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Originally Posted by pointman
Freddy, I just don't get your arguments, but before I get there, your spelling is absolutely killing me!
Quiet is not quite. There refers to a a place or a point in action or time, we are going to be there. Their refers to a person in the possessive, their rights. They're refers to a contraction of the words they are, they're going to be at the party.
Casinos and gambling is spreading because of the Indians and their federal rights since the US has sh*t on them for a long period of time. States are more open to the idea of casinos since their presence has been forced upon them. Casinos are immensely profitable (except if they are run by Donald Trump, the only known bookie to lose money) and due to the immense profits they make, States have no problem taking a cut and using the money elsewhere. Since Casinos are cutting into the action and customers that racetracks used to have exclusively locally, gambling, a concession to the racetracks is that the Casinos provide money to them for taking a cut of their action.
Fields are not small because there are too many tracks, but because of the tracks loss in the cut of the action, people are not owning, breeding and racing as many horses because the purses have gone down and don't make it worthwhile. Increased purses mean increased incentive to breed, own and run horses which will increase fields and jobs in the long run. It seems pretty simple to me.
There will be no casino at Monmouth or any New Jersey racetrack anytime soon due to the Casino lobby, headed by Trump, who pour money into trying everything they can to prevent competition. In fact, the AC lobby was so strong that they prevented passage of Casinos at NY tracks by filling the pockets of NY Politicians for years until Indian Casinos began popping up in New York and Connecticut which ultimately hurt the racetracks and began to place the NY tracks in peril.
I fail to see how tearing down racetracks, taking away people's livelihoods and making more urban areas even more urban while developers get rich helps the community. It generally does nothing more than bring more traffic to areas that already have too much traffic and additional commerical space which often isn't even needed. You keep saying the sport needs other solutions, but I don't see any viable ones that you have proposed.
Does it really matter whether horses in a race are fast or slow? Sure we all love the fastest horses, horses come slow, medium, fast and very fast. Does it matter if a race is $7,500 claimers or a $75,000 stake if there is a field of horses that are competitive to each other whether they're fast or slow? Or does it just matter if the field is relatively competitive giving a puzzle that you can solve and make a good score at a price? And competitive so owners can race their horses for decent purses and make enough money to justify ownership, trainers and grooms can make enough money to make a living. Some of my best hits have been in races that apparently you think shouldn't even exist.
Not every racetrack can run top horses, hey, there is a minor league in baseball you know, should they start tearing down those stadiums because they only draw 1,000 fans and clear the way for housing, commericial space and parks?
Now I have to get back to work, only an hour left!
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