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As reported by Andrew Cohen, The Surick investigation was supposed to be a coming-out party for the United States Trotting Association’s investigative arm. It was. It has also left bad blood between major Standardbred industry stakeholders and many lingering questions for the rest of us. Howard Taylor is at the center of a lot of […]
I have the fondest memory of Freehold Raceway in New Jersey. My son and I went to see our filly in a Sire Stakes race almost 17 years ago and the filly, Wild Ride Hanover, won. My son was eight. It was his first live race. And it was a close one, right down to […]
The following is the latest “Keeping Pace” weekly column at the Paulick Report by harness racing owner and breeder Andrew Cohen. The U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 last Thursday to uphold the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an Obama-era federal agency that is supposed to do what its title suggests; help consumers have access to […]
The following is the latest “Keeping Pace” weekly column at the Paulick Report by harness racing owner and breeder Andrew Cohen. It’s been more than four months since a federal appeals court heard oral argument in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). The world of horse racing is […]
To the Editor: Like virtually everyone else in harness racing, like I suspect almost every other member of the USTA, I learned only on Thursday morning that the Executive Committee of the USTA has just voted 12-2 to spend another $500,000 of the USTA’s money (our money, you might say) on lawyers fighting a loser’s fight against the […]
