Month: June 2022

Speakers Confirmed For Racing And Gaming Conference At Saratoga

More than 50 experts from across the country are confirmed to speak at the Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga (RGCS), which takes place Aug. 15-17 at the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The three-day RGCS will bring together gaming and racing industry leaders, academics, elected officials, lawyers, regulators, and racing patrons to examine the trends, challenges and critical issues facing the racing and gaming industries. Confirmed speakers included:

  • Senator Joe Addabbo, New York State Senate, Chairman of the New York State Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee
  • Joseph Appelbaum, President, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Joe Asher, President Sports Betting, IGT
  • Dallas Baker, Head of Business Development, BetMakers US
  • Jordon Bender, Senior Equity Research Analyst, JMP Securities
  • Patrick Brown, Brown & Weinraub PLLC, and Organizing Director, Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga
  • Andrew Collier, Deputy Commissioner, Vermont Department of Liquor and Lottery
  • John Coppola, Executive Director, New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers Inc.
  • Brad Cummings, Founder and CEO, EQL Games
  • Lloyd Danzig, Managing Partner, Sharp Alpha Advisors
  • David Donovan, President, New York State Broadcasters Association
  • Jessica Feil, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, OpenBet
  • Brad Fischer, Senior Associate, Orrick
  • Michele Fischer, Vice President, SIS Content Services
  • Alan Foreman, Chairman and CEO, Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association Inc.
  • Simon Fraser, Senior Vice President of International, 1/ST Technology
  • Kurt Freedlund, President, KDF Consulting and Solutions, former General Counsel Georgia and Illinois Lotteries
  • Samuel Gerrity, CEO, Saratoga Casino Hotel
  • Howard Glaser, Global Head of Government Affairs and Legislative Counsel, Light and Wonder
  • Jeffrey Gural, Chairman, American Racing and Entertainment and Owner of Tioga Downs Casino Resort
  • Paul Hannon, Senior Vice President Corporate Development, PointsBet USA
  • Daniel Hartman, Director, Colorado Division of Gaming
  • Dr. Patricia Hogan, VMD, ACVS, Hogan Equine
  • David Isaacson, Senior Vice President, Spectrum Gaming Capital
  • Kevin Jones, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Legal Officer, Genting Americas
  • Michael Kane, President and Executive Director, New York State Gaming Association
  • Adrian King, Co-Leader of the firm's Gaming Team and State Attorney General Team, Ballard Spahr
  • Melanie Iacour, Associate, Saiber LLC's Gaming Law and Administrative & Regulatory, former attorney for New York State Gaming Commission
  • Lisa Lazarus, CEO, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
  • Troy Levy, CEO, Tropical Racing Inc., Founder and Vice President Game of Silks
  • Bennett Liebman, Government Lawyer in Residence at Albany Law School
  • Edward Martin, President and CEO, Association of Racing Commissioners International
  • Daniel Nissanoff, Founder and CEO, Game of Silks
  • David O'Rourke, President and CEO, New York Racing Association
  • John Pappas, State Advocacy Director, iDEA Growth
  • William J. Pascrell lll, Partner, Princeton Public Affairs Group
  • Honorable David Paterson, Former Governor of New York, Senior Vice President and Senior Advisor, Las Vegas Sands Corporation
  • Michael Pollock, Managing Director, Spectrum Gaming Group
  • Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, New York State Assembly, Chairman of the Committee on Racing and Wagering
  • Thomas Rooney, Former Congressman, President and CEO, National Thoroughbred Racing Association
  • May Scheve Reardon, Executive Director, Missouri Lottery
  • Douglas Reed, former Director, University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program
  • Louis S. Rogacki, AAG, Deputy Director, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
  • Richard Schosberg, Thoroughbred Horse Trainer, NYTHA Board Member, TAA Board Member
  • Daniel Shapiro, Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer, Caesars Digital
  • John Signor, President and CEO, Capital Off Track Betting
  • Karl Sleight, Member, Harris Beach
  • Katherine Spilde, Professor, San Diego State University
  • Carter Vance, General Counsel, Jackpocket
  • Natalie Voss, Editor-In-Chief, Paulick Report
  • Daniel Wallach, Founder, Wallach Legal
  • Marlene Warner, Executive Director, The Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health
  • Joseph Weinert, Executive VP, Spectrum Gaming Group
  • Robert Williams, Executive Director, New York State Gaming Commission
  • Chris Wittstruck, Equine Attorney, Director Standardbred Owners' Association of New York

The speakers will be participating in a wide-ranging RGCS agenda that covers topics including:

  • Responsible Gaming: Are Programs and Funding Keeping Pace with Industry Growth?
  • State Lotteries – Finding Avenues for Growth
  • Sports Betting: What's Next?
  • Downstate Casino Expansion: What to Expect
  • Online Casinos: How Legalization Will Play Out
  • The Rise (or Scourge) of Unregulated Gaming Machines
  • M&A Investment Trends in Sports Betting and Online Gaming
  • Gaming Regulation in the Digital Age: Are “Analog” Regulations and Regulators Sufficient to Police the Digital Gaming Market?
  • The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act and the Future of Racing
  • Horse Racing, NFTs, and the Metaverse
  • Aftercare for Race Horses: Who Pays?
  • Fixed Odds and the Future of Horse Betting

The RGCS will host two exclusive networking events – a Welcome Cocktail Party on Monday night and an evening of charity gaming at historic Canfield Casino on Tuesday evening – as well as an afternoon of racing at the historic Saratoga Race Course on Wednesday. The conference is jointly produced by Tinhorn Productions and Spectrum Gaming Group.

