On Thursday (Nov.12) the Arizona Racing Commission approved Turf Paradise’s request to host an 84-day meet (Jan. 4-May 1, 2021) by a 3-0 vote. In a separate agenda item the Commission also approved a contract between the track and Monarch by 2-1 vote.
The meet signals a return to racing which had been absent in the state since when the track cancelled its in progress live race meet March 14, due to the Coronavirus.
The contract approval will now require a special Commission meeting to approve the individual contracts for simulcasting of the tracks under the Monarch umbrella. Those tracks include Santa Anita, Del Mar, Golden Gate, Sonoma County Fair, Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park, Pimlico, Timonium, Monmouth Park, Meadowlands, Los Alamitos thoroughbreds, Australia and Latin American racing. Turf has been without the Monarch signals for the past 294 days.
“It was a good day for Arizona horsemen and Arizona horseplayers,” said track general manager Vincent Francia.
The meet signals a return to racing which had been absent in the state since when the track cancelled its in progress live race meet March 14, due to the Coronavirus.
The contract approval will now require a special Commission meeting to approve the individual contracts for simulcasting of the tracks under the Monarch umbrella. Those tracks include Santa Anita, Del Mar, Golden Gate, Sonoma County Fair, Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park, Pimlico, Timonium, Monmouth Park, Meadowlands, Los Alamitos thoroughbreds, Australia and Latin American racing. Turf has been without the Monarch signals for the past 294 days.
“It was a good day for Arizona horsemen and Arizona horseplayers,” said track general manager Vincent Francia.
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