NYRA board meeting educates Skorton, the new chairman
Dr. David Skorton presided over his first meeting as the chairman of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board on Monday afternoon.
David GreningDec 12, 2012
Dr. David Skorton presided over his first meeting as the chairman of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board on Monday afternoon.
A California-based owner has filed an appeal of a Kentucky court decision that upheld a rule restricting where claimed horses can run.
Dan Fick, former executive director of the Jockey Club, has been hired to head a Texas organization that is lobbying for slot machines at state racetracks, according to the organization.
A bill that would grant Catskill Off-Track Betting Corporation the legal right to operate OTB parlors in New York City’s five boroughs was sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, but it is unlikely that the bill will receive his endorsement, according to racing officials.
Regulators and racetracks that seek harsh penalties against drug offenders continue to encounter obstacles to the enforcement of those penalties through a legal review process that is increasingly sympathetic to the rights of licensees, panelists at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming said on Thursday morning.
Despite bright lights on the horizon, Ohio horsemen remain troubled by the condition of the state’s racing industry, which faces disputes over racing dates and slot-machine subsidies.
Anyone who enjoyed "Thirty Tons a Day," the little-read but peculiarly seminal racetrack management book, probably had their senses tingling on Wednesday afternoon at the Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming during a presentation by Kelly Spencer, the marketing manager at tiny Grand River Raceway in rural Ontario.
Candidates for the Eclipse Award for older male.
Where should a racetrack focus its discretionary spending: on the ontrack experience, or the marketing of its simulcast product? That question was addressed acutely Wednesday morning at the University of Arizona Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming.
Handle on U.S. races in November was down marginally compared with November figures last year, according to figures released on Wednesday by Equibase. The decline in handle was offset by a larger decline in race dates during the month.