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Turf Course updates on Nyra.com
ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has introduced turf course updates to NYRA.com in order to provide the most accurate and timely information on each day’s grass races. Racing fans can go to NYRA.com, click on the web ban ... Read the full article

NYRA Statement on Nassau OTB Lawsuit
ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) President and CEO Charles Hayward has issued the following statement regarding the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation (Nassau OTB). “Nassau OTB, which lost the privilege of sho ... Read the full article

NYRA pulls In-Home Racing Signal from Nassau OTB
ELMONT, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced today that it has removed its televised signal of Belmont Park thoroughbred racing from the in-home distribution network of the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation, effec ... Read the full article

Contessa joins "On the Record" Video Library
ELMONT, N.Y. – Three-time leading New York trainer Gary Contessa has been added to “On the Record,” candid video interviews with New York’s top horsemen posted on The New York Racing Association’s YouTube site. Contessa, who has led all NYRA train ... Read the full article

A Moose on the Loose is brought to Safety at Saratoga Race Course
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., June 15, 2009 -- Saratoga Race Course employees arrived at work Monday morning to find a cow moose wandering on the sidewalk outside track property, New York Racing Association officials said. After NYRA security worked in sup ... Read the full article

Belmont Park to host New York Baseball "Rivalry Days"
ELMONT, N.Y. – If you can’t make it to the “Battle of the (new) Ballparks” this weekend for the three-game, all New York baseball series, join The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) at beautiful Belmont Park to catch all the local baseball and ... Read the full article

Rachel Alexandra Website launches at NYRA.com
ELMONT, N.Y. – Fans of Rachel Alexandra can connect with the star 3-year-old filly on her own website, “Rachel’s Sandbox” (www.nyra.com/rachel), set up by The New York Racing Association, Inc., as she prepares for a summer campaign beginning with Sat ... Read the full article

Racing and Wagering Board now allowing more Superfectas
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board today enacted new directives that lay the groundwork for more Superfecta wagering opportunities for both Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing fans. “Superfectas are popular with some racing fans because ... Read the full article

TCBets.com Offers to Save New York Racing
NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Charlie Haywood, the President of NYRA, has said that his organization will run out of cash by the end of November. Last year the New York Racing Association lost over $15 million last year and $22 million in 2003. T ... Read the full article

NYRA matches money raised during Calvin Borel Autograph Signing
ELMONT, N.Y. – Fans lined up at Belmont Park Saturday afternoon to get autographs from jockey Calvin Borel, resulting in more than $4,000 being raised for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). The proceeds from the signing, with autographs ... Read the full article

Belmont Day Pick 6 Ticket pays nearly $1 Million
ELMONT, N.Y. – There was only one person who correctly selected the winners of all six graded stakes races for the Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6, resulting in a payout of $969,345. The lone winning ticket was put together by a Yo ... Read the full article

Germillion named Manager of operation at Saratoga Race Course
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has announced the appointment of Kevin J. Gremillion to the newly created position of Operations Manager at Saratoga Race Course. In his new role, Gremillion will oversee administrati ... Read the full article

Amityville Resident wins Belmont Handicapping Challenge
ELMONT, N.Y. – William Garb, a 52-year-old former computer operator from Amityville, N.Y., claimed the $40,000 grand prize in Belmont Park’s 2009 Summer Handicapping Challenge, defeating 229 other contestants en route to victory. Along with the se ... Read the full article

NYRA offers Transportation Option for Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. – On Thursday, May 4, 1905, Belmont Park opened. It was an historic day for another reason – the opening of the “Taj Mahal of Racing” also created the first traffic jam in Long Island’s history. But on Saturday, June 6, 2009, racing f ... Read the full article

Free Seminar to Kick Off Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing
On Saturday morning, Aug. 8, Fasig-Tipton and co-sponsors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), ThoroFan, and New York Thoroughbred Breeders (NYTB) will host a free education program “From the Horse Farm to the Finish Line: A Seminar on the T ... Read the full article

$1 Million guaranteed Pick 4, Pick 6 on Belmont Stakes Day
ELMONT, N.Y. ­– The New York Racing Association, Inc. will offer both a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 6 and a $1 million guaranteed all-stakes Pick 4 on Belmont Stakes Day, Saturday, June 6. The $1 million Pick 6, in which the player must ... Read the full article

NETJETS® Inc. Partners with the New York Racing Association Inc. for the Second Year
NetJets, the world’s leading private aviation company, will partner with the New York Racing Association for the second consecutive year on an extensive, multi-tiered presence at Saratoga Race Course for the 2009 racing season. The deal includes a ra ... Read the full article

For Race Fans, 'The Training Game' is Ideal Father's Day Gift
ELMONT, N.Y. – As it is every year, Belmont Park will be jumping on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21 with plenty of activities in the backyard’s Festival Tent. But if there is a need for one more token of affection for the racing fan that Dad is, che ... Read the full article

Jockeys across North America to recognize Rene Douglas, PDJF on Belmont Stakes Day
On Saturday, riders at racetracks across the U.S. and Canada will take part in a unified show of support for recently injured jockey Rene Douglas and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF). Riders at Belmont Park and other racetracks will pa ... Read the full article

Free Admission for Women, Bracelet Giveaway for 'Rachel's' Belmont Debut
ELMONT, N.Y. – In honor of Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra’s Belmont Park debut in the 53rd renewal of the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes on Saturday, June 27, the New York Racing Association, Inc. will give away pink bracelets emboss ... Read the full article