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Journeyman Glenn Corbett Achieves 4,000-Win Milestone, Voted Jockey Of The Week

With a career milestone and two stakes wins, veteran jockey Glenn Corbett was voted Jockey of the Week for March 8 through March 14. The award, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of the Jockeys' Guild, the organization which represents more than 950 active riders in the United States as well as retired and permanently disabled jockeys.

Corbett started the week at his winter base of Turf Paradise with achieving his 4,000th career victory aboard Arabian Story for trainer Chad Ferguson on March 8. With the win, Corbett became the 78th jockey to achieve 4,000 lifetime wins.

Trainer Robertino Diodoro engaged Corbett to ride Alberta Sun, the favorite in the field of six, in the Arizona Breeders' Stakes at six furlongs on the dirt March 11. Stumbling at the start, Alberta Sun settled early, raced four wide through the turn and took control at the eighth pole to win by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:11.09.

California trainer Bob Hess, Jr. gave a leg up to Corbett on It's My House in the Turf Paradise Derby on March 12. The favorite in the field of nine, It's My House pressed the early pace, took the lead into the stretch, dueling with Tony's Tapit until late in the stretch winning by three-quarters of length in 1:45.05 for 1-1/16 miles on the dirt.

The very definition of a “journeyman jockey,” Corbett has raced at more than 35 tracks over his distinguished career that started in 1985 with his first career win at Penn National.

“I go to work and chip away,” said Corbett.

He now splits his riding mainly between Turf Paradise in the winter and Prairie Meadows the rest of the year.

“It's a great circuit for me, I can work year-round,” Corbett said.

He was inducted into the Prairie Meadows Hall of Fame in 2019.

Corbett's stats for the week included six wins from 16 mounts for a 37.5% win percentage, 68.7% in-the-money percentage and total purse earnings of $101,271.

Corbett out-polled fellow riders Victor Carrasco with two stakes victories at Laurel, Tyler Gaffalione who posted the most wins for the week, Joel Rosario with a victory in the Gr. 2 Rebel, and Ricardo Santana, Jr. with a stakes win at Oaklawn Park.

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Jockey Glenn Corbett Celebrates 4,000th Winner

Veteran reinsman Glenn Corbett rode his 4,000th career winner on Monday at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz., piloting Arabian Song to victory in the day's fourth race. According to Equibase, Monday's victory makes 55-year-old Corbett the 77th North American jockey to reach the 4,000-win milestone.

Corbett rode his first winner at Penn National Racecourse in 1985, and spent the majority of his career alternating between Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Ia., and different venues across the Southwestern part of the United States. Corbett was inducted into the Prairie Meadows Hall of Fame in 2019.

“It's truly an honor not only to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but to be inducted standing alongside Alex (Birzer) and Terry (Thompson),” Corbett said in 2019, referring to a pair of riders inducted alongside him. “I've been blessed to win so many races in Iowa, to ride some really good horses for some great trainers, and to compete against talented jockeys like Birzer and Thompson.”

The 4,000-win milestone was achieved riding 25,495 starts, and Corbett's career earnings stand at over $55 million.

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Turf Paradise Signs Multi-Year Deal With AmTote International

Turf Paradise recently signed a multi-year totalisator services agreement for live racing with AmTote International, a product of 1/ST TECHNOLOGY – horse racing's largest and most innovative racing and gaming technology company, and the leading wagering technology company in the US.

The agreement provides cutting-edge technology to Turf Paradise, designed to enhance the betting experience for its customers.

This welcome upgrade features year-round simulcast wagering on track and an initial OTB network of 38 locations, a number anticipated to grow back to pre-pandemic levels in excess of 50 in 2021. The new AmTote technology includes the V3000 self-serve terminals and the F3000 convertible teller or self-serve terminal. Services also add the ability to leverage mobile betting through AmTote's MBet® platform.

1/ST TECHNOLOGY's world-class products – AmTote, Xpressbet, 1/ST BET, XB SELECT, XB NET, PariMAX and Betmix – are among the most trusted names in gaming, technology, and horse racing. AmTote technology and services host the majority of racetrack operators in North America and are currently in operation at Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park, Aqueduct, and Woodbine, among many others, and process more than $15 billion in pari-mutuel and fixed-odds wagering around the world each year.

1/ST TECHNOLOGY already services Turf Paradise fixed-odds wagering through its XB NET business, providing exclusive fixed-odds betting services and distribution for Turf Paradise racing. As the leaders in pari-mutuel and fixed-odds betting on North American horse racing, 1/ST TECHNOLOGY is perfectly positioned to capitalize on the evolving sports-betting scene across a highly-fragmented US landscape.

The capacity to offer players both pari-mutuel and fixed-odds in lockstep shows that these segments can be highly complementary over time, resulting in significant market growth, player education, and product diversification. Ultimately, through wise stewardship and deployment, 1/ST TECHNOLOGY now intends to secure the sustainability of pulsating, high-class horse racing, updating a popular legacy sport for a sophisticated modern audience on a global basis.

Keith Johnson, Chief Revenue Officer at 1/ST TECHNOLOGY, commented: “We very much look forward to ushering in a new era at Turf Paradise from the wagering technology evolution perspective, in addition to our broader agreement to support Turf Paradise's efforts to distribute its horse racing content and wagering on a global scale now encompassing both fixed-odds and pari-mutuel betting opportunities. We're confident these milestone developments can reignite horseracing's consumer economy.

“Moreover, it's fantastic to see AmTote and Turf Paradise racetrack working in unison to return value back to North American racing in these challenging times. Securing this long-term collaboration confirms 1/ST TECHNOLOGY's commitment to the sport and its wider status as the leading international provider of North American racing. This deal is a ringing endorsement of our business model and the combined diligence of our multi-faceted team.

“During the pandemic, North American horse racing has been one of very few elite sports that has been able to maintain both a solid timetable and a high bar for quality and data integrity with rapid-cycling content that can fill any live sports wagering scheduling gaps.”

For more information about 1/ST TECHNOLOGY, please visit http://www.1st.com/technology.

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Turf Paradise and AmTote International Reach Agreement

Arizona's Turf Paradise Racetrack has reached an agreement with 1/ST TECHNOLOGY's AmTote International for multi-year totalisator services, featuring year-round simulcast wagering on track and an OTB network of 38 locations, a number anticipated to grow in excess of 50 in 2021. 1/ST TECHNOLOGY already services Turf Paradise fixed-odds wagering through its XB NET business. 1/ST TECHNOLOGY will upgrade Turf Paradise's in-venue terminals and totalisator platform.

“We very much look forward to ushering in a new era at Turf Paradise from the wagering technology evolution perspective, in addition to our broader agreement to support Turf Paradise's efforts to distribute its horse racing content and wagering on a global scale now encompassing both fixed-odds and pari-mutuel betting opportunities,” said Keith Johnson, Chief Revenue Officer at 1/ST TECHNOLOGY. “We're confident these milestone developments can reignite horse racing's consumer economy.”

AmTote technology and services host the majority of racetrack operators in North America and process more than $15 billion in pari-mutuel and fixed-odds wagering around the world each year.

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