Unbelievable as it may sound, the Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York will be open for it’s late summer meet. Was there actually any doubt? Oh my, yes, there was doubt and, yes, there was a slight chance that the track might be closed, and that my friends, is unbelievable and incorrigible and disgraceful and despicable.
New York Racing Association has lost it’s way. Even the Belmont Race Track season is in jeopardy as well as the off track betting parlors of the state of New York. And from what I’m hearing the whole situation is a disgusting mess. Aqueduct is next to being in shambles, the betting parlors are absolutely filthy and the fat cats that run the business (into the ground) are getting fatter than phat!
This is the sacred ground for horse racing. It’s where it all started over a century ago. New York is home and Saratoga is the heart to the hollowed Hall of Fame of thoroughbred racing. What a shame, what an awful shame.
According to the Associated Press:
Paterson: NYRA, Saratoga meet will be saved!
New York Gov. David Paterson says a proposed state bailout will pass and New York thoroughbred racing at Belmont and Saratoga race tracks will go on as scheduled.
Paterson was asked in a news conference if NYRA will run out of money before the Saratoga summer meet, as NYRA officials warned Monday.”That’s not going to happen,” Paterson said. “We have a plan to loan NYRA, in the short term, money to get through Saratoga and we’re working on a long-term plan to help beyond that.”
It sure sounds like the horse shit isn’t only in the barns… it’s in the NYRA offices too! Someone needs to get shoveling!
