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Originally Posted by Kasept
What don't you think NYRA grasps?
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I'm not concerned with this situation. This is not a major issue. What is an issue, however, is that NYRA is way behind the times in terms of how they run things. For example, some simple things that actually matter to some bettors:
1) a FAIR racetrack -- this is ****in' NY, Steve, this isn't BUSHville. I read constantly where people don't like POLY because it favors closers or makes bad horses look good. Well, what exactly happens on the AQU Inner: name one other MAJOR track where horses that can't get 6F on a fair track routinely wire the field going 2 turns?
2) some variety. Racing secretaries everywhere else pretty much have figured out that offering races at slightly different distances actually is a good thing. So, for example, WO and TAM (2 of the most beatable and fair tracks out there) regularly card 5F, 6F, and 7F sprint races. This is not only a change of pace but actually offers some very nice betting opportunities --yesterday's 3rd at GP, for example, where Tagg's horse clearly couldn't get 7F but the cutback figured to be ideal for him. So, not only does NYRA presently have that BUSH track but Campo is stuck in the 6F rut. Bad horses, biased tracks, and the same distance over and over and over. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What's happening in NY presently (now and the rest of the season) is nothing like what was happening 5-10 years ago. The quality of racing sucks (with the exception of SAR), the fields are small and they've pretty much made having TWO turf courses a handicap. Only in NY, where bookies lose money, can having TWO turf courses result in LESS races being run over them. But they're nice and green.
I've gone from playing only NY to playing them when there's nothing else available. And, I'm certainly not the only one.