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Originally Posted by Kasept
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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Valid points, but I found it difficult to watch each race yesterday as a bettor. The Wood was only viewable live on the internet, and the Illinois Derby and Wood were on top of each other.
I am admittedly ignorant when it comes to broadcast rights and signal ownership, but it seems to me that someone could have oragnized a national telecast that showded all three Derby preps and maybe even the Ashland LIVE with 10 minutes or so in between.