Letter to the Editor: Future of Our Sport is More Important than a Racetrack's Territorial Claim

My obsessive nature has been consumed by this Triple Crown spacing mess. It was obvious that Cherie DeVaux was going to decide to skip the Preakness, although I think she was pure in her process. If the industry is trying to grow its appeal beyond the Derby, AND NYRA won't budge from its traditional June [...]

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Letter to the Editor: The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost

David Heckerman's series was a sobering, but accurate depiction of why things are as they are.  Although the vast acreage of the race track properties were likely on a path for at least partial development regardless of the health of racing, the chickens have come home to roost. I remember the days when individuals (Donn [...]

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