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Originally Posted by GBBob
Do you think KEE would ever consider longer meets? As you mentioned, as of now, they still have considerable revenue from the sales. And even if some Breeders do move out, do you think the KEE sales would suffer?
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They would not extend the meets. The sales revenues are still significant but are falling and will be in a freefall through November. The Keeneland sales also have a new, more consignor friendly Fasig Tipton to contend with. This means that the purses at Kee will be in jeopardy. While the purse level at Keeneland is sustainable through the next two meets you will see a drop in purses next Spring. Understandably some people fail to see the importance of Ellis and Turfway to a KY racing circuit but in doing so also fail to see that if those tracks are healthy and competitive that horseman will be able to maintain a base in KY. Without those tracks many horseman simply will relocate to other states which have longer or year round meets. And many already have.