UPDATE: State meets obligation to NYRA; Legislature OK's advance

[pointman]

While the lack of a triple crown bid certainly hurts NYRA quite a bit, let's be frank about what is really going on right now. NYRA has to make these threats in order to get NY's incompetent politicians off their azzes and to live up to the agreement they made to NYRA. No one should blame NYRA here, they would be fine if they were getting the money they are owed by NYCOTB.

As usual, the NY Legislature will wait to the last minute and then get NYRA enough money to keep operating.

Belmont Stakes day should be a real pleasant day at the racetrack and the Belmont Stakes itself will likely be an excellent betting race, a managable crowd, and a lot less morons clogging up the machines and windows.