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03-12-2007, 07:58 PM
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Racing product is Fine?
I kinda disagree.I really get tired of the dismal cards at a lot of tracks.
Can this guy say the product is fine after seeing the inner track races being carded at Aqueduct?I tend to agree more with Steven Crist. http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37975 
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03-12-2007, 08:00 PM
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03-12-2007, 09:14 PM
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I think we need 8 total tracks and a culling of the horse/trainer/jockey population.
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03-12-2007, 10:46 PM
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the big a needs to go, saratoga needs to stay open a month longer and belmont needs to open at the begining of march so they can run derby preps still........i guess something like this Belmont March 1- July 1........... Saratoga July 3- Labor day.........Belmont A week after labor day-December 1
no Ny racing from dec 2- march 1
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03-12-2007, 11:00 PM
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Belmont Keeneland Churchill Santa Anita Del Mar Gulfstream Arlington These should be the only operating racetracks in my opinion. Limit the trainers and jockeys and make purses huge. It will get rid of the chaff. Similar to how Hong Kong operates but on a bit larger scale.
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03-12-2007, 11:08 PM
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i like my idea
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03-13-2007, 01:40 AM
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i totally disagree but god where do i beginlol? racing definately needs to survive in maryland in my opinion. how can you exclude some of the smaller tracks that are up and coming like tampa, remington, zia, sunland, and other places that are also doing well like mountaineer, and turfway which runs generally fuller races during the winter for the lower level kentucky horses and the nearby ohio stock?youd not only be stopping alotta tracks that are doing well youd also be putting alotta people alotta work and probaly alotta families homeless as well. youd also be turning away even more fans which the sport doesnt need to lose anymore as itd be difficult for them to attend live racing, also itd exclude the smaller owners in the game. i can go on and on but i think you get my point
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03-13-2007, 02:52 PM
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03-13-2007, 01:01 PM
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Yes, I certainly do. But not to the extent I think we need it here. Australia has a racecourse in every little town, but some of them only run 1 day a year. And they don't have as bad of a problem of "too many races" when you consider the level of interest of the general public and the distribution of the gambling dollar in Australia comparitively when based on population size. Their purses are fairly low though, and I think the smaller tracks/trainers/jockeys will be forced to shut down in the next 10-15 years. Australia has a similar problem to us in that they have so many different governing groups. For instance, in Victoria you have the Moonee Valley Racing Club, the Melbourne Racing Club, and the VRC. All of these Clubs have full staffing and office space, etc... when one could do it easily. Same thing in Sydney with the AJC and STC. Too many people have their finger in the pot in both countries. And the respective industries cannot support that many people. The sob stories of "taking someone's living" don't make much sense when the entire sport is suffering so someone can run their $5,000 claimer at Beulah. Ease of entry isn't necessarily the best thing for a sport that wants to compete on a national level with the other professional sports. How easy is it to own an NFL, NBA, or MLB franchise? Or how easy is it to get a racing team in Nascar? Maybe horse racing should be the same. I'll admit that part of the charm of horse racing is the rags-to-riches stories that come out seemingly every year, but maybe those stories will go the same way of horses running every two weeks, carrying high weights, and being able to run further than 6 furlongs.
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03-13-2007, 10:27 PM
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