NYRA should run it. Just make the deal something like 5 years, not 30, which is a joke.

It does seem that 30 years is a bit long. I agree there.

You know between you and STS you have tried to convince me that Hialeah was a nice neighborhood and the area around Belmont is full of Luxury homes. Of course the fact that I was stabled at Hialeah for 4 years or lived in beautiful Elmont and Franklin Square for 10 years would give me no idea of what I was talking about. Go the other way from Floral Park (which is not exactly 90210). Leave the front gate at Belmont and go right for about 2 minutes. Still nice? Take a left and see how beautiful it is? The county and town sure never bitched about all the tax money they received from NYRA despite the fact that they allowed an OTB directly accross the street! NYRA has treated me fairly over the years, nothing more, nothing less. I call them like I see them. This constant reference to bankruptcy shows your ignorance of both the situation and bankruptcy laws in general.

Once you see how other tracks are run and how people are treated, both horseman and fans, you begin to see that NYRA is far from bad.

It is obvious that you are not that sharp but unless they put up projects in place of Belmont the property values wont ever tumble as long as the Cross Island parkway is up and running. A 500k home in the greater NY area is not that big or nice of a home as compared to most of the country.

Just because it is expensive to live in NY does not make Elmont a wonderful cheery place to live that is just ruined by that nasty old NYRA and all the losing tickets floating around.

Great idea, why not make it 4 years so each new governor can run their own bidding process. I mean this one has been such a positive process.

This about sums it up. I cant top this one.

So you get involved with a NON-Profit to make money so it's better to have a FOR-Profit. Does that mean people get involved with for-profits not to make money? Or just for the good of the taxpayers...

Walk out the stable gate, take a left or right and you will be real tired before you find a "nice" area. I guess you and I have a different version of what is nice and what is a dump.

I had a conversation yesterday with a lady who does enough work at Belmont to keep an apartment there as opposed to living out of hotels. She was bemoaning the problems of finding anything in a nice area, close to the track. It aint Hollywood Park bad but is far from really nice.

the slots at yonkes raceway seem to be working - purses are up for the trotters over there - rooney family owns this and the PB kennel club

Any increase in the handle up in Yonkers?

i believe so - i don't have the actual numbers , but ,the place is packed now a lot of nights

Yes, purses are up, but the slot revenue is way behind original projections.

don't worrry the Rooney's won't be passing around the bread basket!

Perhaps you should concentrate more on training and less on kissing NYRA's butt and criticizing people's hometown's, calling them dumps. Your win percentage might hit the 14% mark and earning break $125K on the year. LOL

If you are going to attack people's hometowns perhaps you should know what you are talking about. If you go out the front gate and go right you are in Jamaica. That is not where the people that are complaining live. They are Long Island residents that pay Long Island property taxes. As a trainer, you couldn't afford to live in Floral Park, unless you were Pletcher or Lukas, which you are not, who were Garden City residents, which borders Floral Park.

Do some homework before you go attacking Floral Park. It is much nicer than the areas surrounding Churchill Downs. Heck, the homes in Floral Park cost more than just about anything in all of Kentucky.

Maybe before you go calling people's hometowns a "dump", you should think about how you would feel if people called your barn a dump, which it isn't, but it is a far cry from TAP and the Lukas barns (which you of all people should know).

Thanks for the unbiased opinion.

I find it interesting that you have so much knowledge of my barn and living situation. Thanks for the concern but I think that the neighborhood that I live in is a tad nicer than yours (I've lived in both). Maybe since I dont want you to feel bad about living in a dump and still having to pay high property taxes i'll do a 'dump or no dump' survey of all major thoroghbred tracks. What the hell, we can throw in a few trotting tracks too...

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Do some homework before you go attacking Floral Park. It is much nicer than the areas surrounding Churchill Downs. Heck, the homes in Floral Park cost more than just about anything in all of Kentucky.

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Just because a house in Floral Park costs more than it does in other areas of the country doesn't mean sh*t. The cost of a 2 bedroom/one bath on a sixth of an acre in the Byram section of Greenwcih would cost more than a mansion in Floral Park.