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Old 12-13-2011, 10:10 AM
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People need to calm down about it being good for the sport. I read somewhere yesterday that there will be plenty of goodness attached to this thing as far as characters are concerned.

I absolutely think it will get people to the track, especially Santa Anita, but we'll see how many of those actually turn into bettors, which is always the tough thing to do.
That's good to hear. Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for a totally skewed (in a good way) version of the sport. But I just worry about certain sterotypes that surround the sport being re-enforced x 100.
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