TurfPublicists: 2012 NYRA MEDIA GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

** Please see the attached cover image of the 2012 NYRA Media Guide**

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Contact: Jenny Kellner

2012 NYRA MEDIA GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) 2012 Media Guide, which offers the history of Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course, profiles of the circuit’s owners, trainers, and jockeys, and a separate section devoted to the Belmont Stakes, is now available on the web at NYRA.com.

PDFs of the media guide are available at http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/mediaguide/mediaguide.shtml.

One of the exciting new features in the opening section of this year’s media guide is a listing of the top 25 trainers and jockeys by wins from 1976-2011 at all three NYRA tracks, as well as the top active jockeys and trainers by wins at each track. Also added are diagrams of the composition of each track’s different racing surfaces.

The media guide features profiles, photographs, statistics and yearly standings for nearly 85 trainers and 30 jockeys as well as profiles and headshots of more than 75 owners. This year’s media guide also has in-depth sections on NYRA’s presences on-air, online, and in the local community, the 2011 Year in Review, and a new profile on the Resorts World Casino New York, the first entertainment destination of its kind in the city now open at Aqueduct.

The Belmont Stakes section, filled with facts and figures about the oldest and longest leg of the Triple Crown and the charts for each of the 143 previous runnings, includes full-page biographies of each of the 11 Triple Crown champions beginning with Sir Barton (1919) and ending with the most recent, Affirmed (1978).

About The New York Racing Association, Inc.

Founded in 1955, and franchised to run thoroughbred racing at New York’s three major tracks (Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course) through 2033, NYRA boasts a lineage that actually stretches back almost 150 years. NYRA tracks are the cornerstone of the state’s thoroughbred business which contributes more than $2 billion annually to New York State’s urban, suburban and rural economy. In 2011, more than 1.8 million people attended the live races at NYRA tracks. Factoring in nationwide off-track wagering, the average daily betting handle on NYRA races totals more than $8.1 million. NYRA has a vast network of websites, including www.nyra.com, www.belmontstakes.com, and www.nyragroupsales.com. You can also follow NYRA on social media platforms Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and YouTube.

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