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[1] Beginning in the late 1990s, the NTRA operated a number of lobbying campaigns in Washington, D.C. They NTRA registered a "hard money" political action committee with the Federal Election Commission on July 14, 2000, [4] with the organization quoting that "a $1-million PAC is a necessary complement to the NTRA's federal lobbying efforts." [4]
He was also a frequent guest on New York City Off Track Betting Corporation's Thoroughbred Central. [9] Acacia Clement (2022–present) Paul Corman (1995–1999) Eric Donovan (2006–present) — worked on the NYRA press staff since 1999 and was the full-time oddsmaker for all three New York Racing Association tracks from 2005 - 2017.
Fox Sports returned to horse racing in 2014 with a two-year agreement with The Jockey Club for up to 10 races on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes. [6] In 2016, Fox Sports reached an agreement with the New York Racing Association (NYRA) for coverage of 40 summer races from Saratoga Race Course on Fox Sports 2. The races were branded as Saratoga Live.
The Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes was positioned as the second leg of the new three race series with the first running on 21 July 2019 over a distance of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles with an impressive purse of US$1 million. In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA cut the purse to $500,000 meeting. [6]
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the U.S. [2] It is the fourth oldest racetrack after Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack (1858), [3] Freehold Raceway (1854) and Fair Grounds Race Course (1852).
In 2021, NYRA renamed the race in honor of thoroughbred trainer Jonathan E. Sheppard. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1990, Sheppard has won the New York Turf Writers Cup fifteen times between 1979 and 2019. Sheppard announced his retirement from the sport in January 2021 after a 56-year career. [1]
[1] The race is named for the town of Schuylerville, New York , which is adjacent to Saratoga Springs. The race was hosted by Belmont Park in 1943, 1944, and 1945 when races were moved from Saratoga due to World War II , and in 1952 at the now defunct Jamaica Race Course .
The Amsterdam Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses over the distance of 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs on the dirt, scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.