David Orourke

NYRA Enhances High Definition Video Page

• By BloodHorse Staff
• July 17, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping, Northeast Region

In advance of the 2015 Saratoga Race Course meet, the New York Racing Association announced a number of upgrades to the high definition video page on NYRA.com.

NYRA Re-Launches NYRA.com Web Portal

• By BloodHorse Staff
• April 3, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping, Northeast Region

The New York Racing Association has officially re-launched its NYRA.com website.

NYRA Officials Meet With Aqueduct Customers

• By Teresa Genaro
• November 15, 2014
• Thoroughbred Racing, Breeders' Cup, Northeast Region

In the first of a series of quarterly meetings, executives from the New York Racing Association took questions from customers in an hour-long question-and-answer session Nov. 15 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

New Double Wager Links Santa Anita, Belmont

• By BloodHorse Staff
• October 9, 2014
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping, Northeast Region, West Region

Santa Anita Park and the New York Racing Association announced an all-new $2 wager called the "Belmont/Santa Anita Cross-Country Double," which will link Belmont Park's final race each day to a selected race at Santa Anita.

TRPB Promotes Linnell, Elects New Directors

• By BloodHorse Staff
• August 8, 2014
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping, Northeast Region

J. Curtis Linnell was appointed vice president of wagering analysis and operations for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau at its board meeting Aug. 7 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Same Grandstand Price on Expanded Belmont Day

• By BloodHorse Staff
• March 17, 2014
• Triple Crown, Northeast Region

Tickets to the the 2014 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), which this year will feature a 13-race card offering $8 million in purses, will be available for purchase beginning March 31.

Silver Returns to New York Racing Association

• By BloodHorse Staff
• December 6, 2013
• Northeast Region

Dan Silver has been named director of television and interactive platforms for the New York Racing Association, effective January 2014.

NYRA Officials Address Wide Range of Topics

• By Teresa Genaro
• August 27, 2013
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

The amount of racing at Saratoga Race Course, the quality of the technology available at the track, and the future of the facilities at all New York Racing Association tracks were the focus of an Aug. 26 forum.

Finley Named NYRA Director of Simulcasting

• By BloodHorse Staff
• July 13, 2013
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

Scott M. Finley will join the New York Racing Association as its director of simulcasting effective Aug. 1, the organization announced July 13.

NYRA Outlines Plans for 2013 Saratoga Meet

• By Teresa Genaro
• June 24, 2013
• Thoroughbred Racing, Northeast Region

High quality racing, customer service, and history were the subjects of a New York Racing Association media event June 24 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., at which the organization's executives detailed plans for this year's meet.

Unions, Patrons Mix at NYRA Public Hearing

• June 15, 2013
• Northeast Region

A public hearing held by the New York Racing Association at Belmont June 15 was intended to focus on racing, wagering, and marketing, but within minutes of its start, it turned into an acrimonious, impromptu union meeting.

NYRA Board Meets; Still No Action on CEO

• June 10, 2013
• Northeast Region

The New York Racing Association board of directors met June 10, partly in closed session, but said afterward no decision had been made on selecting a chief executive officer to lead the organization.

NYRA Names 3-Person Interim Management Team

• April 29, 2013
• Northeast Region

The New York Racing Association board of directors, at a meeting late in the afternoon of April 29, appointed an interim management team to run the corporation's racetracks until a new chief executive officer is hired.