Let's Face It: You Can't Torque-NYRA Anything...

[ScottJ]

The Paulick Report carried a recap of the executive branch conversation with several major sports organizations held on Saturday, April 4th. See this link.

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/t...ums-by-august/

Tracks would need to reopen six to eight weeks before the Derby in order to give context to the Derby, Preakness, Belmont, and Travers debate. Based on the article, that is not the timeframe being discussed. Reading between the lines, we have just seen the first confirmation that Saratoga will be lost for 2020.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by ScottJ

The Paulick Report carried a recap of the executive branch conversation with several major sports organizations held on Saturday, April 4th. See this link.

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/t...ums-by-august/

Tracks would need to reopen six to eight weeks before the Derby in order to give context to the Derby, Preakness, Belmont, and Travers debate. Based on the article, that is not the timeframe being discussed. Reading between the lines, we have just seen the first confirmation that Saratoga will be lost for 2020.

If we don't have racing next month at some major venues, we better hope there's a game this time next year.

While the call yesterday between the president and the commissioners of major sports leagues was silly given there was no necessity to cover that topic now, there was a clear mention of the desire for spectator less sporting events to start soon. Racing is already taking place at 3 major tracks and there's no reason to think it can't resume spectator-less in (hopefully) 6 weeks or so. Otherwise I'm not sure how many owners we can hang onto as the economy worsens.