HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICA Executive Newsletter

HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, EditorMonday, May 3, 2010ESTOK TAKES OVER NEW DUTIESPaul Estok, general counsel and corporate secretaryof Harness Tracks of America for the last15 years, has assumed his new HTA duties asExecutive Director. Estok served in his previousrole, and as an executive assistant and researcher,during his honors career at the University ofArizona in the College of Agriculture and sincehis graduation from the Race Track IndustryProgram and from the University of ArizonaCollege of Law. In his new role Estok will be responsiblefor the overall management of the dayto-dayoperations and budget of HTA, providingoversight and administration of all membershipservices. He will work alongside Executive VicePresident Stan Bergstein, who will continue producingand editing the association’s daily, weeklyand monthly newsletters and editorial contentand public relations image.Estok, who graduated magna cum laude andwas named the outstanding graduating senior inthe Department of Animal Sciences at the Universityof Arizona in 1994, previously studied atthe University of California San Diego, the BaruchCollege of the City University of New York,and the New School for Social Research in NewYork City. Before his Arizona days, he workedas an editor at Lucent Books and GreenhavenPress in Rancho Bernardo, California and as alegal proofreader at Cleary, Gottlieb, Stein andHamilton in New York City. A native of Cleveland,Ohio, Estok said he is “looking forward toworking with Bergstein to keep HTA the vibrantand vocal organization it has been for the last 50years.” Along with HTA president Hugh Mitchell’sannouncement of Estok’s promotion, Estokand Bergstein announced the advancement ofJennifer Foley from manager of web developmentand information services, a position shewill continue to serve, to a new role as executiveassistant of HTA.NEW BOSS IN CANADAJohn Gallinger, a Magna Entertainment executivefor the last seven years and that company’schief information officer since 2006, has beennamed president and chief executive officer ofStandardbred Canada, succeeding Ted Smith,who has retired. At Magna Gallinger alsoworked in a wide spectrum of duties, includingrace office operations, horseman applicationsand services, domestic and international videodistribution, totalisator services, account wagering,internet strategy, simulcasting, wageringproduct development and customer loyalty programs.He served on the Thoroughbred RacingAssociation’s 2020 committee, the transmissionprotocol committee and the video security committee.Before joining Magna, Gallinger was manager ofBearingPoint LP, one of the world’s largest businessconsulting systems. In that role he focusedon the sale and delivery of large-scale telecommunicationsystem implementation and businesstransformation projects. He holds a master’sdegree in accounting.NOT IN OUR HOUSE, DAVIDLast week Executive News reported that USTAand the state of New York had put stays on theirbans of David Brooks, on trial for federal fraud.That is true, but it does not apply to Jeff Gural’sTioga Downs and Vernon Downs. Brooks’Bulletproof Enterprises brigade of horses arenot welcome at either track, and will not be welcomedto race at either under track rules.SHIFTING SANDS IN VALLEYThings are not going too well at the Sands CasinoResort in Bethlehem in Pennsylvania’s LehighValley. The year-old operation fired 80 employeeslast Friday, cutting its workforcefrom 860 to 780.