http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/Ciuqm8jMgoQ/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - The 72-year-old sportswriter died Friday: ...and the only one who could lighten such dark and heavy news would have been Ziegel himself. Nobody had a more deft touch with written words... ]]> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:04:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/Ciuqm8jMgoQ/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/TbhVlgZGR4I/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - There’ll be more stalls available at Saratoga this summer, and fewer complaints from horsemen year round. NYRA announced today that, five years after the detention barns opened... ]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:05:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/TbhVlgZGR4I/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/Ad24BKtC8vc/enter-turnaround-pro.html Left at the Gate - A lot is being made of the $125,000 per month salary that NYC OTB will pay to Greg Rayburn, its new president. It's the natural reaction I suppose to be disgusted... ]]> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:30:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/Ad24BKtC8vc/enter-turnaround-pro.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/sorry-charlie-cummings-mea-culpa/ Paulick Report - Yesterday, an online story quoted Charles Hayward lamenting his difficult 60 days traveling back and forth to Albany, trying to get a $25 million cash infusion from the state of New York. ]]> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:46:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/sorry-charlie-cummings-mea-culpa/ http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2010/05/nyra-rescue-passes-state-senate.html The Business of Racing - I've been advised that the New York State Senate has approved the $25 million loan (not bailout) that will tide the New York Racing Association over until either NYC OTB starts paying... ]]> Mon, 24 May 2010 17:45:00 -0700 http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2010/05/nyra-rescue-passes-state-senate.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/x9jxBA2Xek8/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - ... and notes before I check out for a few days ... Jittery Saratoga fans? Reports the Troy Record: “[Tom Federlin] brings in about $1.3 million annually renting homes during track... ]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 19:09:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/x9jxBA2Xek8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/0CUP7whae34/warning.html Left at the Gate - With no tangible progress on getting the money they're due from Albany, NYRA has sent WARN letters to its employees, notifying them of a possible mass layoff in 60 days. ]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 17:20:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/0CUP7whae34/warning.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/XYa84r6mjw4/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Ugh. This Blood-Horse headline qualifies as a gross error: An Associated Press article has the slightly better headline, “Paterson: NYRA, Saratoga meet will be saved,” so readers... ]]> Tue, 18 May 2010 13:23:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/XYa84r6mjw4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/TbqejoQmY78/shutdown-close-to-reality.html Left at the Gate - "NYRA's current cash position will not allow us to make it through the entire Belmont Park race meet." And so, in a press release issued late on Monday afternoon... ]]> Tue, 18 May 2010 05:00:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/TbqejoQmY78/shutdown-close-to-reality.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/oTqCRLvmLYs/first-17-million-things-first.html Left at the Gate - It was the Lottery Division which issued the latest Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Big A racino, and it's that agency which will recommend a bidder to Governor Paterson... ]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 20:49:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/oTqCRLvmLYs/first-17-million-things-first.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/festin2008/4451474318/in/pool-979474@N21 Flickr - Festin2008 has added a photo to the pool: A rally was held at Belmont Racetrack today to save 35,000 jobs. ]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:51:00 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/photos/festin2008/4451474318/in/pool-979474@N21 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/GFyYvHLi3cU/exit-aeg.html Left at the Gate - Remember that Governor Paterson had, laughably, recused himself from the mess surrounding Aqueduct Entertainment Group that he helped to create. ]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:07:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/GFyYvHLi3cU/exit-aeg.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/aeg-out-of-aqueduct-deal/ Paulick Report - After much back and forth about the legitimacy of the deal struck by Governor David Paterson and AEG, the... ]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:05:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/aeg-out-of-aqueduct-deal/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/zayat-cleared-by-chrb/ Paulick Report - Investigators with the California Horse Racing Board said they will take no action at this time against owner Ahmed Zayat, who in documents related to his... ]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:55:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/zayat-cleared-by-chrb/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/kill-pen-owner-testifies-to-taking-paragallos-horses/ Paulick Report - As the Paragallo case continues to be tried, the case against the New York owner continues to mount. Donald Nickerson, who buys horses and has them transported to a slaughterhouse in Canada... ]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:33:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/kill-pen-owner-testifies-to-taking-paragallos-horses/ http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2010/02/nyra-salaries.html The Business of Racing - Congratulations to NYRA on, albeit reluctantly, releasing the salary data for its top executives. In an age when all sorts of information is available at the push of a computer key... ]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:24:00 -0800 http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2010/02/nyra-salaries.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/paulick-report-forum-brought-to-you-breeders-cup-synthetic-tracks-no-moss/ Paulick Report - Jerry Moss has been living a dream since moving to California from his native... ]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:37:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/paulick-report-forum-brought-to-you-breeders-cup-synthetic-tracks-no-moss/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/K53J7VC8OHg/salary-flap-more-of-same.html Left at the Gate - I personally think it's wrong that NYRA was pressured by politicians (egged on by the press) into releasing the salaries of its executives. ]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:09:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/K53J7VC8OHg/salary-flap-more-of-same.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy37oZYwinU&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - Clockers record the time and distance of morning workouts for individual horses in training. These times are recorded manually and this information is shared with the betting public. ]]> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:06:00 -0800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy37oZYwinU&feature=youtube_gdata http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/uTikMVc0kMg/not-negotiable.html Left at the Gate - Here's a link to a letter that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has written to Governor Paterson regarding his insistence that the conditions for his approval of Aqueduct Entertainment... ]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:26:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/uTikMVc0kMg/not-negotiable.html