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Originally Posted by Magnanimous
Just to let you know, NYRA is not racing ("nyra is and allways will be the most important racing in the country"). NYRA is just the group that runs racing. Any idiot could run NY racing. The amount of money wagered in NY is what makes NY racing and this is primarily because incomes are higher and handle means nothing if you just keep losing money like NYRA does.
Also, CA racing is great all year long. In NY you have Aqueduct which is some of the worst racing in the country. It is a conveyor belt and is riddled with corruption. I would say Saratoga is the best meet, but not because of NYRA. Belmont is probably the 4th best meet. So NY racing is excellent but to say it is the best is pushing it. It is the best if you take out Aqueduct but last I checked Aqueduct still exists.
As for the soap opera in NY, if the corrupt NYRA and corrupt politicians would just give NYRA a 5 year deal it would be fine.
But please explain to me why a group with a past full of corruption and a present with bankruptcy after bankrupcy deserves a 30 year deal.
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Cal racing is far from great all year long. It has it's moments (Sa winter meet is excellent)....but please...Del Mar has become a travesty/embarassment. They destroyed a once great track by putting in polycrap. This year's running of the Pacific Classic was probably the funniest/most embarassing Grade I ever run. Even The Oak Tree meet at SA is not what it once was. Belmont's spring meet and Saratoga more than make up for the depressing winter inner dirt meet at AQU. People used to compare Sar vs Del Mar...and to be honest they used to be somewhat close....but this year proved that Del Mar isn't even remotely close to the racing up at Saratoga.
While the whole NYRA situation is ridiculous (thanks to the politicians)....Cal racing has gone so far downhill over the years.....and thanks to the idiots out there they have put what seems to be the final nails in it's coffin by changing all 3 tracks over to polycrap/cushion. I mean seriously...how can anyone take so-cal racing seriously anymore......especially on the derby trail.....I would assume many trainers are gonna skip the so-cal route at SA this year because those races really will not be great indicators for how a horse will run on Derby day.