Singapore held its final horse race on Saturday, ending 180 years of the sport to make way for more housing. The government is razing about 300 acres of the Singapore Turf Club to build homes for the island’s burgeoning population, Bloomberg reported.
Horse racing has declined in some parts of Asia due to a lack of interest from younger people and post-pandemic financial struggles: Macau also terminated the sport this year. But horse racing has thrived in Hong Kong, where it saw a record turnover of $39 billion in 2022-2023. Thanks in part to its charitable contributions to the public housing sector, the Hong Kong Jockey Club — the city’s top taxpayer — “appears poised to survive for decades,” Nikkei Asia wrote.
According to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and materials in a U.S. Supreme Court record, the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective
The 2-year-old filly Nermansa was killed training yesterday at Santa Anita. She was made in Ireland and brought here to race. A fine life, huh
By T. D. ThorntonHorseracing and Safety Integrity Authority chief executive Lisa Lazarus on Monday sent a letter to Alan Foreman, the chairman of the Thoroughbr
Cogburn, the leader of the American turf sprint division, posted his second work Monday since winning the Grade 2 Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs. He worked four