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Originally Posted by SentToStud
Delaware is a nice place. So was AkSarBen. So was Rockingham. So was Washington Park. So was Atlantic City. Especially so was Hialeah. When Hialeah went bust, they had the highest take out rates in the nation.
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I wouldn't put AkSarBen and Atlantic City in the same category as Delaware. If they closed all the mid-level tracks in the northeast, Delaware would be the one they should keep. As for Hialeah, tragic. It was a matter of 3 rats fighting over a one piece of cheese and the two bigger rats won. Never made it to Washington Park or Rockhampton.
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Originally Posted by SentToStud
"Not great races" is a bit generous. There's several of those every week there.
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Unfortunate, but true.
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Originally Posted by SentToStud
The good ones would run in NY or NJ or KY or Chicago. The ones that don't belong at that level would drop and ship anywhere.
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Okay, staying with your thesis - let's close all of the tracks (just in the northeast) that are slots (or will be) supported. Now closed are Mountaineer, Charles Town, Penn National, Philadelphia Park, Finger Lakes, Fort Erie, Woodbine, Indiana Downs and Hoosier Park.
Now we're talking about a lot of horses. Where do you send them?