Speeding Up the Process
New York governor George Pataki is pushing a proposal to speed up the bidding process for NYRA. “In the final hours of the New York legislature’s 2005 session, a whole series of racing bills are being debated behind closed doors at the state Capitol, including a Pataki proposal to move to July 1 from Dec. 1 the date for the appointment of a nine-member panel charged with beginning the NYRA franchise bidding process.” Interesting. (Blood-Horse)
6/24 Addition: Pataki’s proposal passes. NYRA gets an oversight board, and the formation of the committee to handle the bidding process for the New York racing franchise has been moved up to July 1 from December 1.
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This opening sentence from a Los Angeles Times article says it all about Belmont’s persistent short field problem this spring:
Only 34 days to go until Saratoga opens …
