– In reference to severe bleeding causing a horse to die on the racetrack, this would be unprecedented in the experience of most veterinarians.
The governor is also calling for an expansion of video lottery to new locations, off-track sites in addition to racetracks; some of them would be in Manhattan and cut into profits at Yonkers.
His life is the racetrack, and he said he would be lost without it.
So he turned his car onto the grass along the front stretch of the racetrack for what he hoped would be a spectacular spin.
Because at some point soon, we would be at a racetrack, and all would be right in our world.
It would be the ninth racetrack casino to open in the state since 2001.
Gene Arganese, a developer from Trumbull, estimated his project, which would be the only racetrack in the country with a retractable dome, would generate $15 million a year in tax revenue for the town, a bonanza for a community whose entire budget now totals just $14.8 million.
Under the agreement, video gambling devices would be installed at five racetracks: Aqueduct, Yonkers Raceway, Vernon Downs in Oneida County, Monticello in Sullivan County and Fingerlakes Racetrack southeast of Rochester.
New York remains the nation's premier racing circuit and would be attractive to proven racetrack operators.
But without provisions for the racing industry, others noted, it would be less attractive for racetracks to operate gambling parlors that could siphon off gambling dollars.
It would be financed by the industry — racetracks, horsemen groups, breeders and owners — through either a percentage of the betting handle or a series of fees.
