Groups wary of New York racing plan
29 May 2007
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York -- As reported by the New York Times Union: "Local nonprofit organizations that depend on money generated at Saratoga Race Course fundraisers face an uncertain future with the New York Racing Association's decades-long grip on the track set to expire in January.
"Longstanding fundraisers held at the track, like this past weekend's Saratoga Bridges Festival and Dressage and the recent St. Clement's Horse Show, are important sources of revenue. And local organizations worry that a new franchise owner could limit access to the 127-acre facility or hike the rental prices of hundreds of horse stalls, which would render them unable to hold their biggest annual moneymakers.
"...NYRA invites and encourages charities to hold events at the track as a service to the local community, NYRA President and CEO Charlie Hayward said..."