Headlines: January 17
– Remembering the greatest race-fixer of all. Anthony “Fat Tony” Ciulla “fixed races at Suffolk Downs, the old Garden State racetrack, and a graveyard of now-dead tracks like Narragansett, Hialeah, and Green Mountain…. Ciulla, who could be as charming as he was intimidating, admitted to fixing hundreds of races by paying off jockeys, usually for between $3,000 and $6,000 a race, and sometimes as much as $10,000.” (NYS)
– Editorial calls for putting NYRA under new management. “It’s time for the state to muck out NYRA’s stables and put the franchise out for competitive bid” (NYDN) … NYRA responds. (TT)
– Sweet Catomine wins Santa Ysabel Stakes. “The 1-10 favorite, [she] toyed with her five rivals, prevailing by 2 1/2 lengths over 9-2 second choice Pussycat Doll.” (LAT)
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