No Parx on TVG?

[Seattleallstar]

wtf gives here?? we get everything but

[NoLuvForPletch]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

wtf gives here?? we get everything but

it's on hrtv

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch

it's on hrtv

dont have hrtv and dont bet through them

[NoLuvForPletch]

uugh

[NTamm1215]

It's about par for a track that has oppressive takeout and no regard for racing to match it with limited signal distribution. Hey, at least they'll average about $1.70 in handle for every dollar paid in purses today.

[Calzone Lord]

The Parx dirt racing surface was yielding some crazy slow times starting with September 11th.

The variants for the dirt routes on certain days were like +11 and +13 -- where a track like Emerald Downs consistently has dirt route variants in the MINUS mid-to-high 20's.

Look at this chart:

http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20120911&RN=1

8f race of Sept 11th at Parx:

26.09 first quarter -- 51.89 half mile -- and the final quarter mile of this 8-furlong race was run in 26.22 ... it's like they were carrying buggy's around for the whole race.

These were older N4L $7,500 claiming females -- and two of them including the winner were claimed out of the race -- not exactly a bunch of PA Bred bums in a maiden claiming race.

Worst of all -- a 3/1 shot who was loose on the early lead in that race faded to finish 4th and the 2nd and 3rd place finishers came from last and next to last at odds of 7/2 and 9/1.

Look at Emerald Downs on September 9th -- $7,500 N2L (instead of N4L) for 3yo females (instead of 3yo and up females) -- it's obviously a clear-cut weaker class of race at the same distance of a mile ...

http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20120909&RN=2

And you see fractions posted of 22 3/5 and 45 3/5 by the obviously cheaper level variety of $7,500 females going a mile.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

It's about par for a track that has oppressive takeout and no regard for racing to match it with limited signal distribution. Hey, at least they'll average about $1.70 in handle for every dollar paid in purses today.

With all respect to Sal Sinatra, who Steve has had on the program and who tries to do a good job with the track, the senior management at Parx puts the racing at "lower than whale excrement" importance.

"Parx" is advertised locally here in Philly as "So Vegas" and all that. They do not advertise the racing at all. If the racing is ever removed as a prerequisite for other casino gaming operations, the track will cease to exist.

They have made that abundantly clear. You would not know that Parx has a track at all from TV ads or billboards in Philly.