PHA cancelled..
 

Tough situation there.. No one can train either.

Track froze last night?

penn has cancelled as well

Philly has not ran a full card since 1-25

And they won't be running one tomorrow either.

This one hurt today. I wanted to bet TMB.

The silver lining...

I was excited. Whats the plan now?

I understand from Chuck there is talk of a 7-10 day shut down to try and get a weather break and opportunity to work on the track. It's a very rough situation for everybody there.

I see they had some horses work over the track today...any chance they're getting close to running in the near future?

Edit: Nevermind...thanks Steve

Susan said the track today was the worst it has been. Last week the track was in pretty good shape in the morning but as the temps warmed up the track came apart as it thawed. The fact that there has been no break in the weather with yet another storm coming in tonight has made it difficult to repair.

Did you happen to read the CEO from Penn Nat's comments on racing? Now what?

Thanks Chuck. With all the time missed for training so far at Pha...approximately how long would it take a horse to get back it's fitness and be ready to run again? What would be a reasonable target for a horse's next race...assuming they close this week and start back up next week.

I figure if the track is opened next week...live racing will most likely take place. How many horses based at Philly would actually be ready to race?

Is he the one we should blame for the weather?

Chuck did you read his statement to shareholders?

What makes you think Juan carlos's horses ever go to the track in between starts?

Haha...I'd love to know what they do leading up to a race.

We have trained everyday since last Wednesday and did this morning as well so we haven't missed too much training, yet. Obviously each horse has different requirements depending on age, soundness, current fitness, etc. It is really hard to say exactly how much fitness you will lose or how long it will take to get back to an optimum level. Since 90% of the horses running at Philly are stabled there pretty much everyone is in the same boat. In fact some of the older lower level horses will probably benefit from not training so much.

This is news? He didn't say anything much different than Evans said to his shareholders either. When they ask to slash takeout in an attempt to make PM wagering more profitable that when you have to worry. Not that it isnt a good idea but that will be the first step in eliminating the tracks because they wont do it right or give it a real chance.

You dont think takeout should be decreased?

I saw the track was open a few days and workouts were published but I didn't realize it had been open for training since last Wednesday. Thanks for the info.

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Did you miss "not that this isnt a good idea"? Of course it should be decreased but what I am saying is that they will decrease takeout and use it as "evidence" that lowering takeout doesn't work. If you lower takeout at a track like Penn sure the handle will go up. It may double. But it will likely never get high enough for them to make enough money on the racing end to not want to get rid of the headache. They will say that yes decreasing the takeout did increase handle but not enough to allow racing to be "self sustaining".

So you are afraid the state is going to agree to lower takeouts witness a increase in handle and then abandon racing because Penn nat(whoever) tells them even with a lower takeout we cant afford the burden of racing?

I think that it will be a done deal before they do anything. Only the truly naive think that state or local govt aren't in the pockets of large corps like Penn National gaming. It may take a few years but he is setting the table for the future when the opportune time occurs.

I dont see takeout ever being decreased to a level that will attract so much more handle. It would have to be cut by at least a third to have such a dramatic impact. Doubling Penn's handle is more a function of ditching the 5 claimers which aint happening so fast. there are 15oo head on the grounds 800 of which should have another career

People will happily bet on bad races, see Tampa races 1-5 everyday

Tampa is going ok hardily earth shattering

Very disappointing to have bean counters in the position that this guy from Penn is in . No imagination, no creativity, all negative , depressed opinions . Smart ass comments like "I'm glad the horses are eating well." Why do they even bother to retain him ? He's a drag on our sport and life in general .

He runs casinos not racetracks

Why does he bother to get out of bed in the morning ? Genting said they would integrate their casino experience with the track. Maybe this guy is pissed because NY slam dunked his lousy bid for the Aq racino into the garbage can.

If you think Genting is going to give a flyin fvck about racing your are sadly mistaken.

Parx added sand to the track today in an attempt to dry/even it out. There will be training tommorrow though they wont race again till Saturday (hopefully).

Thanks for the update

Is Philly racing today?

No

Parx Racing in suburban Philadelphia, plagued by moisture in the base of the racing surface that alternates between freezing and thawing, hopes to resume live racing on Saturday after scrapping its fifth consecutive program on Wednesday.

http://www.drf.com/news/parx-cancels...-saturday-card