By Mike MacAdam/The Leader-Herald SARATOGA SPRINGS Organizers announced on Tuesday an effort to unionize the backstretch workers at New York Racing Association tracks, including Saratoga Race Course. Claiming that the hundreds of hot walkers and grooms who care for the racehorses on a daily
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will pay tribute to Funny Cide, one of the most successful and popular New York-breds of all time, on New York Showcase Day, Sunday, August 27, at Saratoga Race Course. Funny Cide, who died earlier this summer due to complications from colic, earned more than $3.5 million during […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. IBEW Local 1430 held a press conference outside the Saratoga Race Course’s main entrance on Tuesday, Aug. 22 to demand that NYS Thoroughbred Owners and Trainers recognize the backstretch workers union. Over the last few months Gilberto Mendoza, IBEW Local 1430’s lead organizer and Vice President, and his team have collected […]
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