I'm a NYRA owner and we ARE NOT allowed to the NY Horsemans meeting. I have requested several times to attend. It's ironic that we vote each year for the board members but are not allowed to attend their meetings and just watch and listen to the proceedings.
I explained to them that corporations with stock holders allow stock holders to attend, Board of Education meeting are open to the public, even Little League parents are welcome at their Board meetings. But NOT NYRA!
I wanted to go last year and listen to their drug testing meetings as well as the "Future Of NYRA" meetings. The staff there was pleasant on the phone...they send out a nice 4-6 page NY Horsemens flyer every so often. But try to get minutes from a meeting...NYRA means NADA.