Officials of Churchill Downs Inc. and representatives of the Florida
Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association have come to an agreement on
the distribution of live racing signals from Calder Race Course to national
advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platforms.
The one-year agreement covers the remainder of the current Tropical meet at
Calder, ending January 2, 2009, and the 2009 Calder and Tropical meets.
“We are happy to have this done for our customers,” said Kevin Flanery,
senior vice president of Churchill Downs Inc., Calder’s parent company. “Our
customers have been very patient over the last eight months while wagering on
Calder has not been available to ADW providers, including our own TwinSpires.com.
They have waited a long time for this and we can now focus on providing them
quality racing.”
The Calder signal, which had not been available to ADW providers since the
Calder meet began on April 21, will now be available via TwinSpires.com and
XpressBet.com. Similar arrangements are being offered to TVG (Television Games
Network) and YouBet.com.
Details of the agreement were not disclosed.
The 109-day Calder meet ran from April 21 to October 19. The 51-day Tropical
meet began October 23.