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Old 04-05-2009, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by jms62
Of course it is not your problem but your response really reiterates my point. The fans are an afterthought in racing. AQU could have waited 1 stinking minute but since it wasn't thier problem they didn't.
You're preposterous.. Honestly, this is a new level of ridiculous. What are the tracks supposed to do? Here was the stakes schedule yesterday between 5-6pm.

5:05 (KEE) Ashland (Gr. I)
5:14 (HAW) IL Derby
5:19 (AQU) Wood Memorial (Gr. I)
5:24 (GP) Skip Away
5:40 (SA) Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I)
5:51 (AQU) Carter H. (Gr. I)
5:57 (OP) Apple Blossom (Gr. I)

If someone fell off schedule, the other tracks are supposed to be monitoring it and change all of the starts? And then that overlaps some other race elsewhere... Hawthorne had ONE stake to get off yesterday and they were late. But that's NYRA or "Racing's" fault because they look for ways to mistreat the players and fans.

Things happen too when you're dealing with animals. Shoe adjustments, paddock incidents, etc. You also realize that there are OTB and the racing networks broadcasts that are working off the SCHEDULED start times? IN FACT, the job done balancing the action has been quite remarkable the last several weeks as big race after big race went off in succession.
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