HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICA Executive Newsletter

HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, EditorFriday, Sept. 24, 2010JUG WINNER TO AUSTRALIARock N Roll Heaven, the brilliant RocknrollHanover colt that won yesterday’s$64,100 65th Little Brown Jug yesterdayin two identical world record miles of1:49.2, will stand for stud duty in Australiaduring the 2011-12 breeding season DownUnder. New South Wales’ Pepper TreeFarm, showing international prescience,announced last week the colt would standat the farm. Rob Vandyke, a principalof the farm, told Australia’s Harnesslinkafter the Jug, “Obviously this is icing onthe cake for us, but more importantly itis fantastic news for the Southern Hemispherebreeders as they look forward tothis world class stallion coming to standhere in NSW next season. The HarnessRacing New South Wales board are to becongratulated on the breeding incentivesthey have recently put in place, which inturn has given us the confidence to obtainsuch world class sires.” Other Americanpacing stallions that have served seasonsin Australia in recent years include BeachTowel, Fake Left, Life Sign, Armbro Operative,Blissful Hall and Bettors Delight.Also on Jug Day at Delaware, Ohio, Davidand Misty Miller’s Autumn Escapadeequalled the world record of 1:53.2 fortrotting mares on a half-mile track, beatingBuck I St Pat in the $93,500 AlleridgeFarm Trot sponsored by Jeff Gural. Owner-driverDavid Miller called it “sospecial to beat Buck I St Pat” in his174th winning drive at Delaware.ELSEWHERE....The Washington state Supreme Court hasupheld the constitutionality of the ban oninternet gambling in a unanimous decisionhanded down yesterday. The court ruledthat the Washington state legislature had“balanced public policy concerns anddetermined the interests of Washingtonare best served by banning Internet gambling.”Opponents of the ban, includingformer U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato,now representing the Pokers Players Alliance,say they will take the case to federalcourts and pursue it to the U.S. SupremeCourt if possible....The KentuckySupreme Court yesterday sent the caseon outlawing 141 gambling domain namesback to the trial court “until the circuitcourt determines that the domain ownersor registrants establish standing to proceedon a writ action.”....Woodbine EntertainmentGroup has won the TRA-HTAInternational Simulcast Award, honoringthe best simulcast telecast by a racetrack,for the fourth time in the last sevenyears....Two designs of Saratoga Gamingand Raceway’s new electronic roulette machineswill compete for public approval.One, made by IGT, has an actual glassenclosedroulette wheel that spins with aball, with the outcome projected on a largevideo screen, also showing which numbershave produced the best and worstresults in recent spins. The second, madeby Shufflemaster, has a video wheel anda computerized female dealer.