Albany ups power play; State, Legislature, NYRA announce mgmt. deal

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by goodcopy

I wish we could leave out all public money,levies,taxes,support systems and make thoroughbred racing entirely privately funded and privately profitable
Long term I can't think of any state ran programme or oversight,controlled process that politicians have ran that has not ultimately ruined or made far less profitable.
Why can't the stuarts of our sport run it the same way they made millions in privet business?

Sure, let's do that. And the first thing that will happen is the tracks will get bought up by real estate developers and torn up.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Sure, let's do that. And the first thing that will happen is the tracks will get bought up by real estate developers and torn up.

That's true. Garden State Park, where I used to go often, is long gone, replaced by what South Jersey needed more of: strip malls.