State of racing in 5 years

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

NY doesn't have to change. They handle the most out of any racetrack out there... their business is the strongest of all, particularly with Saratoga in the mix. Aqueduct in the winter for goodness sake out-handles most racetracks in the summer.

Furthermore, when NYRA runs, the industry receives a general bump in the overall marketplace... so them not running would pinch the marketplace as an industry. NYRA is not pinched by having too many races. They're the victims of the larger problems of lack of quality horses and what's left of the quality horses getting shoved into one shed row, forcing those trainers to spread them out.
Contraction in terms of races starts with tracks stretching-out their meets, barely making enough in terms of handle/field size/revenue, and struggling to get by as is. NYRA's not struggling in any sense of those.

Pletcher is going to start to charge tracks entry fees to have his stock frequent there surface soon.. It really isnt that far "pletched" who would have thought networks would be able to dictate to providers 15 years ago?