"Like many in the horse industry, Stewart relies on foreign workers, usually here through the federal H-2B visa program, to take care of his horses. But the guest worker program is capped at 66,000 non-agricultural unskilled workers a year for all sectors nationally. For fiscal year 2011, which began in October, more than 35,600 petitions for spots have already been filed. The number of applications routinely bumps up against the number allowed, leaving employers scrambling for labor sources."

"With money finally available to help improve their living conditions, the association is going to back off previous assurances? You must be kidding. Summer is the apex of the thoroughbred experience, when extraordinary wealth is on display in this city in a variety of activities. It will be an embarrassment to NYRA and to the community of riches if leaders look the other way."