Farewell to Laurel and Pimlico if......

Antitrust32 · #1 04-03-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

Steve - think she was saying that Verstandig is the only potential bidder who has no plans to buyt he Preakness, as in, the other bidders want to run the tracks and he's the only one who wants to demolish them.

that is what i took it to mean..

alysheba4 · #2 04-03-2009, 10:52 AM

horseracing as we used to know it is gone.........soon there will be no more pimlico, hollywood park, santa anita, laurel.......its sad.

joeydb · #3 04-03-2009, 12:51 PM

I hope you're wrong. I'm still angry about losing Garden State Park, and that was years ago.

slotdirt · #4 04-03-2009, 01:05 PM

I went to two different proms at Garden State Park while it was still in existence. The state and county has still not done a whole lot with that land.

SCUDSBROTHER · #5 04-03-2009, 01:19 PM

Considering the spin-the-wheel results that Laurel produced in the Magna 5 this year, I think they should race 3 days a year in Maryland. Start the Thursday before the Preakness, and have each race be worth atleast 50k on Thursday. Have only 75k-and-above stakes races on Friday and Saturday.

ddthetide · #6 04-09-2009, 01:33 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

slotdirt · #7 04-09-2009, 01:40 PM

As crappy as it gets in Maryland, I just don't see how they could ever move the Preakness somewhere else.

letswastemoney · #8 04-10-2009, 12:19 AM

The Preakness wouldn't feel like the Preakness if it were held anywhere but Pimlico.

I mean it's part of the test to race it at Pimlico......

You take the standard test at Churchill Downs....

then you see if you can handle the sharper turns at Pimlico....

then you see if you can handle the longer turns at Belmont

It's tradition!!!!