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Old 04-07-2008, 10:36 AM
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http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-lo...0,662477.story

Will try for 'Instant Racing' game as revenue boost... Housing development a viable option for suburban Richmond tract. Does not look good...
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Old 04-07-2008, 10:39 AM
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Instant Racing...


I'm at a loss for words.


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Old 04-07-2008, 10:53 AM
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.. Housing development a viable option for suburban Richmond tract. Does not look good...
If you add Shopping Development...... that sure sounds like what happen to Garden State........!
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:44 AM
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Will try for 'Instant Racing' game as revenue boost... Housing development a viable option for suburban Richmond tract. Does not look good...
to beautiful a facility to loose that way.... very sad!
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:49 AM
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very sad it looks like another one will bite the dust. went there last year

now glad i did cause progress will take it over.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:51 AM
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ooooo, let's go shopping. yippeee.
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Old 04-07-2008, 11:57 AM
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I don't know much about Colonial because they really don't do much to market themselves.

I do know, however, that they offer quite a few TURF races, and, as I play primarily turf, I'd LOVE to bet on their races. UNFORTUNATELY, I can't get their video (not on CALRACING, and I'm certainly not going to pay to view it).

So, maybe, as a first step, they might consider putting up LIVE, delayed, or replay, video of their races on their website.

If I'd be interested, I'm sure some others would be as well.

A VERY SIMPLE FIRST STEP towards catching up with the times and generating some more revenue. What a novel notion in an industry stuck in the 1950's.
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Old 04-07-2008, 04:54 PM
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I don't know much about Colonial because they really don't do much to market themselves.

I do know, however, that they offer quite a few TURF races, and, as I play primarily turf, I'd LOVE to bet on their races. UNFORTUNATELY, I can't get their video (not on CALRACING, and I'm certainly not going to pay to view it).

So, maybe, as a first step, they might consider putting up LIVE, delayed, or replay, video of their races on their website.

If I'd be interested, I'm sure some others would be as well.

A VERY SIMPLE FIRST STEP towards catching up with the times and generating some more revenue. What a novel notion in an industry stuck in the 1950's.
you can play colonial on xpressbet.

they just celebrated their 10th anniversary last year. we really enjoyed the virginia derby other than it was hotter than hell.
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Old 04-08-2008, 05:52 AM
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Will try for 'Instant Racing' game as revenue boost... Housing development a viable option for suburban Richmond tract. Does not look good...
A grass meet is a rarity in this country especially one that is in the summer when racing is widing down after the TC. There is so little in that part of the state for recreation it would be a shame to lose Colonial which is a beautiful facility. But then again I'm too much of a damn romantic at times.......
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