Rarely does a day pass without racing’s rumor mill producing some sort of often accurate tale, conjecture or speculation but the current grist is extremely interesting and if true we will soom see the most important alteration of the sport in New York since the opening of the first OTB parlor more than...

The Race Track Chaplaincy is asking for help in providing Thanksgiving turkeys and other food items for backstretch families at Belmont Park and Aqueduct. The Chaplaincy had hoped to begin distributing 100 turkeys next Friday, November 21, at Belmont Park. It has, however, already received more requests...

From NYRA Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens’ first order of business after being released Wednesday morning from Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation Center was to visit his barn at Belmont Park. “He came home, and said, ‘I’d like to see the horses’,” said his wife, Elizabeth...

The battering shows no sign of subsiding on either side of the stable gate. The 37-day 2008 Belmont fall meeting concluded recently with an 8.3% decline in the equivalent daily average betting handle from all-sources – roughly parallel to the falloff at Saratoga and in line with wagering declines nationwide...

By Ray Paulick The head of security for the New York Racing Association told the Paulick Report Tuesday that no security resources were used to protect IEAH president Michael Iavarone on Belmont Stakes Day, June 7, the day Iavarone said he had been the subject of a “serious death threat.”...

By Ray Paulick In the nine hours of Breeders’ Cup telecasts last Friday and Saturday, the strangest segment by far came during a brief interview between comedic sportscaster Kenny Mayne and Michael Iavarone, president of the IEAH stable that owns a majority of Big Brown, when Iavarone said he and...

 By Ray Paulick Santa Anita Park will be the focal point of the racing world on Friday and Saturday with the 25th running of the Breeders’ Cup world championships, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the nation’s tracks have gone into hibernation for the week. Take Suffolk Downs...

From the New York State Racing and Wagering Board In a major step aimed at strengthening the integrity of horse racing, New York Racing and Wagering Board Chairman John D. Sabini announced on Tuesday that the Board is moving to enact tough new rules restricting the administration of anabolic steroids...

By Francis La Belle Jr. / NYRA As Belmont Park’s Fall Championship Meet enters its final weeks, owners and trainers are already making arrangements for the late fall and winter. Some will remain in New York when Aqueduct opens on October 29. Others will set up in warmer climates. Still others will go...