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Originally Posted by cmorioles
When you say you don't blame them, I took at as support. Sorry if that is wrong, but that is how it read to me.
Frankly, I'm sick of hearing about the need for enhanced gaming! We've all heard the arguments for it, and how it helps the sport, and it is all complete bullcrap. All it does is allow the sport to continue without fixing any of the real problems. I, for one, hope they NEVER get slots.
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I said I don't blame them for being frustrated with Frankfort and nearly a decade of inactivity. Try approaching this from a practical standpoint where you're in this business in KY watching as Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania and now even Ohio syphon off your horse population with their gaming-enhanced purses. What are you supposed to do? If you say, what does Keeneland do, note that Churchill doesn't have a horse sales business to underwrite their racing program. It's not a defense for raising takeout. It's an explanation of the environment in which the decision was made.
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