Financial troubles / Crimes / Horse deaths / Drugging / Worker exploitation
Times Union
How New York bankrolls horse racing with billions
NY Post
Time to douse NY’s horse-racing ‘burn pit’
DocumentedNY
Wage Theft Plagues the Immigrants of New York’s Horse Racing Industry
Times Union
More N.Y. horse racing participants convicted of illicit drugging in federal investigation
NY Focus
New Belmont Park Could Become the Country’s Deadliest Track for Horses
BuzzFeed
New York: $200 Million Diverted From School Fund To Racetracks
NY Times
Racehorse Deaths in Saratoga Renew Old Worries and Prompt Reforms
Times Union
Most New Yorkers say they never go to horse tracks
Paulick Report
Harness Racing Is Trying To Ignore Biggest Scandal (Yet) Of The Year
CNN
Trainer of champion horse Maximum Security among 27 people indicted in horse-racing doping scheme (in NY)
Times Union
N.Y. lab losing battle of doping in horse racing’s ‘cat and mouse game’
Times Union
State comptroller: NYRA ‘spends money lavishly,’ flouts purchasing rules
Spectrum NY 1
Critics slam Hochul plan to subsidize horse racing
Harness Racing Update
Harness trainer Ross Cohen admits to fixing between five and 20 races by bribing drivers
CBS 60 Minutes
Times Union
State investigators struggle to catch cheaters in horse racing
Gotham Gazette
Don’t Let Belmont Bonds Become the Next New York Boondoggle
NY Times
Mangled Horses, Maimed Jockeys
Press Republican
Proposed loan to state racing franchise stirs pushback
NY Focus
Kathy Hochul Bets Half a Billion on Horse Racing. Will the Industry Pay Her Back?
Casino.org
Chad Brown, Horse Racing Trainer, Faces Domestic Violence Charge in New York
ABC News 10
Comptroller: NYRA doesn’t follow purchasing process
Times Union
N.Y. issues fewer horse racing drug violations than other states
Times Union
State benefits for horse racing spark fierce fight in Legislature
Patch.com
‘Sopranos’ Actress Orders Hit On NY’s Horse Racing Subsidies
NY Times
Racetracks Teem With Corruption, State Study Finds
Times Union
Report: Tioga Downs vendors schemed to dodge state contracting rules
Times Union
Times Union
An inspector general questioned a horse racing official’s fitness for his job. What happened next.
NY Daily News
Advocates want to bring an end to horse racing subsidies in N.Y.
DeadSpin
The Man Who Would Kill Horse Racing
NBC
Horse racing trainers and veterinarians charged in international doping scandal
JAVMAnews
Veterinarians among those charged in widespread horse doping scheme