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Horse Racing

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Kentucky Derby Party at Tap 42: Hats, Horses, and Bourbon

    If you can't make it to Churchill Downs on May 5 for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, take your giant-hat-wearing self over to Tap 42 for the biggest Derby celebration outside of Kentucky.Starting at 2 p.m., enjoy Tap 42's inaugural Derby Day with $5 Wild Turkey mint juleps. From 4 until the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Bedding Strangers

    If you can't make it to Churchill Downs on May 5 for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, take your giant-hat-wearing self over to Tap 42 for the biggest Derby celebration outside of Kentucky.Starting at 2 p.m., enjoy Tap 42's inaugural Derby Day with $5 Wild Turkey mint juleps. From 4 until the ... More >>

  • News

    May 19, 2011

    Pompano Beach Harness Racing: A Select Group of Drivers Carries on With an Endangered Sport

    If you can't make it to Churchill Downs on May 5 for the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby, take your giant-hat-wearing self over to Tap 42 for the biggest Derby celebration outside of Kentucky.Starting at 2 p.m., enjoy Tap 42's inaugural Derby Day with $5 Wild Turkey mint juleps. From 4 until the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2011

    Try This! Two New Variations on the Classic Mint Julep

    Photo: Flickr/thp365​Now that your liver has had a day to recuperate from Cinco de Mayo it's time to get back on the horse and get your drink on once again! Dust off your best Great Gatsby inspired seersucker outfit because it's time for the Kentucky Derby! You don't have to be an equestrian enthu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Harness Track Racing in Florida Will Continue at Least Three More Years

    ​The sport is about as close as we come to watching ancient gladiatorial chariot races in the Coliseum.And now, as the state debates removing the racing requirements at pari-mutuels, longtime Florida tourist attractions like the harness racing track in Pompano Beach are left in some kind of limbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Mardi Gras Dog Track Loses $2.5 Million A Year On Greyhound Racing

    ​Though greyhound racing in Florida pre-dates pro football, baseball, just about every other kind of entertainment, the dog tracks in Broward and Miami-Dade have been losing money on the moribund industry. Dan Adkins, the president of the Mardi Gras Racetrack and Gaming Center in Hallandale Beach, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    In The Biz - Interview with Playwright Irish Pub's Kelley Saul

    ​Playwright Irish Pub in The Village at Gulfstream Park is the sister-pub to iconic Playwright in South Beach.  Both pubs offer over a dozen beers on tap (including Guinness, of course), but only Playwright at Gulfstream offers live horse racing action right outside the window.  ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    Jockeys and Juleps

    ​Playwright Irish Pub in The Village at Gulfstream Park is the sister-pub to iconic Playwright in South Beach.  Both pubs offer over a dozen beers on tap (including Guinness, of course), but only Playwright at Gulfstream offers live horse racing action right outside the window.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Daybreak

    Flickr: cinnamon girl 71A bettor inspects the Racing Form at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach.​

  • Music

    December 31, 2009

    A Day at the Races

    Isle Casino has a full-on bar scene to explore.

  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    Eek-a-Mouse

    Isle Casino has a full-on bar scene to explore.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Penthouse to the Jailhouse: From His Perch at the Waverly, an Attorney Falls From Grace

    Shirley Cunningham Jr.​Shirley Cunningham Jr., an attorney based in Kentucky but who kept a penthouse apartment in the Waverly condominium in downtown Fort Lauderdale, will spend the next 20 years in a federal prison after being convicted of defrauding clients in a class-action suit against makers ... More >>

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    The Horse Be With You

    Luck blows in on a rain cloud

  • Music

    May 15, 2008

    Be Your Own Pet

    Luck blows in on a rain cloud

  • News

    May 1, 2008

    Big Brown Machine

    Luck blows in on a rain cloud

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Sporty Delight

    Luck blows in on a rain cloud

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2007

    Miami Herald Wins Appeal

    Luck blows in on a rain cloud

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Gulfstream Rapture

    That Weird Casino Sound

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Slots by a TKO

    Get ready for the era of Broward County, the Gambling Mecca.

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    The Divine Wager

    Dante at Gulfstream

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    The Slots King

    The gambling industry treats Sen. Steve Geller like royalty.

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2005

    Ponies Are Running!

    The gambling industry treats Sen. Steve Geller like royalty.

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2004

    Boxed In

    The gambling industry treats Sen. Steve Geller like royalty.

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2004

    Rock 'em, Sock 'em

    The gambling industry treats Sen. Steve Geller like royalty.

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    TAILPIPE

    The gambling industry treats Sen. Steve Geller like royalty.

  • News

    June 12, 2003
  • News

    May 29, 2003

    They Shoot Up Horses, Don't They?

    The record breakers of Gulfstream got shafted but kept winning

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Horsing Around

    How the Miami Herald screwed up its Kentucky Derby coverage

  • Goods and Services

    May 15, 2003
  • Calendar

    May 1, 2003

    Dog and Pony Show

    The Derby on the telly, greyhounds on the track

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Stayin' Kinda Alive

    Despite Three Dog Night, the pool of Gulfstream bettors continues to shrink

  • News

    March 28, 2002

    A Horse Race

    Trainer Ken McPeek won the Sunshine State's biggest competition. That is, after he woke up.

  • Best of BPB

    May 11, 2000

    Best Jockey

    Jorge Chavez

  • Sports and Recreation

    March 11, 1999
  • Calendar

    February 25, 1999

    The Mr. Ed Follies

    Gulfstream Park

  • Calendar

    January 1, 1998

    Horse Latitudes

    Gulfstream Park

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