Not that it has a great deal at stake in terms of lost revenue but the New York Racing Association will do something many horseplayers have long espoused when Aqueduct opens at month’s end. With the shift of racing from Belmont to South Ozone Park, NYRA will eliminate admission and parking fees – something...

From San Jose, Costa Rica Seven years ago, a couple of friends, one of whom owned a mare, and I agreed that it would be a good idea to breed a horse, specifically a New York-bred. If we were fortunate and the resultant horse had enough ability to race competitively in New York, the state-bed program...

A showdown would have been better. A showdown would have made public Sen. Joe Bruno’s nonsensical, irrational stance on franchise issue. Drop the gloves. Lock the gates at Aqueduct. It appears, though, that the politicians have rallied in the eleventh hour and deal is at hand, though it will not be final...