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State: NYRA overcharged bettors by millions
The state Racing & Wagering Board is set to admonish the New York Racing Association on Wednesday afternoon for overcharging bettors millions of dollars over the past 15 months, state…
December 21 2011, 11:03am | Visit source ›
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With a Private Racetrack, Life's a Little Different
If you opened up Twitter when Rick Dutrow was reinstated with a stay and could race at New York tracks…
December 21 2011, 6:22am | Visit source ›
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Got some information from NYRA in response to my incessant whining about the lack of improvements thus far on the…
December 21 2011, 3:43am | Visit source ›
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Yeah I know, been awhile since the last post. But hey, it's a slow time in the racing calendar. And…
December 14 2011, 6:15am | Visit source ›
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The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced earlier this year plans to increase purses paid to horsemen at Aqueduct. According to the September 24 release, payouts at the winter/spring meet…
December 13 2011, 10:37am | Visit source ›
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I didn't realize that it was an issue, but the NYS Racing and Wagering Board approved the continuation of online…
December 2 2011, 3:06am | Visit source ›
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New York Horse Racing Bets on the Web
After a year of strong growth in Internet gaming, the New York State Racing & Wagering Board voted on Tuesday to extend online streaming of the state’s thoroughbred and harness…
November 30 2011, 8:42am | Visit source ›
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Matt Hegarty, no doubt having seen my post on the booming business at the Big A, reports on the subject…
November 18 2011, 9:09pm | Visit source ›
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With the opening of the Resorts World Casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack, another long standing tradition seems to have gone…
November 14 2011, 7:52pm | Visit source ›
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Huge Crowds Make For a Depressing Start
Got a press release, from Genting's PR agency and forwarded by NYRA, in my email just after the opening of…
October 29 2011, 8:19am | Visit source ›
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It’s the end of October and that means two things. The first is that all of the important grade one…
October 20 2011, 4:00pm | Visit source ›
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The powers that be at the New York Racing Association, not to mention nouveau uber-owner Mike Repole, have risen up…
October 8 2011, 9:35am | Visit source ›
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As expected with VLT's imminent, NYRA announced significant purse increases for the Big A, starting on Jan 1; average daily…
September 25 2011, 9:07am | Visit source ›
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I was reading the Times on the subway this morning, and ran across this story. The Bloomberg administration announced Wednesday…
September 15 2011, 6:26pm | Visit source ›
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As I leave shortly for my Long Island trek to attend a wedding on Saturday and battle Hurricane Irene, here…
August 26 2011, 10:04am | Visit source ›
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When handicapper Andy Serling talks, bettors listen
Handicapper Andy Serling, right, analyzes the Saratoga card with Daily Racing Form's Steve Crist at the track's pre-race seminar. By Andrew Beyer, Horse racing suffers from no shortage of opinions.
August 24 2011, 7:01am | Visit source ›
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Repole ready to take on the Breeders' Cup
If Repole's Breeders' Cup comes to Belmont with NYRA's blessing, I can see the Breeders' Cup announcing that the 2013 Cup will be run at Arapahoe Park in Colorado. When…
August 14 2011, 7:44am | Visit source ›
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Jay Privman The co-host of the New York Racing Association’s simulcast wagering show, he also co-hosts the prerace "Talkin’ Horses" handicapping segment as well as the "National Racing Report" and…
August 11 2011, 9:50am | Visit source ›
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Some off-track notes and a quick comment on today's third at Saratoga: Governor Cuomo announced, with some fanfare the other…
August 11 2011, 6:18am | Visit source ›
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NYRA lays out year's remaining stakes
David Grening With only a few alterations, the New York Racing Association announced its stakes schedule for the remainder of 2011, encompassing the Belmont Park fall, Aqueduct fall, and the…
August 10 2011, 12:31pm | Visit source ›
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New York Breeders' Cup must be earned
When word got out last week that Breeders’ Cup officials were holding a reception in Los Angeles this Wednesday to…
August 8 2011, 9:59am | Visit source ›
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Today is the first of two twilight Friday race cards at the Spa or as NYRA calls it "Party at…
July 29 2011, 6:17am | Visit source ›
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Saratoga Opening Weekend Recap
Opening Day weekend was an all around success for NYRA and the fans who came out to the Spa. Credit…
July 24 2011, 6:23pm | Visit source ›
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National Spotlight, Local Scorn for NYRA
Three of the eight nationally televised programs from Saratoga will actually be on NBC, with the other five on Versus.…
July 20 2011, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Figures to be a hot time at Saratoga for opening day....hopefully for the racing and the wagering too. But I…
July 18 2011, 8:04pm | Visit source ›
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Back from a month break from the blogosphere. And except for a peak here and there at select blogs and…
July 6 2011, 9:13pm | Visit source ›
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We've been down at my mom's house in Florida the last few days. And though the wireless is fixed, I…
June 28 2011, 3:23pm | Visit source ›
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June 24 2011, 12:03am | Visit source ›
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Oversight Chairman [Insulting Verb] NYRA
Lambastes is the word that the Times Union's Capitol Confidential uses to describe the figurative tongue-lashing delivered to NYRA in…
June 21 2011, 8:08pm | Visit source ›
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In defense of NYRA trying Empire State of Mind
Both then and now, the New York Racing Association was the subject of a verbal lashing for replacing "New York,…
June 8 2011, 11:42am | Visit source ›
