During a meeting with horsemen Thursday at Saratoga Race Course, New York Racing Association president Charles Hayward said that purse accounts are fully funded and plans are being developed to build pre-race detention barns for the 2006 Saratoga season.
Thursday, August 18, 2005Fourstars Allstar, who reached stardom in New York and Ireland, was euthanized last month after breaking his neck.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005The New York Racing Association, under investigation for more than three years, was indicted Thursday on fraud and conspiracy charges. Besides the indictment of NYRA, the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn also unsealed indictments against two former directors of the parimutuel department as well as four former tellers on conspiracy and tax fraud charges.
Thursday, December 11, 2003After years of dipping into purse accounts to meet expenses, the New York Racing Association has, under pressure from horsemen, opened a new account that will be solely for maintaining purse winnings.
Wednesday, November 12, 2003Richard Bomze has been re-elected president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
Thursday, October 24, 2002