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NYSRWB To Implement Safety Measures

September 28, 2012

In light of the announcement today by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo regarding a safety overhaul of NYRA tracks, New York State Racing And Wagering Board Chairman John D. Sabini has issued a statem...

NY Gov. Cuomo Orders Broad Safety Overhaul At NYRA Tracks

September 28, 2012

On Friday, September 28, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced his office has received the findings and recommendations of the New York Task Force on Racehorse Health and Safety and that the sta...

Reports: NY To Privatize NYRA

September 24, 2012

Reports from New York state indicate that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign legislation this week to seize control of the New York Racing Association and return the organization to state-run control before ...

From Calling To Winning The Hambo?

“If I walk through the barn my eyes itch, I get a heachache and start to feel drowsy. I watch him work out, but I don’t go very near him. I think I may have openly touched him once and he’s probably t...

NYRA Re-Organization To State Senate

It has been reported that on Wednesday, June 20 the New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill which will allow the restructuring of the board of the New York Racing Association.

Gov. Cuomo Close To Taking Over NYRA

It has been reported that after finding common ground with other state legislators this past Saturday night, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is one step closer to temporarily taking over control of the...

NYRA To Be Reorganized, Transformed

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) today announced an agreement to establish the NYRA Reorganizat...

NYRA Fires Back At NYSRWB

After having been publicly grilled for making appointments to replace its fired president and secretary amid a state probe, the New York Racing Association has fired back at the New York State Racing ...

State Actions Against NYRA Won't Impact Purses

New York State Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Fund Chairman John D. Sabini today stressed that New York’s thoroughbred breeding industry is sound and will not be impacted by the State’s withh...

Racing Board Rips NYRA Over Appointments

On Tuesday, May 15, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board issued a release regarding the New York Racing Association's appointments of its executive vice-president and COO Ellen McCain to presi...

NYRA Fires CEO And Senior VP

Charles Hayward, the recently-fired former president and CEO of the New York Racing Association, has gone on the record as saying that he expects to be fully exonerated from the allegations which led ...

NYRA Places CEO, Senior VP On Leave

The New York Racing Association has announced that it has placed its CEO, Charles Hayward, and its senior vice-president, Patrick Kehoe, on unpaid administrative leave in light of a New York State Rac...