To register, view the RGCS agenda, and reserve a room at the host hotel, visit racingandgamingsaratoga.com.

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Three-Day Eventing: Fatalities At Bramham Raise Questions About Qualifications 

Recently, two horses died at the four-star Bramham International Horse Trials on cross-country day and two riders were admitted to a hospital. Cross-country course designer Ian Stark talked with Eventing Nation at the conclusion of the event, discussing the design of the cross-country track and the bigger issues facing the sport of eventing. 

The cross-country track at Bramham is notoriously difficult, a challenge for both horse and rider. Riding at the event is often an end unto itself but it is also used as a stepping stone for riders looking to move up to the five-star event level. 

Reflecting on how the course rode, with three people falling off at one fence (which was ultimately removed), Stark opined that eventing competition needs standardization in order for horses and riders to progress up the levels safely. 

Stark noted he must decide between dumbing down the jumping questions, ensuring all riders competing at the level are safe, or if he should expect that riders be competent at the level in which they are competing. The decision is not one he takes lightly; Stark is unsure whether he will continue course designing at the upper levels. 

There is a difference between being qualified to ride in a specific division and being truly prepared to ride at that level, Stark noted. He suggested that a greater distinction and progression between competition levels is necessary. While riders can compete to garner qualifications to move up a level, Stark notes that the riders are not necessarily gaining an education while competing – they're simply checking a box to move up to a more difficult level of competition. 

To whom the onus of determining “qualification” belongs is still in question. Is it the rider's responsibility to learn how to ride at that level? Or is it the course designer and show manager's responsibility to design a track and show at which riders can perform well, but one which strays from the original point of eventing: riding out on open land, asking questions of horses that test their responsiveness to rider and athleticism?

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Stark has an illustrious career, in which he has asked a multitude questions of riders competing on his courses. Thus far, the riders have continually risen to his challenges.

Introspective to the core, Stark noted that he must take the time to look at himself to decide whether continuing with the sport is in his best interest. His piece in Eventing Nation concludes powerfully: 

“I feel vulnerable, and I think the sport's vulnerable.”

Read more at Eventing Nation. 

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Caravaggio’s Galleria Borghese Takes The Oaks Trial

Stepping up to a mile and a quarter for the first time, Ballydoyle's Galleria Borghese (Ire) (Caravaggio–On Ice {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) showed the extra stamina requirement held no fears when making all to capture Wednesday's Listed Al Shira'aa Racing Irish EBF Naas Oaks Trial at Naas. Sent straight to the front by Wayne Lordan, the 12-1 shot who had been second at Limerick five days earlier showed resilience to hold Alizarine (GB) (Sea the Moon {Ger}) by half a length, with the strong-finishing Seisai (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) a nose away in third. “She's been coming forward all year, improving from run to run–her last run in Limerick was a good step forward and she made the step up again today,” Lordan commented. “She got the mile and a quarter well and tries hard.”

Kept busy since making her debut in early April, Galleria Borghese was off the mark at the third attempt over a mile here May 15 before finishing second under a big weight in a seven-furlong Listowel handicap June 5. Beaten 1 1/4 lengths by Moyglare's smart Trevaunance (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) attempting to give that rival three pounds in Limerick's Ballyduane Stud Fillies Race 12 days later, she showed with this display how much the yard's fillies can thrive on a taxing campaign.

Galleria Borghese is the first foal out of an unraced full-sister to the G1 Racing Post Trophy hero Kingsbarns (Ire) and a half to the GIII Senorita S. scorer Sweeter Still (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), who in turn produced the G1 2000 Guineas and G1 Futurity Trophy winner Kameko (Kitten's Joy). She is also a half to the G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial winner Belle Artiste (Ire) (Namid {GB}) and a full-sibling of Elizabethofaragon (Ire) who was third in the Listed Trigo S. Her second foal is yearling colt by Ten Sovereigns (Ire), while she also has a filly foal by Wootton Bassett (GB).

AL SHIRAAA RACING IRISH EBF NAAS OAKS TRIAL-Listed, €52,500, Naas, 6-22, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:08.56, gd.
1–GALLERIA BORGHESE (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Caravaggio
     1st Dam: On Ice (Ire), by Galileo (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Beltisaal (Fr), by Belmez
     3rd Dam: Ittisaal (GB), by Caerleon
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor & Mrs A M O'Brien; B-Mrs Ann Marie O'Brien (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. €31,500. Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-0, $49,144.
2–Alizarine (GB), 128, f, 3, Sea the Moon (Ger)–Alea Iacta (GB), by Invincible Spirit (Ire).
1ST BLACK TYPE. O/B-Miss K Rausing (GB); T-Jessica Harrington. €10,500.
3–Seisai (Ire), 131, f, 3, Gleneagles (Ire)–Lillebonne (Fr), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). (€40,000 Wlg '19 GOFNOV; £78,000 Ylg '20 GOFOR). O-Simon Munir & Isaac Souede; B-Peter Henley, John Connolly & Pattern Bloodstock (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien. €5,250.
Margins: HF, NO, 2 1/4. Odds: 12.00, 22.00, 6.00.
Also Ran: Term of Endearment (GB), Grecian Slipper (Ire), Female Soldier (Ire), The Algarve, Jezebel Queen (Ire), Suwayra (Ire), One For Bobby (Ire), Kiss You Later (Ire).

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