In a revealing Monday analysis of declining betting receipts that began late in the 20th Century and has since steepened that appeared on his site, Ray Paulick raises the point that corporate ownership of racetracks has been a unanimous failure while the few remaining privately owned tracks – Tampa Bay...

While there has been much dialogue concerning the frightening global financial crisis that effects every aspect of life and casts a long and dense shadow over the future of life as we know it in this country, none of it has addressed directly the future of racing in this failing light. Meanwhile, stark...

Saratoga Springs, New York Racing would be an industry led by sharpshooters if only its foot were the target. In Saratoga on Wednesday morning, the New York Racing Association awaits charges from the State Department of Labor alleging widespread abuse of minimum wage laws, laws mandating overtime pay...

Saratoga Springs, New York So while the august owners of Big Brown await the creation of a phony grass race at Belmont Park or more likely Philadelphia Park to accommodate their bloated egos, feed the bankroll without taxing their overblown animal, the rest of the three-year-old division will gather...