Calder Race Course News

Calder stakes worth $6.6M this year
MIAMI – Calder Race Course will present 58 stakes races worth over $6.6 million in purses during its 2012 season, which begins on April 9.

Calder: Former superintendant charged with defrauding track
Federal prosecutors in Florida have charged the former superintendent of Calder Race Course in Miami with fraud for his alleged participation in a kickback scheme that could have cost the track as much as $4.5 million over a decade, according to an indictment released Thursday by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

Calder Race Course supervisor, 2 contractors charged in alleged kickback scheme
According to federal charges, three men and unnamed co-conspirators made millions by collaborating on a “kickback scheme” involving false billing for maintenance services at the Calder race track and grounds.

Three accused in $4.5 million kickback fraud at Calder
Three men were charged Thursday with taking part in a $4.5 million false billing and kickback scheme at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens.

3 charged of defrauding Fla.'s Calder racetrack
The former track supervisor at South Florida's Calder Race Course and two maintenance contractors are charged in an alleged scheme that stole millions of dollars from the thoroughbred racetrack.

Former Calder track supervisor accused of kickback scheme
The former track supervisor at South Florida's Calder Race Course and two maintenance contractors are charged in an alleged scheme that stole millions of dollars from the thoroughbred racetrack owned by Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc.

Abandoned horses once raced at Calder
The horses abandoned and left to die in Miami-Dade County have been identified, and officials said some of them once raced at Calder Race Course.  Volunteers are working to nurse four thoroughbreds and a quarter horse back to health after they were found abandoned and starving. Three thoroughbreds and a quarter horse were found at a toxic dump site in northwest Miami-Dade by the Animal Recovery ...

Ex-Track Supervisor Charged In Calder Race Course Kickback Scheme
The former track supervisor at South Florida's Calder Race Course and two maintenance contractors are charged in an alleged scheme that stole millions of dollars from the thoroughbred racetrack.

Three men accused of $4.5 million kickback fraud at Calder Race Course
Three men were charged Thursday with taking part in a $4.5 million false billing and kickback scheme at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens.

3 Charged in Calder Kickback Scheme
Steven Cross, Israel Campos and Mark Cantrell have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.