According to a report by Lower Hudson Journal News, Louis Cappelli, the driving force behind the multi-million-dollar entertainment expansion at the Concord Resort Hotel in New York State, is recovering from surgery to repair

a brain aneurysm.

The article states that the aneurysm was detected July 20 and was "repaired" via a the successful operation the following day.

"…it was identified quickly at a hospital on Long Island and he was flown to Manhattan," Cappelli spokesman Geoff Thompson was quoted as saying. "That really was a very wonderful thing. ... It's rather miraculous. He's doing very, very well."

The Concord expansion is expected to be the new home of the new Monticello Raceway.

Click here to the read Lower Hudson Journal News article in its entirety.

Please join Standardbred Canada in wishing Louis Cappelli a quick and speedy recovery.

(With files from the Lower Hudson Journal News)