KEE meet, SUN Derby cancelled; KY Derby to September 5th..

[ScottJ]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Seems in the wild-eyed ranting, you've forgotten that the Derby is more than Churchill Downs Inc. and their shareholders.

There's a city and its' businesses that reap $400,000,000 from the event. Or should everyone in The Ville should just eat it this year too?

In response, seems in the pollyanna devotion to a single 120 second race, we are willing to sacrifice the plans and communities around the country that themselves depend on their own racing seasons.

Despite the carefully guarded secret of the Derby's community value (estimated at less than $100M as of 2014 by Forbes), it would be wonderful if the revenue could be saved for the community; it would be wonderful if every restaurant, bar, and gathering place here in New York from Long Island to Albany to Buffalo was not about to undergo their own financial crisis. But they are and that is the new reality.

My issue, Steve, is that this Derby decision, made to fit between a State Fair and Notre Dame Football on a convenient weekend for the area, never once considered their impact on the rest of the horse racing community.

Who at Churchill Downs checked with NYRA about their summer plans? If they did consult with NYRA, their press release would not look as it did today.
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