NYRA Welcomes the Five Star Diamond Awards to Belmont Park

On May 30th, Memorial Day, NYRA was proud to welcome Joseph Cinque, President and CEO of the Five Star Diamond Awards. Mr. Cinque presented the trophy for the Grade1 Metropolitan (Met Mile).

2011 Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration

Tickets are now available to the 2011 Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration at The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building with proceeds benefiting the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and the Backstretch Employee Services Team. Click Here to purchase tickets or donate.

https://www.tjcis.com/grayson/BelEventTickets.asp

NYRA President and CEO, Charles E. Hayward, Speaks at Elmont Summit on Economic Development

On May 5th, the Elmont Chamber of Commerce hosted The Elmont Summit on Economic Development at the Elmont Public Library. NYRA President and CEO, Charles E. Hayward, was invited to participate in the roundtable discussion which focused on economic development in Elmont. Patrick Kehoe, NYRA Senior Vice President and General Counsel and Joanne Adams, NYRA Director of Community Relations, were in attendance.

Opening Day at Belmont Park

Spring was definitely in the air as Belmont Park, which held its first meet in 1905, opened its historic iron gates this afternoon!

NYRA Officially Opens Belmont Park with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

NYRA President and CEO, Charles E. Hayward, was pleased to host our Belmont Park Community Leaders and Local Officials on April 29th, Opening Day. NYRA named a race Saluting the Belmont Park Community Leaders and everyone enjoyed a day of exciting Thoroughbred racing at beautiful Belmont Park!

NYRA Acknowledges Queens Community Partners and Local Leaders on Wood Memorial Day

Wood Memorial Day at the Big A (April 9) was FANTASTIC as over 12,000 fans joined us on a beautiful afternoon for an exciting day of racing! NYRA was proud to acknowledge the Queens Community Leaders as well as its long standing relationship with Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children.

Jeremy's Walk to benefit disabled jockeys, Anna House

On June 12, 2011, Jeremy Edge will begin a 190-mile walk from Belmont Park to Saratoga Racecourse. This walk is just one of many ways Jeremy wants to give back to horse racing, and his hope is that it will raise both awareness and funding for the Permanently Disabled Jockey Fund (PDJF) and for Anna House, the early childhood education center that benefits the children of the backstretch workers at Belmont Park, sustained by the Belmont Child Care Association (BCCA).

Please click here to download the donation form.

Donations can also be made at www.pdjf.org or www.belmontchildcare.org