With Spitzer out of the picture the ball is in Bruno's court There is optimistic speculation that the unexpected ascension of David Paterson to the governor’s office in Albany will actually facilitate the process of dealing with both the details of legislation that would conclude the matter of the...

San Jose, Costa Rica Sometimes, not often and always accidentally, my timing is perfect and this vacation, scheduled more than a month ago when is seemed likely that by now the issues that swirled around the New York racing franchise and the future of the greatest game played outdoors would be settled...

The rain in Southern California, which has forced the cancelation of racing on Thursday and Friday, is forecast to persist through the weekend, the synthetic track at Santa Anita is again useless and it is highly unlikely that the Western portion of Saturday’s Sunshine Millions program will be run as...

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...