In the absence of local racing news (and let’s hope that this is a temporary situation due to the holiday break, not a taste of what the NY racing world will feel like on January 1st), NYRA reports that an Albany consulting firm will be working with B.E.S.T. (Backstretch Employees Service Team) to underwrite a…
…the mood inside was indeed delightful. At the end of my last post I wrote about the giddiness friends and I were feeling as we left a dismal Aqueduct on early Sunday afternoon. The brunch to benefit the Backstretch Employees Service Team was held on the fourth floor of the clubhouse, in a private room…
When I woke up this morning and saw the messy weather (which wasn’t supposed to happen until this afternoon—way to go, weather people), I was a little worried that the B.E.S.T. program on Women in Racing would be cancelled. Not only was it not cancelled, but the turnout was pretty impressive for a snowy Sunday…
A few quick philanthropic reminders/thoughts about Sunday: If you’re in the New York area and not deterred by Sunday’s weather forecast, considering hopping the A train to the Big A to attend a fundraiser for Backstretch Employees Service Team; the theme is Women in Racing and the host is Jan Rushton. Heading to the races…
Shameless plug alert! But please, please keep reading… Following my Monday post about the Women in Racing event, benefiting B.E.S.T. (Backstretch Employees Service Team), at Aqueduct this Sunday, I received a very nice e-mail from Cate Dolan, president of B.E.S.T. (Isn’t technology great? I post, she gets a Google alert, and presto! We’re in contact.)…
Many of my fellow bloggers are bemoaning the lack of interesting racing news out there as we head towards the inner track season…but I guess I am more easily engaged than they (and I mean that as a compliment to them), as I am having a hard time writing posts short enough to publish. A…
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