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Bill may bring video gambling to Colorado track - DENVER, CO - Feb. 17, 2012 - Rep. Don Coram’s bill to bring horse racing to the Western Slope may not actually result in that. Instead, the Montrose Republican introduced a bill into the Legislature last week to allow anyone who holds a horse-track license to open up to three video-lottery gambling houses in Colorado, one of which could be west of the Continental Divide.

Equine Herpesvirus Study at Colorado State University Works to Unravel how Virus Unlocks Immune System - FORT COLLINS - Feb. 2, 2012 - A Colorado State University study will look at how equine herpesvirus type 1 may compromise the immune system immediately upon entering the “gate” of a horse’s respiratory system – the airway and throat – allowing it to spread through the body and potentially cause neurological damage, abortion and possibly death.

Colorado racetrack ponders lobbying again for video gaming bill - Aurora, CO - Dec. 24, 2011 - Arapahoe Park officials and horse-racing advocates may make another legislative attempt in 2012 to expand video gaming to the Aurora-area horse track.

Coronas Fast Dash to Colorado

FORT COLLINS, CO—NOVEMBER 2, 2011—Bobby D. Cox's grade 1 placed Coronas Fast Dash will stand the 2012 season at Vista Equine Colorado, LLC (formerly Royal Vista Equine), near Fort Collins, Colorado.

Donkey racing in Colorado seeks state recognition - August 7, 2011 - When people think about Colorado, they think of many things. The state is home to professional teams in all four major sports. It is also a skiing mecca and a state famous for beer.

WITH INCREASED ATTENDANCE AND HANDLE, ARAPAHOE WILL INCREASE PURSES - JULY 25, 2011 - With increases in attendance and wagering handle during the 2011 racing season, Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colo., will raise purses for the final three weeks of the meet starting next week.

Arapahoe Park's three-time riding champion is a fierce competitor - Aurora, CO. July 7, 2011 - In tiny Selah, in Washington's fertile Yakima Valley, Travis Wales went out for high school football as a sophomore. For a small boy sometimes teased about being part of Selah High's "hick" contingent living outside of town, football was a way to assimilate.

Ban lifted - GRAND JUNCTION, CO - June 4, 2011 - Some Colorado counties are lifting temporary horse bans at county facilities prompted by an outbreak of equine herpes virus.

San Miguel could reopen Monday - June 2, 2011 - Statewide, some equine events scheduled for late May and early June have been rescheduled for August or later into the fall, but if the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) outbreak continues to taper off, it’s possible that equine lives will be getting back to normal in the next week or so.

San Miguel Annual Spring Race Meet postponed - CO - May 25, 2011 - For only the second time in its quarter-century of history, the San Miguel Horse Racing Association Spring Race Meet has been called off, this time due to a deadly equine disease — equine herpes virus or EHV-1 — that is rapidly spreading through the West.

Latino Horseracing Proposed for Island Grove Regional Park - Greeley, CO - May 23, 2011 - City leaders are contemplating bringing Mexican horse racing to Island Grove Regional Park as a way to bring in more revenue.

Equine Herpesvirus Outbreak Results in New Transportation Requirements for Colorado - May 18, 2011 - Colorado and Utah state veterinarians on Monday confirmed two cases of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) in Colorado. Currently, there are reports of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy affecting an unconfirmed number of horses and farms across the U.S. and Canada, according to a report from the American Association of Equine Practitioners. The diagnosed Colorado horses both recently attended a large National Cutting Horse Association show in Ogden, Utah.

QH Noticias Launch - SureBet Racing News, May 17, 2011 - On May 27th SureBet Racing News will launch a sister website for Spanish-speaking Quarter Horse racing horsemen, breeders and fans. The address for this new site is www.qhnoticias.com . There is no membership fee, and the site is free for everyone to visit.

Sponsors kill video-lottery bill - Denver, CO - May 10, 2011 - The sponsors of a bill to add video lottery machines to two Colorado racetracks killed their bill in the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee on Monday.

Linda Wood works with mare Moon Spirit and colt Macho Moon at Menoken Farms near Montrose. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post )

Mothering doesn't end with horse's sale, says Montrose breeder - MONTROSE, CO - May 9, 2011 — Unofficially, pending his later racing name, the newborn colt at Menoken Farms is called "Big Moose." He is a son of 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, and on Friday, only three days after his birth, he was in a stall with his mother, Polish Nana.

Video Lottery Terminals Would Allow Bets On Horse Racing In Two Communities - DENVER, CO - April 27, 2011 - The Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee will take up a proposal next week to fund higher education by expanding gambling in Colorado. Senate Bill 11-233 would allow video lottery terminals for horse racing to be set up in two communities.

COLORADO JOCKEYS RECEIVE INCREASE - April 18, 2011 - The Jockeys’ Guild and the Colorado Horse Racing Association (CHA) have reached an agreement on a new mount fee schedule that will provide an increase in base mount fees for jockeys for all races run in Colorado. The new scale is to go into effect on May 27, 2011, opening day of Arapahoe Park.

Family loses home in Colorado Grass Fire, horses survive - FORT COLLINS, CO - April 5, 2011 - It was just before midnight Sunday when Deseriah Santallanez had to evacuate her Masonville home due to the Crystal Fire burning west of Fort Collins. The teenager tried to save her horses, but flames got her in way. (video)

EPNet Announces 9th Annual Spring Photographer's Workshop and Horse Drive in Craig, Colorado - January 11, 2011 - The Equine Photographers Network (EPNet) announces the 9th Annual Spring Equine Photography Workshop is planned for Craig, Colorado for April 29 – May 8, 2011. This area of Northwest Colorado is known for its remote high desert beauty, abundant wildlife, wild horses and working ranches and cowboys. This region is also home to the Outlaw Trail and stomping grounds of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Off-track betting returning to Springs after 15-month absence - Dec. 15, 2010 - Off-track betting is set to return to Colorado Springs after a 15-month absence, with the planned opening soon of a betting parlor on Academy Boulevard that will allow local gamblers to watch and bet on horse and dog racing.