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June 8, 2024
couple dozen people with Horseracing Wrongs were just outside the gates of Saratoga Race Course Saturday afternoon protesting the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes and horse racing in general.
May 27, 2024
The following is a Q&A with Harness Racing's USTA President Russell Williams. Why RHSA? Why have another federal law? What happens when the Supreme Court agrees with us that HISA (Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Act) is illegal and they strike it down? Do we want to go back to 30-plus states regulating racing, each
February 24, 2024
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — An hour before this past week’s City Council meeting, Commissioner of Accounts Dillion Moran held a special public hearing to go over and get public feedback on proposed short-term rental legislation. This legislation was present at the previous City Council meeting and Saratogians jumped at the opportunity to make their voices […]
January 18, 2024
By PAUL POST The Saratogian SARATOGA SPRINGS – The ruler of Dubai, believed to be among the world’s five richest people, has purchased Stonerside Stable’s farm owned by Houston Texans owner Robert McNair. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, whose net worth is an estimated $28 billion, owns Darley Stable, which produced 2006 Preakness, Jim […]
August 30, 2023
With all the hoopla in the thoroughbred industry continuing with the tragedies at Saratoga on Travers Day, I got a call about the same situations that arise in harness racing, although on a seemingly lesser scale. “You’ll find the same situation with our two-year-olds,” was the cry from this astute member of the BDHC (Broken
August 29, 2023
In the wake of New York Thunder's death, one reader is wondering when racing will stop offering condolences and start creating solutions.
August 28, 2023
By Mike MacAdam/The Leader-Herald SARATOGA SPRINGS — “I don’t think I can come back here.” This wasn’t somebody making his first visit to Saratoga Race Course. It wasn’t a young parent with kids, who had to watch New York Thunder stumbling on the stump of his broken left front leg on Saturd