NE Racing Fans Shut Out
“Picture this. You’re a New England thoroughbred racing fan, fresh off the high of another exciting Saratoga summer. You can’t wait for the Oct. 30th Breeders’ Cup from Lone Star Park and hope to sharpen your handicapping by watching and wagering on Belmont Park’s spectacular fall meeting, which includes several premier stakes races.” Wait, you can’t — at least, not at Suffolk Downs or Rockingham Park, owing to the dispute between NYRA and the MidAtlantic Coop. Yet again, writes Paul Daley, fans are paying the price for an industry squabble. (Lowell Sun)
More: “When there’s a squabble among members of the horse racing industry, they have a funny way of settling it. They take a baseball bat and hit you, the horse player, over the head with it.” (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
