State investigating NYRA takeout issues; Hayward, Kehoe terminated

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Originally Posted by postpicker

Actually the Racing Board will be gone soon. The latest budget has the Racing Board being merged with the Lottery Commission. There will be 7 seats and the Governor will select 5 of the 7 members. I think it is a safe assumption that John Sabini will not be head of the new commission.

Talk about stacking the deck. If one goes rogue he has a safety valve. Bodes well for the future of racing in New York.