I don't have any inside info, but I have a feeling it might be settled by this weekend or shortly thereafter. I told people in Dec. it was going to go to March and I'm sorry I was right. I just never had a good feeling about this and the money is really not the issue. If it was, it would have been settled a long time ago. It's not a lot of money and these tracks (mostly all casinos) don't generate or make a lot of money on this. I'd be surprised if most of these Mid-Atlantic tracks make more than 2 or 3 thousand a day on these signals. Only makes sens on the inside and we're not there and don't have the inside info. I really think it's related to those tracks not wanting racing, just casino business and they are obligated by law to hold racing (not simulcasting. Think another part in the puzzle is the jockey liability issue, which goes on Mar 19th. Really think that Parx wants the jockeys to not sign and then go to the state to force the casino to operate. As the law is now, if they don't race, the casino closes. Same if the horsemen don't sign an agreement, the shut down the casino, which is huge money for both Parx and the state.
This is most probably a raw deal for the jockeys. They sign over any responsibilty to themselves and work as "at risk" contractors. Park would abdicate any responsibility for incidents. This is a result of the "chickens" on the track lawsuit.
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