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Without Corporate Welfare, NYRA (NY Thoroughbred Racing) Is Failing

Without Corporate Welfare, NYRA (NY Thoroughbred Racing) Is Failing

by Patrick Battuello | Jun 15, 2016 | Horseracing Business, Racinos: Corporate Welfare

Highlights from a recent report by the New York State Comptroller’s Office: In October 2011, Resorts World New York City Casino (Resorts) opened adjacent to Aqueduct Racetrack. According to NYRA’s Franchise Agreement (Agreement), a percentage of Resorts’ Video...

Yes, Ray Paulick, Horseracing Is Animal Exploitation; Yes, Bill Finley, Whipping Horses Is Cruel

by Patrick Battuello | Jun 2, 2016 | Horseracing Business, Recommended, Whipping

Although I am loath (and loathe) to give Ray Paulick, one of Racing’s more notorious hacks, “clicks” or “hits” (for I know he counts them), this short clip was too good to pass up. Speaking in the wake of the duo kills at Pimlico, Paulick...
Les Bois Park Dead of Natural Causes; Idaho, Let it Stay Dead

Les Bois Park Dead of Natural Causes; Idaho, Let it Stay Dead

by Patrick Battuello | Apr 4, 2016 | Horseracing Business, Racinos: Corporate Welfare, Recommended, Tracks

From the Les Bois Park website: Dear Les Bois Park Fans, As you may be aware, we will be closing our Turf Club Bar & Grill and Simulcast Facility, effective end of day on Sunday, March 20th. After being granted the simulcast license in December, Treasure Valley...
The Jockey Club’s Death Database is a Joke

The Jockey Club’s Death Database is a Joke

by Patrick Battuello | Mar 29, 2016 | Horseracing Business, Recommended

Last week, The Jockey Club gleefully boasted of progress on the “breakdown” front: “An analysis of data from the Equine Injury Database…has shown a 14 percent decrease in the frequency of fatal injury…from 1.89 per 1,000 starts in 2014 to...
Million-Dollar Earner Somali Lemonade Killed in Production

Million-Dollar Earner Somali Lemonade Killed in Production

by Patrick Battuello | Jan 26, 2016 | Horseracing Business

Blood-Horse reports that “Grade I winner Somali Lemonade [below] died Jan. 23 from complications of foaling.” The foal (her first) also died. The 6-year-old was whip-raced 24 times (most recently October ’14) before being turned into a reproduction...
Racing Killed This Stud-Horse

Racing Killed This Stud-Horse

by Patrick Battuello | Sep 4, 2015 | Horseracing Business, Recommended

There is, of course, practically zero accountability in the racing world: A horse who shatters his leg while heading for home is said to have “taken a bad step”; a horse who snaps his neck after colliding with another is called the victim of an unfortunate...
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