Suffolk dispute results in pulled NYRA signal

[Alan07]

Last night, the New England HBPA Board of Directors unanimously voted to reject Suffolk Downs’ proposal to conduct the 2011 race meet for a number of race days that is substantially below the statutory minimum requirement of 100 race days. Suffolk proposed to fund purses at the minimum amount that Suffolk Downs believes is required under Massachusetts law.

Accordingly, the Board of Directors of the NEHBPA unanimously voted last evening to withdraw its consent as required under Massachusetts General laws for the transmission of NYRA signal to all Massachusetts licensees including Suffolk Downs.

http://newenglandhbpa.com/pdfs/IMPOR...gotiations.pdf