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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
BECAUSE some people DO respond to marketing. If they didn't market to the general public, they might miss some potential gamblers/fans of horse racing. For example... would you go to the movies if you didn't know what movie was out? How would you know if (for example), Seabiscuit was out in the theatres if they hadn't shown previews for it? Same thing here IMO.
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Cajun,
I know we need to market the product, I'm not disputing that. But in the case of Belmont day, Skip is saying that the commercial is dumb and that nothing can save it. You telling me you support that line of thought? Tahst incredibly short sighted and dumb. WHen life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. The notion that they should not advertise the day because bernadini and Barbaro wont be there is incredulous. So what has NYRA done? They are doing exactly what i would do and what will save the day.
Its not realistic to expect new fans to come in droves due to teh lack of star power in the race. We have no Funny Cide or Smarty Jones or Barbaro.
So they have geared this day towards producing a record handle and getting the existing fan base EXCITED!!!!! And with this guy here, they have succeeded!!!! 6 stakes, 3 grade ones, 3 grade twos!!!! NO CLAIMING RACES!!!! 13 spectacular betting races which will have full fields. Sure to excite everyone who wants to gamble that day.
What should they have done Skip, just run an ad that says well we are screwed this year and noone cares, dont bother watching?
They have done a stellar job produciing a card that will be better overall than any racetrack will produce all year, even saratoga, with teh notable excpetion of Breeders Cup day.