Author Archives: Todd Engel
NYRA’s New Task Force
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board announced the formation of a task force yesterday to examine the increased break downs of horses at Aqueduct’s inner track during the recently concluded winter meeting. Having more oversight by people who are vested and knowledgeable in the industry is a wonderful thing. For the most part, … Continue reading
Big Idea from Mosaic Stables
Planning for a horse’s retirement is an incredibly important issue, but one that often isn’t addressed until the animal’s racing career is over. My friend Monica Driver is the managing partner of Mosaic Stables, where they’re taking a pro-active approach – training their horses to race, and at the same time preparing them for other … Continue reading
Derby Fantasy Contest for a Cause
My friend, Teresa Genaro, a wonderful equine writer and educator, has a blog called Brooklyn Backstretch where she writes about thoroughbred racing. It’s one of my favorite horse racing reads and you can follow her posts on her Facebook page too. Every year Teresa holds a charity fantasy league for the Kentucky Derby. This league is … Continue reading
New Alliance for New York: Here is one hope that it works
A group of New York stakeholders in horse racing announced on February 6th that an alliance of industry groups is being formed to be able to meet with the leaders in Albany to protect the industry from the advances of casino gaming. Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that he wants to put a full casino on the … Continue reading
Racing Commissioners Are Not Looking for the Welfare of Horses
My friend, Ray Paulick has brought the story of Star Plus to light. The first thing I want to say is thank you to Earle Mack for trying to do the right thing by the horses. By making sure there is a covenant in the bill of sale, Earle did what was responsible and expected to … Continue reading
Will the Breeder’s Cup come back to New York?
On Monday, NBC TV and the Breeder’s Cup announced that starting in 2012 the Breeder’s Cup will return to NBC for the first time in six years. This ends the relationship between the Breeder’s Cup and ESPN. One of the more intriguing aspects of this new relationship is the fact that NBC will be airing the … Continue reading
Would you dress for the races?
Royal Ascot, Great Brittan’s premier horse racing meet, has set a heightened dress code for this year’s meeting beginning in June. Fascinators, the small hats that became the fashion rage after Prince William and Princess Katherine (ok, Kate) were married last summer are no longer allowed in the Royal Enclosure. Additionally women can only wear … Continue reading
Breeder’s Cup
It is that time of year when the Sport of Kings comes together over the next two days to see who is the best of the best. It is an exciting time as a racing fan and owner. I enjoy watching those friends of mine with horses in the event It will be fun to … Continue reading
Dutrow License Revoked
NY TRAINER HAD HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR 10 YEARS Rick Dutrow, 52, trainer of 2009 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown had his training license revoked for ten years by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. In determining that Dutrow was a detriment to racing, the Board went far beyond the initial … Continue reading
Onondaga County Votes Down OTB
On June 7, the Onondaga County Legislature rejected Off Track Betting for the second time in a year. Is Off Track Betting dead for Onondaga County? No, not necessarily. The door is open for the City of Syracuse to seek special legislation to be the beneficiary of the revenue from an off track betting parlor … Continue reading
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