were in bad shape

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

well jim hawthornes usual cry is theyll get better fields once the fairgrounds and oaklawn ends but by then the meets almost over and its onto arlington. and this fall dont expect alotta people to stick around here after arlington and or have strings here like they usually do like asmussen and calhoun etc etc when they already have strings at remington which has slots, a better racetrack and backstretch, longer turf racing into the fall and justa nicer place overall

i hear you, and agree. its seems to be dying at hawthorne. i've even noticed the Arlington meet declining since I moved over here 5 years ago. There wasn't much up from KY last year like in comparison to five years ago. the poly might help reverse that trend.