. Los Alamitos offers free general parking. Preferred parking is $5.
The wagering menu includes a pair of $1 Pick 4's on races 2-5 and the final four races along with a $2 Pick Six as well as the Players' Pick 5 – a 50-cent minimum bet with a reduced takeout rate of 14% rate – on the first five races.
The Pick Six will have the standard 70-30 split with 70% of the pool going to those tickets with six winners with the remaining 30% going to tickets with five of six winners.
There will also be a handicapping contest Saturday, Dec. 17 and the Los Alamitos Racing Association will offer a cash prize and a pair of berths in the 2023 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.
Cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be placed in the contest prize pool with the remaining $400 going towards a live money wagering card.
Tournament races will include the entire card at Los Alamitos with permitted wagers including win, place, show, exactas, trifectas and daily doubles. Each entry must bet at least $50 on a minimum of five races that day, but there is no wagering limit.
The player with the highest bankroll at the end of the day will be declared the winner and the player with the second highest bankroll will be the runner-up.
The winner will receive 50% of the prize pool. The remaining payoffs: 20% (2nd place), 15% (3rd place), 7.5 % (4th place) and 7.5% (Most Money Wagered).
Entries for opening day of the Winter Thoroughbred meet will be taken Tuesday, Dec. 6.
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The 20th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing came to a close Wednesday, Nov. 23 with a healthy outlook on the 123-day racing season. While Horseshoe Indianapolis is waiting on final information from some non-commingled locations it is estimated that the total handle will be nearly $235 million in all sources signal sales, showing an increase of 5.2 percent over figures in 2021. This is despite running 27 fewer races than in 2021 which results in a per race increase of over 9 percent.
“Despite difficult weather conditions with rain in most of May and a string of 100-plus heat index days that forced us to either cancel or move post times away from the heat in June, we ended up showing a solid season of business in 2022,” said Eric Halstrom, Vice President and General Manager. “We have to thank the horsemen's organizations and the Indiana Horse Racing Commission for their partnership in achieving these numbers over last season, which was strong to begin with. It's definitely a group effort in moving the business levels forward in racing at Horseshoe Indianapolis.”
Included in the $235 million in all sources handle was a 6.2 percent increase in on-track wagering. Halstrom noted Horseshoe Indianapolis is still waiting on several handle sources from international locations that took our signal this year and those numbers should be in within the next month.
“If you look at our estimated handle of $235 million that number is one of the strongest in the nation right now,” said Joe Morris, Senior Vice President of Racing for Caesars Entertainment. “And it also shows a fourth straight year of achieving a record handle. I applaud our horsemen and our racing team led by Eric (Halstrom) for a job well done and for their hard work throughout the season.”
A total of 1,192 races were held with an average field size of 8.06 horses per race, which was a marked improvement over 2021 when the average starters per race was 7.35. The 2022 Quarter Horse starters per race was a robust 9.0 while the Thoroughbred figure was 7.83.
“This is a great way to conclude our racing season,” added Halstrom. “It sure gives us incentive and momentum to head into 2023 with a strong racing product that has shown it is growing each year. We are already working on next season. We are excited to return to racing in April, pending IHRC approvals.”
The 21st season of live Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing is expected to resume Tuesday, April 18 for a 123-day meet. The Indiana Horse Racing Commission is set to review the proposal for 2023 at its next meeting Thursday, Dec. 1 at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
For more information on live racing at Horseshoe Indianapolis, visit www.caesars.com/horseshoe-
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Ascot Racecourse is pleased to announce that total prize money available in 2023 will be a record £17 million (US$20.31 million) across 25 race days. The overall figure excludes the industry-owned QIPCO British Champions Day.
This represents an annual uplift of £1.33 million (8.5 percent) against 2022 figures.
Prize money for Royal Ascot 2023 will also be a record £9.52 million, up from £8.65 million (10%) in 2022.
All Group 1 races will be run for a minimum of £600,000 for the first time with increases to the King's Stand Stakes, St James's Palace Stakes, Gold Cup, Coronation Stakes and Commonwealth Cup (all £500,000 in 2022), while the Queen Anne Stakes will be worth £750,000 (£600,000 in 2022).
The Group 2 King Edward VII Stakes will be increased to £250,000 (£225,000 in 2022) while two Group 2 races for fillies and mares – the Duke of Cambridge Stakes and Ribblesdale Stakes – are raised to £225,000 (from £175,000 and £200,000). Both the Group 3 Hampton Court Stakes and Jersey Stakes also receive increases to £150,000 (from £100,000 and £110,000).
As in 2022, no race at Royal Ascot will be run for less than £100,000.
Outside Royal Ascot, the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup meeting will be worth £640,000, a 15% increase, with all eight races run for £80,000 plus £25,000 in stable prizes once again awarded. The same stable prize bonus will also be in place on QIPCO King George Diamond Day.
Elsewhere, Ascot will host two high-value maidens with the Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes at the QIPCO King George Diamond Weekend worth £50,000 and a seven furlong maiden in September worth £45,000.
No race on the Flat will be worth less than £15,000 with all Class 3 handicaps run for a minimum £20,000. Over Jumps, no race will be run for less than £10,000, including National Hunt Flat Races.
The Grade 1 Clarence House Chase and Betfair Ascot Chase will increase to £175,000 (both from £150,000) while each Saturday meeting during the jumps season will feature a handicap worth at least £100,000.
Nick Smith, Director of Racing and Public Affairs at Ascot Racecourse, said:
“We are delighted to have reached the £17 million prize money mark for the first time. It's never been so important to focus on the top end of the British programme with competition for the best horses so intense internationally.
“Against a backdrop of reduced central funding, an increase of more than £1.1 million or almost 14% in Executive Contribution has been required to get to this figure. That represents a significant investment and whilst many of the headline increases are at Royal Ascot, there are also boosts to Class 2 and Class 3 Handicaps on the Flat driven by the welcome increase to Minimum Values in this area. We have focused again on raising the profile of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup which attracts international jockey talent from around the world and are delighted that each of the eight races will be worth £80,000.
“We are also pleased to improve returns for developmental races including two high value maidens on the Flat, while over Jumps our five Saturday meetings will all feature at least one £100,000 handicap.”
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