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02-26-2014, 02:17 PM
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ICYMI.. Nice little Hialeah update in NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/sp...irth.html?_r=2
Give John Brunetti credit for hanging in and adjusting as opportunity worked it's way around. Funny that he brings up hosting a BC.. I asked him on the air about partnering as a semi-permanent home with Breeders' Cup nearly 10 years ago.
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02-26-2014, 03:12 PM
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and i'd be sure to be there.
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02-27-2014, 07:59 AM
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Spent a day there many years ago..............beautiful track and facility, totally enjoyed it. Saw a horse by the name of Synastry get the second win of his career in an allowance race. Memories..................
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02-27-2014, 09:49 AM
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I was there 2 years ago with Sniper and Antitrust the day after the FL Derby. Still gorgeous.
  There is no toteboard or stalls...would obviously take a boatload of cash to get it back to a thoroughbred facility Last edited by Rudeboyelvis : 02-27-2014 at 11:25 AM.
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02-27-2014, 11:21 AM
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it will be cheaper than tearing down the old one which was an antique. they would have a huge high def toteboard....state of the art. Imagine how awesome it would be ?
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02-28-2014, 11:52 AM
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interesting how brutally honest he was in the piece. He hates Quarter Horse racing and the more he races them the more millions he loses on that product. But it's getting him a casino license and that's making up for the expense.
As much as a lot of us don't like the casino revenue propping up the horse racing product, the one difference here is you got a horse racing guy that gives a bleep about the sport, in charge of the opertion and would make those improvements to the tote board and back-side
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02-28-2014, 12:27 PM
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maybe they could build a huge gated community around the place for retired hossplayers, who could live out their remaining days
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02-28-2014, 01:10 PM
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02-28-2014, 01:40 PM
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It's a pipe dream, unfortunately. The area (South FL) isn't supporting two tracks running concurrently now, and do you think either of them are going to give up days for a 3rd track? Possibly it could have flown way back when Halsey Minor was trying to do something but Burnetti wouldn't budge. Now there are slots in Calder and they are pulling out all the stops including diluting Tampa's winter population by running their absurd winter meeting against both Tampa and Gulfstream. add a 4th track running Thurs-Sun all winter and it would kill purses even further. I would highly doubt that neither CDI nor Stronach are going to give an inch.
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