Gavin Landry, whose contributions to racing in New York are defined by the buffoonish invention of NYRA Nation, the short-lived and widely ignored mascot Auggie Belmont, the elitist, failed Saratoga “preferred access,” the large piece of wooden furniture now in the clubhouse lobby at Belmont Park and...

At first, it seemed that perhaps the voiceover that accompanied a local television spot touting participation in the NYRA Nation’s celebration of the 140th season of racing at Saratoga with “Historical fanfare.” Historical fanfare? It was late -- after a long night at the yearling sales. Historical fanfare...

Saratoga Springs, New York With rare exception, turf racing is underappreciated by Americans and so too are the truly gifted turf horses, which makes Manila’s long overdue induction to the Hall of Fame on Monday an upset. The fact that he now stands at stud in Turkey illustrates the seldom articulated...

Saratoga Springs, New York Two days of rain and a marketing misjudgment have put the New York Racing Association so far behind its early 2007 figures that the meeting is unlikely to recover over by Labor Day. The first two days of the 2007 meeting at Saratoga drew 62,123, a figure inflated by a bobble...

With no air conditioning in the basement jockeys quarters -- there was no air operational conditioning in most of the building -- the final card of the spring-summer meeting was canceled on Sunday at Belmont Park. A transformer fire on Saturday, the latest evidence of crumbling infrastructure and neglected...