Month: June 2023

CA Steward William Meyers Passes Away

Edited CHRB Press Release

William 'Will' Meyers, a California steward for nearly 40 years, passed away Saturday at the age of 69.

Will came from a racing family. His father was a steward and racing secretary.

“Naturally, I started working with horses myself,” he once said. “When I was a boy we lived in Arcadia, then Coronado, and on weekends I would go down to Caliente to groom and pony horses. Later, I worked as a stewards' aide in Stockton, Sacramento, and Ferndale.”

Meyers rose through the ranks of racing officials and became a steward in 1984. He was part of the steward rotation in California until February in advance of a heart operation. He served at many of the major tracks and fair meets.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, three children, and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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Longtime California Steward William Meyers Passes At Age 69

William Meyers, a California steward for nearly 40 years, passed away Saturday at the age of 69.

Will came from a racing family. His father was a steward and racing secretary.

“Naturally, I started working with horses myself,” he once said. “When I was a boy we lived in Arcadia, then Coronado, and on weekends I would go down to Caliente to groom and pony horses. Later, I worked as a stewards' aide in Stockton, Sacramento, and Ferndale.”

Will rose through the ranks of racing officials and became a steward in 1984. He was part of the steward rotation in California until February in advance of a heart operation. He served at many of the major tracks and fair meets.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret, three children, and two grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

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Missed the Cut Second On US Debut

Missed the Cut (Quality Road), whose four wins from seven starts for trainer George Boughey included a victory in last year's Listed Churchill S. Over the Lingfield all-weather, was a useful second when making his American debut Sunday afternoon at Santa Anita in a one-mile allowance on the dirt.

Settled at the back of a four-horse field after breaking a half-step slowly, the 4-year-old came with a wide bid entering the final two furlongs, but could not sustain the rally and settled for a minor award as the evens favourite.

Most recently fourth in the G3 Neom Turf Cup (2100mT) in Saudi Arabia Feb. 25, Missed the Cut is now trained by Flightline conditioner John Sadler for a partnership that includes Lane's End Racing.

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NYRA: If Necessary, We’d Prefer Belmont-at-Saratoga

With the construction of the new Belmont Park scheduled to begin after the spring 2024 meet, and plans for the 2025 event still uncertain, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) expressed their preference that a non-Belmont-Park Belmont Stakes be held at Saratoga rather than Aqueduct.

“Should the construction of a new Belmont Park require the Belmont Stakes to be run at a different venue, then NYRA's preference would absolutely be to hold the event at Saratoga Racecourse,” said NYRA's Director of Communications, Patrick McKenna, in a text to the TDN on Monday.

In an interview on this week's TDN Writers' Room podcast, NYRA CEO David O'Rourke said that plans call for the new Belmont to be finished before the 2026 Belmont, and early conversation with NYRA had centered on possibly holding the Belmont at Aqueduct in 2025 and even 2026 if necessary. Other options, like tents at Belmont, have also been discussed. “Right now, we're in the master planning stage,” said O'Rourke on the Writers' Room. “Ideally, we'd like to have the project completed for the 2026 Belmont. I'm saying that before we have gone deep into the planning and the staging, but that is our goal entering into the process.”

However, said McKenna, “A Belmont Stakes at Saratoga is an event that would capture the attention of the entire sports world while driving tourism and economic impact for upstate New York.”

The current Belmont was opened in 1968, and will be torn down and rebuilt courtesy of a $455-million loan from the state of New York.

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