New York Racing Association

The New York Racing Association is the non-profit management group that runs the three largest thoroughbred horse-racing tracks in the state of New York. It runs Aqueduct in South Ozone Park, Queens; Belmont Park in Elmont, Long Island (just outside New York City), and Saratoga Race Course in upsate New York.

Related Topics:
Thoroughbred - Horse-racing - State - New York - Aqueduct - Belmont Park - Saratoga Race Course

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It is not to be confused with the New York State Racing Commission, the official governing body that oversees racing in the Empire State.

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NYRA was created in 1955 as the Greater New York Association. The group assumed the assets of the four individual racing groups that ran the major New York tracks -- Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga and Jamaica. Under NYRA's management, the Aqueduct and Belmont grandstands were rebuilt and Jamaica was demolished (replaced by the Rochdale Village housing development).

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NYRA also sponsors the Triple Crown for fillies in the US, known as the Triple Tiara

Related Topics:
Fillies - Triple Tiara

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The racing association's current franchise expires on Dec. 31, 2007. It is currently operating in the middle of an 18 month deferred prosecution agreement following a 2003 indictment. The charge stems from alleged income tax evasion and money laundering by mutuel clerks between 1980 and 1999.

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