Archive for December, 2007

Phar Lap’s death takes another turn 75 years later (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The cold case file that never loses its mystery for racing fans is Phar Lap ‘s death, unsolved for 75 years. Did gamblers intentionally poison this great horse? Did he accidentally eat poison? Or did he simply die of colic? Equidaily.com’s search engines tagged onto a story about Phar Lap that came out of Australia this week. Scientists there are using a $20,000 government grant to try to …

Hollendorfer joins the training elite (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Jerry Hollendorfer was exercising on his treadmill at his home in Point Richmond early Saturday evening when he became the fourth trainer in North American racing history to reach 5,000 winners. “I think I started going faster when the horse came down the…

Horse racing review: Early sorrow and memorable events (USA Today)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The Thoroughbred racing season began with a loss when 2006 Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro was euthanized Jan. 29 after a long, hard fight with laminitis. The sport rebounded to enjoy an unusually large number of memorable moments.

Local horse trainer killed in traffic accident (The East Liverpool Review)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

NEWELL — Horse racing fans from all over, local race track officials, family and friends are mourning the loss of legendary, award-winning horse trainer Dale Baird.

Betting pair’s tennis ban unfair, say Italians (Daily Telegraph)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

Two Italian players, including the country’s No 1 Potito Starace, have been banned by the ATP for betting on matches.

WTO authorizes $21M in sanctions _ much less than sought _ against US for online betting ban (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The United States faces a token $21 million in annual trade sanctions as a result of its online betting ban, the World Trade Organization said Friday in awarding Antigua and Barbuda the right to target U.S. services, copyrights and trademarks.

UPDATE:WTO OKs $21 Million Antigua Sanctions Vs US On Online Betting (Nasdaq)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

(Updates with U.S. comments, background.) GENEVA (AP)–The U.S. faces $21 million in annual trade sanctions as a result of its online betting ban, the World Trade Organization said Friday in awarding Antigua and Barbuda the right to target U.S. services, copyrights and trademarks.

Online betting ban won’t bring catastrophic trade sanctions against U.S. (Detroit News)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

GENEVA — The United States faces a token $21 million in annual trade sanctions as a result of its online betting ban, the World Trade Organization said today in awarding Antigua and Barbuda the right to target U.S. services, copyrights and trademarks.

US faces sanctions for online betting (Independent Online)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The United States faces a token $21-million in annual trade sanctions as a result of its online betting ban, says the World Trade Organisation.

Record Business Insider (Daily Record)

Monday, December 24th, 2007

STATE-OWNED horse racing bookmakers the Tote are to be sold off on the open market, it was reported yesterday.