The final race at Suffolk Downs had barely been etched into history in late June when a Quincy developer announced his intent to build a $300 million thoroughbred racetrack with slot machines on a site in Wareham near the Bourne Bridge. The proposal by the Notus Group had been anticipated by the NEHBPA, which has conveyed its support for the project as we will support any legitimate proposal that can restore fulltime live thoroughbred racing.

Standardbred industry ramps up its campaign to obliterate future of thoroughbred racing - Reminder it was the NEHBPA that wrote the language to make sure both breeds received funding from the Casinos and Racinos. It was the NEHBPA that allocated the distribution of...