CRIST: Changes dilute Cup's appeal

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i feel so stupid.

i didn't really think about why the BC officials added these new races. i didn't think about why they wanted to run on a friday-i figured that they wanted to give the fans more-and there's the difficulty of fitting races into a one-day schedule.
i just was doing some catching up on my reading, and am on page 965 in the feb 16 bloodhorse. it's the dan liebman (editor in chief) article that he does.....bear with my typing from this article, which discusses the bc going to cali two years in a row.


'churchill is not happy with the financial arrangements whereby Breeders Cup takes most of the handle and simulcasting revenue, leaving the host track with, basically, just another big Saturday. One thing tracks could count on was a nice spike in on-track business the day before the BC. But, with the BC races now also on Friday, much of that handle also flows to BC, not the host track.(my italics).'

also says in the article that monmouth lost money on the bc last year--weather didn't help of course, but they lost millions.


seems that liebman points the blame for churchill not getting the deal next year on the ky track. but with the current state of the bc race schedule--what's in it for churchill really?

so, all about money. BC wanted the friday money too, rather than just saturday. and the sponsorship dough. and now they want a sponsor for the whole event, not just for each race.

does everyone remember what happened to the golden goose at the end of the story?

"does everyone remember what happened to the golden goose at the end of the story?"

they cut her open to get to the ordinary eggs inside.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

"does everyone remember what happened to the golden goose at the end of the story?"

they cut her open to get to the ordinary eggs inside.

nope, rather than being happy with her laying a golden egg at a time, they got greedy and killed the goose. no gold, no more eggs.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Danzig

nope, rather than being happy with her laying a golden egg at a time, they got greedy and killed the goose. no gold, no more eggs.

the goose was made out of gold, though.

right?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

the goose was made out of gold, though.

right?

no, just a goose. her eggs were gold.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, just a goose. her eggs were gold.

so she was an ordinary goose that laid golden eggs?

i think her name is deceptive.

just cause my kid does something doesn't make me the golden cock.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

so she was an ordinary goose that laid golden eggs?

i think her name is deceptive.

just cause my kid does something doesn't make me the golden cock.

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[Danzig]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

so she was an ordinary goose that laid golden eggs?

i think her name is deceptive.

just cause my kid does something doesn't make me the golden cock.

well, i apologize that in my haste at typing earlier that i called her the golden goose. she was just a goose.