MTBA

They call it the best-kept secret in racing, and why wouldn't it be? A state with no horse racing pays out hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to Thoroughbred racehorses registered in that state winning at tracks all over North America. It's almost impossible to comprehend. Paul Umbrello, the Executive Director for the New England Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association and a member of the board of directors for the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders Association says that their goal is to ensure that they not only let the cat out...

With no track available to host races in its home state, a cross-border plan by the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (MTBA) to fund and run a $35,000 stakes race at Ontario's Fort Erie Racetrack got scuttled Tuesday when the van carrying all six entrants didn't arrive on schedule. "Basically it was just a series of delays that prevented the horses from getting here on time," Antonietta Culic, Fort Erie's marketing and media relations director, told TDN. "They had to arrive by 11:30 a.m. to receive Lasix, and they weren't able...