The issue this time is horseracing, and while some of Halsey Minor’s detractors might look for a punchline about the back end of the horse, a judge in Florida has breathed new life into a Minor lawsuit, that, for a change, is unrelated to the Landmark Hotel, the unfinished Downtown Mall project owned by Minor and subject to much legal dispute, including a recent bankruptcy filing.
In short, Minor wants to give the heave-ho to the owner of Hialeah Park Race Track in South Florida. He contends that owner was wrongfully granted the lease to the property by the city of Hialeah. The South Florida Business Journal reports today that “Minor says he wants to help renew American horse racing by reviving the park.”
Minor gets a renewed chance to do that as a Florida appellate court has sent his suit back to a lower court. As any who have observed Minor’s tenacity when it comes to lawsuits would predict (hello, Christie’s; hello, Lee Danielson), Minor intends to see this through to the end, according to published reports.
