Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is putting his name on the latest effort to introduce universal safety regulations to the industry of horse racing.
Last week prior to the start of the Kentucky Derby in his home state, McConnell announced that he will introduce a bill meant to reform horse racing. This is indeed a promising development for the future of race horses in a sport that has sparked mass disapproval recently due to the discovery of the reckless doping of horses and a rise of grim horse deaths, earning criticism not only from outside audience but also from trainers and stakeholders alike from within the industry.
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An artificial intelligence (AI) program that successfully predicted winners for the Academy Awards and the Super Bowl has now successfully predicted the racehorse winners for Kentucky Derby Superfecta. The AI called UNU managed to predict not just the winning racehorse, but also the second, third, and fourth horse in the derby - a 540-1 odd, giving its creator Louis Rosenberg a $10,842 winning for a $20 bet.
A retired electrician takes home a surprising £30,000 from a sixty pence bet. Tony Savill, 70, could not believe his luck as the horses he placed his bet on came home in the right places. This netted his 60 pence wager for the toteplace sweepstake at Southwell at a Betfred shop an astonishing take home amount worth £30,000.
