SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Officials of the New York Racing Association implored horsemen at a meeting on Thursday in the Saratoga paddock to put political pressure on Gov. George Pataki to approve the association's slot-machine project at Aqueduct racetrack, but the plea's impact was diluted by the acrimony that continues to plague the relationship between the two groups.

A subsidiary of a company that owns and operates a racing stable plans to open a $7 million equine clinic across the street from Belmont Park that will be headed by Dr. James Hunt, the New York racetrack practitioner, and Dr. Patricia Hogan, an equine surgeon.

A subsidiary of a company that owns and operates a racing stable plans to open a $7 million equine clinic across the street from Belmont Park that will be headed by Dr. James Hunt, the New York racetrack practitioner, and Dr. Patricia Hogan, the equine surgeon.

Officials of the New York Racing Association implored horsemen at a meeting on Thursday in the Saratoga paddock to put political pressure on Gov. George Pataki to approve the association's slot-machine project at Aqueduct racetrack, but the plea's impact was diluted by the acrimony that continues to plague the relationship between the two groups.

A racing industry consortium has developed new software to process wagers that, when implemented, will eliminate late odds changes, the groups announced on Wednesday.

A racing industry consortium has developed new software to process wagers that, when implemented, will eliminate late odds changes, the groups announced Wednesday.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - In his closing remarks at Sunday's Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing, Jockey Club chairman Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps said that "none of the problems this industry faces, whether it's medication, wagering systems, illegal betting, equine injuries, or Thoroughbred racing in New York state, can be solved without a unified effort."

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - One year ago, the Jockey Club announced that it would launch an industry-funded laboratory to develop new tests to detect illegal drugs. On Sunday, at the same forum as last year - the annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga Springs - the Jockey Club plans to inform the racing industry of its progress.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment, the two largest racetrack operators in the country, have joined Empire Racing Associates in its bid to secure the franchise held by the New York Racing Association, the companies announced Tuesday night.

A company set up by the Association of Racing Commissioners International has entered into a partnership with a gambling security company to sell services to test the security of racetracks' bet-processing networks, the RCI announced Wednesday.