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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
It's old news that NYRA was selling some box seats ( the price sounds right and it is higher on Saturdays ) as I received a mailing on this well over a month ago. I don't know what the number is, though 100 sounds high, but Freddy's point is absolutely correct that NYRA needs to control and sell their assets.
I'm not going to get into a large discussion about people's supposed " rights " to boxes, as I am sure there are valid points on both sides, but let me just ask a question.....do you think someone who has had a box handed down for generations, and goes occasionally, and contributes minimally to handle and/or has at most a minor interest in horse ownership, deserves a box over someone who bets $1000 a day through NYRA?
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Did my wife's family "deserve" a letter in March saying thanks very much for your 50 plus years of patronage, but we feel the need to relinquish your rights to the box?" No alternative seats offered either. And yes, they owned and bred horses in NY, supported thoroughbred causes, and employed people in that area. I understand that business is business. Isn't the handing down of boxes thru generations part of what makes Saratoga the most traditional, festive, and complete racing experience in the world? Just treat the people properly that have kept this thing special for so long.