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AMARILLO, Texas, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After years of waiting, West Texans will finally be able to wager on horse racing starting Friday, December 14 when the Saddle Brook Jockey Club opens in Amarillo. Saddle Brook Jockey Club, located in southwest Amarillo at 4332 SW 45th Ave., is a temporary simulcast facility where the public is welcome to watch and wager on horse racing from tracks coast to coast. "This is a totally new experience to West Texas," commented Drew...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fantasy horse racing's post time has arrived. Last month, horse racing enthusiasts were finally able to join in on the fantasy horse racing league they've been waiting for. MyFantasyStable.com, the world's premier fantasy horse racing league, unveiled its long-awaited fantasy horse racing game on August 7. MyFantasyStable.com lets players join or create leagues and bring the excitement of fantasy horse racing to life. Each player...

KENOSHA, Wis., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Want to meet Jockey spokesperson and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and rub elbows with other elite athletes? Jockey International, Inc. has launched the "Staycool at The ESPYs" sweepstakes to celebrate its popular Jockey® staycool collection of underwear and T-shirts for men and women. Now through April 30, 2012, sports fans can enter for the chance to win a trip to ESPN's annual awards show in Los Angeles and meet Tim Tebow. (Logo:...

MANCHESTER, England, December 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- BBC Sports Personality of the Year award winner Tony McCoy is now a peoples' champion according to bookmaker Fred Done. Tony McCoy has been the champion jockey 15 times and becomes the first jockey to win the BBC award. McCoy this year won the Grand National on Don't Push It. Betfred boss Fred Done said, "I'm absolutely delighted AP has won this award voted for by the public. I'm lucky enough to know AP and he puts...

BROMSGROVE, England, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Bird and Co Creative, a Worcestershire-based company specialising in creative graphic design and web design, has announced that it is to sponsor professional flat jockey Royston Ffrench. The sponsorship deal, which will see Ffrench wear the Bird and Co logo on the racecourse, comes after the agency designed a new website for the jockey and firmly establishes Bird and Co's reputation as a specialist equine design company and its commitment to...

Action Necessary to Ensure 'Orderly Conduct of Racing' at Penn National HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To protect the orderly conduct of racing at Penn National Race Course, the Pennsylvania State Racing Commission today ejected horse owner Michael Gill and trainer Anthony Adamo from competing at Penn National. In recent days, the commission has received multiple reports that the presence of Gill and Adamo at Penn National was causing a disruption of orderly conduct for...

The Ontario Racing Commission has mandated cushioned horseracing whips and restrictions on how often jockeys can use them. The new rules are similar to those recently introduced in New York, California and Australia, the Toronto Star reported. The length of the new whips, or crops, is the same, although the popper at the end is cushioned to take away some of the sting, the newspaper said. Gunnar Lindberg, a former top jockey and now a racing commission steward at Woodbine race track in...

Scientists are now discovering why a jockey's posture during a horse race speeds up the horse. The Royal Veterinary College team reported Friday in the journal Science that after 100 years of recorded race times, the biggest improvement in speed came around the turn of the 20th century when jockeys changed their posture.  The change was a 5 to 7 percent difference in the U.S. and Britain. The researchers stuck a GPS unit in some jockeys' helmets and inertia sensors on the riders and five...

NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On the first Saturday in May at the Kentucky Derby, Woodford Reserve bourbon will honor jockeys with the world's most exclusive mint julep cup. A collection of 99 sterling silver cups plated in 24-karat gold -- three adorned with diamonds and signed by Triple Crown(R) jockeys Ron Turcotte, Jean Cruguet and Steve Cauthen -- the Woodford Reserve $1,000 Mint Julep Cup is available online from April 13-29. Proceeds will benefit The Permanently Disabled Jockeys...

Jockey offers intimate sets for him and her this Valentine's Day KENOSHA, Wis., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- This Valentine's Day, Jockey has the perfect gift for your loved one. Jockey's new Minis collection for her and popular 3D-Innovations(R) collection for him are the perfect sexy, yet practical, intimate apparel options to make your significant other feel free and comfortable this holiday. She'll enjoy a flirty and youthful fit with Jockey(R) Minis. This new, European-inspired line...