Belmont Entries for 5/29.... Very Poor

[Linny]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

No truer words have been spoken. Given the VLT fiasco, NYRA has been able to cobble together cards largely due to the large number of NY-breds born after the Funny Cide breeding boom here in the state. If they don't get that problem solved soon, there may not be a breeding industry here anymore. (All you have to do is check Jockey Club statistics and look at sales like the recent one in Timonium where there were as many PA-breds in the sale as NY-breds.) At a minimum, in the short run, the number of NY-breds born on an annual basis will have been cut in half from its high-water mark of a few years ago.

Remember, it was not just Funny Cide, but the promise of VLT revenue that drove the boom in NY. PA is seeing the same now, but they HAVE the slots already.