Presque Isle Downs - Nice Purses

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Originally Posted by scanman

Okay, not great races and you have a gripe with Delaware. Personally, I think it is one of the gems of the northeast and it would have been tragic if it closed.

Back to your point, to illustrate your thesis - Delaware Park is closed. Where would these horses race?

"Not great races" is a bit generous. There's several of those every week there.

The good ones would run in NY or NJ or KY or Chicago. The ones that don't belong at that level would drop and ship anywhere.

Delaware is a nice place. So was AkSarBen. So was Rockingham. So was Washington Park. So was Atlantic City. Especially so was Hialeah. When Hialeah went bust, they had the highest take out rates in the nation.

Like I said before, if I made a living directly from training or owning horses, I would have a far different perspective. To me, the only things that matter are quality, field size, pool size and takeout. And since slot machines artificially inflate purses at racino tracks at the expense of the things that matter to me, I'm against them.