Integrity in horse racing -- from a betting standpoint

[Cannon Shell]

Racing spends an inordinate amount of time worrying about what people who are very unlikely to become customers think.

Outside of racing officials I dont know what executive could have any effect on the outcome of a race?

Let's call the NYRA thing what it is, a PR move. Of course it unwittingly casts NYRA and racing in a negative light simply because the crazies will assume that if the new regime bans executives from wagering (especially as one of its first orders of business) there must have been some sort of issue that wasn't made public. The entire premise that betting is bad or that NYRA execs could influence the outcome of races is unsettling if you are hoping for effective leadership of a racetrack from the new board.