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The Lottery will begin to install Daily Racing Game machines within the next few weeks at "family restaurants," bars and other venues, spokesman Dan Rosenfeld said.

Lottery officials are looking to a similar race game launched successfully in Maryland and betting on a big payoff, with projections of $160 million a year once the terminals are in place by spring, Rosenfeld said.

John Henry was euthanized in Lexington, Ky., at the Kentucky Horse Park, where his stall in the Hall of Champions had been a tourist destination for racing fans throughout a 22-year retirement. A park spokeswoman said the two-time Horse of the Year declined over the weekend, and his kidneys failed. Park officials said they were planning a public memorial service.

News of John Henry's death hit hardest in California, where the refugee from the New York claiming ranks made the rags-to-riches climb of a modern Seabiscuit, winning the national Horse of the Year title in 1981 and again in 1984 at age 9 to become the sport's oldest-ever champion. More>>

Brisbane-based trainer Robert Heathcote arrived in Auckland on Friday and officials are concerned because of an interview he did with Australian media outlining steps he had taken to spread the virus to horses in his stable.

Thoroughbred Racing officials have not been able to speak to Heathcote and Chief Steward Cameron George says he was not at the Ellerslie Races in Auckland on Saturday. George says the industry wants to be sure Heathcote is here for the right reasons.

He says this is a worrying time for New Zealand racing, and they need to make sure anyone who has been in contact with the virus follows the protocols.

Heathcote, who trains horses in the Brisbane Suburb of Hendra, says he deliberately introduced the virus into his stables to get the outbreak over and done with. More>>

Where this latest proposal for a thoroughbred track is concerned, my money is on the guy holding the reins.

Jerry Campbell went to the racing commission in Lansing on Monday with a proposal for a $142 million race track and retail center near Metro Airport. He tells me that Pinnacle Race Course in Huron Township will "feel like Disney World -- someplace clean, with great service, where you can take a family."

I realize the past performances for thoroughbreds have not been sterling lately. Ladbroke-Detroit Race Course had been around long enough that Seabiscuit raced there, but it closed abruptly in 1998. Magna Entertainment Corp., the 2,000-pound Clydesdale in the horse racing industry, was supposed to build a glitzy track and showplace in Romulus, but it backed out two months ago. More>>