Sentences with phrase «york racing course»

Not exact matches

A proposed three - story luxury viewing facility at the Saratoga Race Course embodies the effort by NYRA to strengthen its non-gambling revenues and protect the long - term future of thoroughbred racing in New York.

A review of the racing and training surfaces at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in the wake of 10 exercise - related musculoskeletal fatalities so far during the meet meet has not unearthed any obvious problems with the tracks, according to the New York State Gaming Commission.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York Racing Association will cease operations before the scheduled July 23 start at Saratoga Race Course — unless the state takes action, according to a two - sentence statement by NYRA.

Loguidice and Snooks named New York Racing Association in their initial suit, claiming that Wandering Dago had been banished from Saratoga Race Course in 2013 due to state officials» objections to its name.

Teresa Genaro, who helps cover Saratoga Race Course for The Saratogian's Pink Sheet, provides reports and reflections on (mostly) New York racing.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) now welcomes the general public to purchase season admission passes for the 2018 meet at historic Saratoga Race Course.

«In light of the deaths of two races horses at Maryland's Pimlico Race Course this weekend, I am writing to ask that you immediately suspend all horse racing in New York state indefinitely, including the upcoming Belmont Stakes, until you and racing advocates can actually protect the lives of horses,» NYCLASS executive director Allie Taylor said in a letter being sent to New York Racing Association president Chriracing in New York state indefinitely, including the upcoming Belmont Stakes, until you and racing advocates can actually protect the lives of horses,» NYCLASS executive director Allie Taylor said in a letter being sent to New York Racing Association president Chriracing advocates can actually protect the lives of horses,» NYCLASS executive director Allie Taylor said in a letter being sent to New York Racing Association president ChriRacing Association president Chris Kay.

Also speaking were Cynthia Hollowood, general manager of the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs and a Saratoga Race Course Community Advisory Board member; New York Thoroughbred Breeders Executive Director Jeffrey Cannizzo; and Richard Violette, president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.

At 10:30 a.m. today, the group ThoroFan will hold a rally to «Save New York Racing» at the reserved seating entrance on Union Avenue, outside Saratoga Race Course.

With a deadline looming, boosters of Saratoga Race Course have launched an effort to counter what they say are onerous conditions the Cuomo administration wants to impose on the re-privatization of the New York Racing Association

Of course, New York might not have had the unusually high number of competitive congressional races underway across the state if Cuomo had heeded calls from national Democrats — including Pelosi — to intercede in the redistricting stalemate between the state Senate and Assembly when it came to the House lines.

Figure skater Tara Lipinski spends her day at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs New York August 5, 1999.

A 1985 photo of Kirk Douglas and his wife, visiting Marylou Whitney at the Saratoga Race Course from the New York Racing Association collection.

campaign, for refusing to relinquish state control of the New York Racing Association, which runs Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park and Aqueduct Race Track.

On the day of the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, New York Racing Association CEO Chris Kay gave details of the upcoming meets at Belmont and Saratoga Race Course.

The decision is critical locally, because New York Racing Association is slated to get a significant share of Aqueduct racino revenue, much of which would be spent on Saratoga Race Course improvements.

Of the 237 days when thoroughbred horses compete on the New York Racing Association's calendar, the 40 days at Saratoga Race Course are among its best attended and most wagered on.

BEST receives funding from the New York Racing Association, which operates Saratoga Race Course as well as tracks at Belmont and Aqueduct, and the New York Thoroughbred Horseman's Association.

«I am entering the race because Maurice Hinchey, who will be seeking his 10th term in Congress next year, has proven over the course of four decades in politics, that he is radically wrong for New York and for America.»

The truck's owners sued the New York Racing Association in 2013 after it was booted from the Saratoga Race Course, on the instruction of Bennett Liebman, a top Cuomo adviser who feared someone might be offended.

A horse racing enthusiast, Bonomo was appointed by Cuomo in March 2015 as chairman of the board of the New York Racing Association, which runs operations at the state's three thoroughbred tracks, including Saratoga Race Cracing enthusiast, Bonomo was appointed by Cuomo in March 2015 as chairman of the board of the New York Racing Association, which runs operations at the state's three thoroughbred tracks, including Saratoga Race CRacing Association, which runs operations at the state's three thoroughbred tracks, including Saratoga Race Course.

That's because profits from the new VLTs, which would be on top of the 5,525 machines already at Resorts World, wouldn't add to the 16 percent of revenue that now goes to the New York Racing Association to support horse racing purses, operations and capital improvements at its tracks, including Saratoga Race CRacing Association to support horse racing purses, operations and capital improvements at its tracks, including Saratoga Race Cracing purses, operations and capital improvements at its tracks, including Saratoga Race Course.

The owners of the Wandering Dago, run at the time by Andrea Loguidice and Brendan Snooks, filed suit in August 2013 against employees and leaders of OGS, including Commissioner RoAnn Destito and Executive Deputy Commissioner Joe Rabito, as well as the New York Racing Association, which ejected the truck from the Saratoga Race Course in July of that year.

New York Racing Association CEO Chris Kay speaks about the upcoming racing season at Saratoga Race Course during an appearance Thursday morning at Longfellows Racing Association CEO Chris Kay speaks about the upcoming racing season at Saratoga Race Course during an appearance Thursday morning at Longfellows racing season at Saratoga Race Course during an appearance Thursday morning at Longfellows Hotel.

In a recent article in The New York Times, Jen A. Miller lamented the use of smartphones in races, noting that the devices have become «social media spouts for runners to take selfies, FaceTime a family member on a crowded course, or chat on the phone in the middle of a race, oblivious to the people behind and around them.»

Three Chinese parents have filed suit against the New York City Department of Education, claiming their children were illegally excluded from a test - preparation course because of their race.

It will mark the team's fourth race at 3.4 - mile, 11 - turn road course in central New York.

Some of the country's most popular race courses are nearby including York, and the Talbot Hotel offers great service to those visiting to attend the races.

Since its opening in March, the exhibition has been widely heralded for its «political charge» (see for example reviews by Peter Schjeldahl in The New Yorker and Jerry Saltz in New York Magazine), for its impressive diversity of artists included (though I wish this still was not so rare as to be newsworthy), and the controversies surrounding Jordan Wolfson's ultra-graphic Real violence (2017) and of course the Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), which not only raised highly problematic issues around race and its representation in contemporary American art, censorship, and quite interestingly to me at least, the role of abstraction, also had the unfortunate side effect of overshadowing so many stronger inclusions in this year's iteration.