What is there for the IRB to do?
Hawthorne is done. Will never open again.
Fairmount is doing good. They get 3000 on Friday late posts in the summer. Let FanDuel run it and leave them be.
FanDuel no longer owns Fairmount Park Racetrack; they sold it to Accel Entertainment, a video gaming operator, in late 2024, with the acquisition closing in December 2024. FanDuel previously partnered with the track (then called Fairmount Park) in 2020, renaming it FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing and adding a sportsbook, but Accel now owns the facility and plans major casino development there, with the track name reverting to Fairmount Park.
they went back to using a flag drop to start the races for the "harses"