Youbet gets rights.Woodland Hills-based. Youbet.com, Inc. has announced that its advanced deposit wagering website has gained the right to simulcast all of Magna Entertainment Corporation's live horse racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with content during the 2006 season. The broadcasts were made possible when the two companies agreed last Friday to a new one-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. The agreement allows Youbet to broadcast live races and provide online wagering services to its customers for every meet on the Magna schedule this year. The contract year began on Dec. 26, with the season-opening meet at Santa Anita Park Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, USA. It is known for offering some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the autumn and in winter. Racing at Santa Anita began in 1934. in Arcadia. Among the events highlighting the 2006 Magna season are the 131st running of the Preakness Stakes Preakness Stakes One of the three classic U.S. horse races making up the Triple Crown. It is held annually in mid-May at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course. The course distance is 1³⁄₁₆ mi (1.9 km). The field is limited to 3-year-old Thoroughbreds. , the second leg of racing's Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes. in Maryland on May 20. |
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