By HRI Foreign Staff Staff — You might be wondering how to get an online crypto casino, but before settling on such a thing, you need to ask yourself if it is even worth it. If you discover it is not worth it, you should not take the next step. However, if you find it worth it, you must note that the gaming industry is growing with different rules and regulations from other countries. Thefutureplay for any online casino is never known as it can never be predicted, but understanding its basics will assist you in the process. The article below will guide you on how to start and underst ..read more

Edited NTRA Release — The battle for three-ear old supremacy appears to be odds-on that the Breeders’ Cup Classic, providing that no horse runs the table of elite races between now and then, will determine Eclipse Award honors. And that includes, Nysos and Muth, entering the fray in earnest in the future. Week 17 of the 2024 NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through May 19. Voting is conducted by national media. The Three-Year-Old poll represents horses competing up and through the Triple Crown. The Top Tho ..read more

HALLANDALE BEACH, May 20, 2024 – In the end,  Preakness 149 was all about celebrating the human connections. At 88, Darrell Wayne Lukas added to his legend winning a remarkable seventh Preakness victory and 15th Triple Crown event. And those kind of achievements provide the kind of confidence that introduces a 25-year-old aspiring star, Jaime Torres, to one the game’s brightest lights, his first-ever Triple Crown appearance. But before traditionalists take comfort that two horses coming back on two weeks rest completed the Preakness 149 exacta, both Derby horses–favorite Mystik Dan and se ..read more

By Marc Lawrence, PlaybookSports.com — What’s going on in the NBA playoffs this season is hair-raising. Who would have imagined the No. 6-seed Indiana Pacers playing in the Eastern Conference finals or, for that matter, the No. 5-seed Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference finals? The last time a 5 or lower seed made it this far in the Western Conference Finals was in 2013 when Memphis the lost in four straight games to San Antonio. Could there be another four-game sweep in the Conference Finals this season? Don’t discount the possibility. The post WILD 2024 NBA PLAYOFFS appeared first on ..read more

By Ken Weingartner, USTA — Marvin Luna is enjoying a rapid rise as a driver thanks to taking it slowly. The 22-year-old Luna began driving in 2020, but never topped 48 starts in a season until breaking out with 594 last year. He won 83 times in 2023, a nearly 14-percent clip, and guided his horses to $1.11 million in purses. Now he is in position to shatter those numbers. Luna has won 64 of 407 starts this season and earned $711,282 in purses. He is the leading driver at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, where his 48 victories have already surpassed his 2023 total (46) at the Indiana oval, and he is No ..read more

By Marc Lawrence, PlaybookSports.com — Teams have known their ’24 road opponents since the ’23 regular season ended, but they’ve finally got dates attached to those games. Every year, each of the 32 teams embarks on three road trips to face their division rivals. That leaves at least five road trips per team that weren’t on last year’s schedule. With all the dates now set—and more importantly, the international games in place—let’s take a look at which teams will rack up the most frequent flyer miles this season. Speaking of which, nine teams will be playing international games (including the ..read more

Edited Pimlico Staff Release – Her first career three-win day, all in stakes, helped earn Cherie DeVaux the top prize of $50,000 in the Maryland Jockey Club’s $100,000 trainer bonus offered to horsemen for their participation in stakes races over Preakness weekend, May 17 and 18, at historic Pimlico Race Course.             DeVaux is the first female to claim top honors. A former assistant to trainers Chuck Simon and Chad Brown, the upstate New York native went out on her own in 2018 and has won 170 races and more than $14 million in ..read more

Edited Pimlico Staff Release – Early Sunday morning, 11 hours after Seize the Grey delivered his Hall of Fame trainer his seventh victory in the Preakness Stakes (G1), age-defying D. Wayne Lukas, 88, was, per usual, looking ahead. Lukas said that it was likely that the colt with 2,750 owners in the MyRacehorse partnership, would run in the Belmont Stakes (G1) June 8 at Saratoga Race Course. After talking about how Seize the Grey, under jockey Jaime Torres, led the $2 million Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown from gate to wire over the muddy track at Pimlico to beat Kentucky Derby (G1 ..read more

Edited Preakness Staff Release – The 100th edition of the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at historic Pimlico Race Course Friday produced a record total handle of $28.4 million.             The Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies, one of six stakes worth $1 million in purses on the afternoon, was won by R. Lee Lewis’ Gun Song, trained by Mark Hennig and ridden by Hall of Famer John Velazquez.             Other graded-stakes on the program saw Pyrenees give trainer Cherie DeVaux her ..read more

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — A reluctant favorite will enter the Pimlico Race Course starting gate while the early morning line favorite is on the sidelines waiting for antibiotics to clear his system. Let’s just say that if today were the first Saturday in June, Muth would be in the starting gate, too. Right, HorseRaceInsider.com is still on the side of putting on the best and safest show horse racing this event deserves. A traditionalist by nature, I say let history be damned on this significant issue. That said, a handicapping review of the Preakness 149 All-States Pick 5. May the best horses win ..read more