New York Post lays off horse racing writers on the eve of Belmont

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Talk about horrible timing. Wonder if the Post would have done this if a horse was bidding for a Triple Crown today?

From the Daily Racing Form:

The New York Post, one of three major dailies in the New York area, fired its racing reporters effective immediately on Friday, one day prior to the state’s biggest race, the Belmont Stakes, and the paper will no longer cover racing in-house, its lead racing reporter said.

Ed Fountaine, the Post’s lead racing reporter since 1998 and a former Daily Racing Form reporter, said he was informed in a letter on Friday that he was being fired immediately along with analysts John DaSilva and Anthony Affrunti. Fountaine, 60, said the letter cited a “transition period” for the Post because of the planned spin-off of the newspaper properties of the Post’s parent company, News Corp.

The paper will not have any in-house coverage of the Belmont Stakes, Fountaine said.

2 thoughts on “New York Post lays off horse racing writers on the eve of Belmont”

  2. I will no longer purchase NY Post. I was a big fan of sports section and horse racing especially. Do not understand your rush to fire people and
    make unnecessary changes.

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