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Originally Posted by justindew
Why does the HPBA have the authority to control Calder's signal?
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Who knows.
My understanding was that some agreement expired and the HPBA has the legal ability to do this.
The same thing happened in the second season at Presque Isle Downs. It dragged on for months and basically derailed any momentum from the tracks super-juiced-up meet the first year.
The nickname of Pretty Irrelevant Downs stuck and even a lot of the local bettors who showed up would bet simulcast and ignore the live racing going on in front of them.
Still, what happened today at Calder looks a little suspicious. PID had similar pools when they had the HPBA pulling the plug ... but rarely would you see odds on favorites paying crazy place prices like what happened on a bunch of occasions today.