New York officials cancel horse racing at racetrack over 'unacceptable noise levels' from nearby casino

The New York Racing Association (NYRA) said it was forced to cancel Sunday’s full contention paper astatine Aqueduct Racetrack implicit what it called "unacceptable sound levels" from a adjacent car amusement astatine a casino.

Resorts World New York is located close adjacent to Aqueduct. NYRA said the installation held its March Madness Auto and Bike Show.

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"The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has canceled Sunday’s eight-race paper astatine Aqueduct Racetrack owed to unacceptable sound levels created by the ‘March Madness Auto and Bike Show’, an lawsuit being held astatine the neighboring Resorts World Casino," the NYRA said.

"NYRA was not notified successful beforehand that the lawsuit would make perchance unsafe racing conditions. Despite NYRA’s repeated attempts to rectify the situation, Resorts World Casino was incapable to marque the adjustments indispensable to let racing to proceed."

Jockeys thrust racehorses during a contention astatine Aqueduct Racetrack successful the Queens Borough of New York, connected Thursday, April 19, 2018. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Resorts World New York for comment.

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The NYRA was acceptable to person 8 races spell off. Races volition proceed connected Thursday, the enactment said.

Andrew Offerman, the NYRA’s elder vice president of racing and operations, said the casino’s lawsuit took spot successful a parking lot, which was "immediately adjacent to the apical of the stretch," according to the New York Post.

"We were past faced with wildly unpredictable dependable levels and different concerns causing perchance unsafe circumstances for horses and riders," Offerman added. "We were near with nary prime but to cancel racing owed to these concerns.

Aqueduct Racetrack said racing volition resume Thursday.

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"NYRA volition enactment with (NY Thoroughbred Horseman’s Association) and the (New York State Gaming Commission) to find due adjacent steps and however we tin marque up these mislaid racing opportunities for our participants."

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