Colonial's future in real doubt..

[phystech]

Originally Posted by -BT-

I don't know how Colonial hurts Delware Park, most of the low end horses from CT, LRL, PHL end up at colonial in the summer. It's not like they're taking away awsome OCN1X type horses, the horses racing down there are going after MD10K or 15K claimers. Plus, Delaware Park is on a roll as it is with all those slots.

I'll agree with part of your post, and disagree with other parts.

Delpark is far from on a roll - and I'll assume you were being sarcastic without the smiley. They have trouble filling their fields because a lot of the horses that should be running there are being sucked away by ill-advised turf tries at CNL. And yet, I agree that at certain levels CNL had no affect on Delpark.

In the Mid-Atlantic, I'd say that more than 70% of the horses making turf tries, shouldn't be racing on the grass and are doing so only as a last resort. The old "...well, we've tried him short, long, with blinks, without blinks, - what's left. Hey, how about putting him on the lawn". And I'm guilty of this myself. Those horse would fill fields at Delpark if they stayed on the dirt and ran at a level they should be run at.

Close it and sell it!!