New York racing in jeopardy over workers' compensation dispute
A dispute over workmens' compensation pricing could threaten to shut down New York racing beginning Jan. 1.
David GreningDec 19, 2014
A dispute over workmens' compensation pricing could threaten to shut down New York racing beginning Jan. 1.
Old Friends Equine Retirement will be honored with a Special Eclipse Award for contributions to the sport, the organizers of the Eclipse Awards announced Friday.
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has declined a proposal to merge with the Association of Racing Commissioners International, citing “the importance of maintaining an independent and apolitical” organization to conduct medication research.
Tom Durkin, the longtime announcer for the New York Racing Association who retired earlier this year, has been selected to receive the Eclipse Award of Merit, the organizers of the Eclipse Awards announced Thursday.
New York regulators on Wednesday tabbed three casino proposals in upstate locations for licensing while rejecting all applications for a casino in the location approved by legislators that was closest to New York City.
Terry Finley, the New York-based owner who narrowly lost a recent election for president of the state’s horsemen’s group, will have until Jan. 5 to prepare a challenge to the election result under a four-step process adopted by the group’s board Monday, the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association said.
The Association of Racing Commissioners International, an umbrella group for state racing commissions, has voted to ask an embattled independent medication research and advisory group to merge with it, the organization announced Tuesday.
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2014-15 Golden Gate Fields Winter Meet.
Track information and stakes schedule for the 2014 Aqueduct Fall Meet, which starts October 29, highlighted by the G1 $400,000 Cigar Mile Handicap on Saturday, November 29.
The New York Racing Association has hired George Venizelos as its new vice president of security. He will begin his new position Jan. 26.