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SOANY Selects Directors & Officers

December 02, 2012

The annual general membership meeting of the Standardbred Owners Association of New York (SOANY) was held on Saturday, December 1 at the organization's office in Yonkers, New York.

Horsemen Help At Food Bank

August 21, 2012

About three dozen incredibly eager volunteers representing Yonkers Raceway, Empire City, the horsemen’s association and the driving colony paid a Tuesday afternoon visit to the Food Bank for Westchest...

Horseman Helps Launch Philanthropic Program

“I just get a lot of satisfaction out of helping people. I love animals and I’m best at being around horses. You can help kids or adults through the horses. To me, it’s not why would you do it or why ...

SOA Of NY Firmly Behind Ontario Horsemen

February 21, 2012

The Standardbred Owners Association of New York has announced that it stands firmly behind all those hard working horsemen in Canada who are trying to protect the interests of harness racing and who i...

SOANY Retorts With Open Letter

December 22, 2011

It appears as though a war of words between the Standardbred Owners Association of New York and the New York Gaming Association has heated up

NYGA Looks To Clear Misconceptions

December 20, 2011

In an open letter sent to the Standardbred Owners Association of New York Board of Directors and the organization's members, New York Gaming Association Executive Director Michael Wilton has discussed...

Faraldo/Gural Spat Continues

September 26, 2011

The back and forth between racetrack owner-operator Jeff Gural and Standardbred Owners Association of New York President Joe Faraldo just refuses to stop

Supreme Court Strikes Down Testing Rules

August 19, 2011

After an over three-year battle led by the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, and joined by the Empire State Harness Horsemen’s Alliance (comprised of the representative horsemen’s associa...

SOANY Wants A Healthy Lederman Back

August 15, 2011

On Monday, August 15, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York passed a resolution donating $1,000 towards defraying the costs of Freehold track announcer Larry Lederman's continuing quest to r...

Pair Presented With SOANY Scholarships

In the days surrounding Yonkers Raceway's signature event, the Yonkers Trot, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York proudly presented two superior college students with the Association's 2011...

SOANY Meeting Update

December 04, 2010

The annual membership meeting of the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, the representative body for the over 1,000 owners, trainers and drivers regularly competing at Yonkers Raceway, was he...

Gural Concerned About Faraldo's Position

October 25, 2010

Jeff Gural, chairman of American Racing and Entertainment LLC, which owns and operates both Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs in New York State, has penned an open letter in response to Standardbred Owners...