Late news reports on Monday, citing political sources, said that Eliot Spitzer, a.k.a. George Fox, a.k.a. Client Number Nine, would resign the governorship of New York on Tuesday after having all but confessed to an extremely expensive Feb. 13 tryst with a prostitute at a well-known District of Columbia...

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...

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...

Joe Bruno’s characterization of the New York Racing Association’s briefing of horsemen and employees this week concerning ramifications of a Feb. 14 shutdown as “scare tactics” is evidence of something deeply troubling about the senate majority leader. Obviously, he is delusional. Or, worse, he is an...

The New York Racing Association issued this ominous notice to horsemen on Wednesday. “In spite of our efforts to negotiate a long-term agreement with the State of New York, it now appears that a shutdown of racing may occur next Thursday, February 14. As you are aware, NYRA has been operating under two...

“The Assembly doesn’t seem to be engaged at all in the racing issue or minimally at best. Here we are in February. In my mind it’s just ridiculous that there haven’t been ongoing meetings the past few weeks to get this resolved. I don’t think it’s a priority for the governor, either. Unfortunately, I...

With New Yorkers aglow in the wake of what will undoubtedly be remembered as the most dramatic upset in the history of the Super Bowl and pondering Tuesday’s presidential primaries, those involved in negotiations that will cement the future of the state’s important racetracks returned to work on Monday...

Note: This report, detailing the dire position in which the New York Racing Association faces in the weeks ahead, appears in Saturday’s editions of The Saratogian. It is reproduced here because we feel that the resignation of Charles Wait from the NYRA board is a significant development and a loss to...

It appears that Sen. Joe Bruno is losing his grip on a long-faithful upstate constituency that, unlike the Senate Majority Leader, has its priorities in order and its story straight. Long-time New York Racing Association trustee Charlie Wait, who happens also to be president of the Adirondack Trust Co...

The citizens of Miami-Dade County, Florida, overwhelmingly approved slot machines for racetracks – in Miami, that also mean dog -- this week, a referendum that accompanied the presidential primaries in South Florida and followed the downsizing of the failing casino at Gulfstream Park, which is located...