TORONTO — Sports betting sites across Canada could offer legal sports betting on horse racing before next year’s Kentucky Derby, according to one industry executive. Woodbine Entertainment Group CEO Jim Lawson told Covers on Monday that the not-for-profit-like horse-racing...

WOODBINE — In sports betting, one popular strategy involves looking at a team or player’s past performance and comparing it to the present as a means of predicting a potential outcome. The same can be done in horse racing. We’ve decided to spice things up a little bit and put a...

TORONTO — Jim Lawson, CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group, joins BNN Bloomberg to talk about bringing horse racing to online sports betting in Ontario ahead of the annual King’s Plate. Watch the full interview here.

TORONTO By: Matthew Lomon Bedazzle Me Impressed Is an upset brewing at this Sunday’s Bison City Stakes at Woodbine? If Bedazzle Me has anything to say about, the answer is a resounding yes. In what is the second leg of the Triple Tiara for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies, Bedazzle...

NEW YORK — the New York Racing Association (NYRA) today announced it will offer a Late Pick 5 pool seeded with $100,000 on Saturday, at Saratoga Race Course. The additional money offered in Saturday’s Late Pick 5 pool is to honor NYRA’s commitment to horseplayers...

Reading a horse racing program can be overwhelming if you’re new to the sport. Not to worry, we’re here to help you quickly understand the basics! Here’s what to look for to best utilize the information in a horse racing program: Race Information: The program will list the...

SARATOGA — After a weekend featuring one of the most important prep races for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic wrapped up with White Abarrio winning the Whitney Stakes, attention turns to turf racing this upcoming weekend with three Challenge Series preps on the schedule. The...

TORONTO — By Matthew Lomon Knocking at the Door If there was an equine representation of the Buffalo Bills teams from 1990-1993, you know, the ones that lost four consecutive Super Bowls, it would be Oh Well. Now, that’s not totally fair to the 3-year-old trotter, who claimed...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The $1 million, Grade 1 Whitney Stakes Saturday at Saratoga Race Course is one of the most important races in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic division as well as one of the marquee summertime races in U.S. horse racing. The 1 1/8-mile dirt race is a “Win...

Horse racing class levels are used to describe the quality of a particular race and the level of competition that horses are likely to face. The class levels are typically organized into different tiers or categories, with each level representing a different level of skill and...