Farewell to Laurel and Pimlico if......

[slotdirt]

I went to two different proms at Garden State Park while it was still in existence. The state and county has still not done a whole lot with that land.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Considering the spin-the-wheel results that Laurel produced in the Magna 5 this year, I think they should race 3 days a year in Maryland. Start the Thursday before the Preakness, and have each race be worth atleast 50k on Thursday. Have only 75k-and-above stakes races on Friday and Saturday.

[ddthetide]

http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

[slotdirt]

As crappy as it gets in Maryland, I just don't see how they could ever move the Preakness somewhere else.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

As crappy as it gets in Maryland, I just don't see how they could ever move the Preakness somewhere else.

if i understand it, the state has the rights on the name "Preakness". the race can move but the name will change. after the colts fiasco, the state locked up the names associated with maryland.
who cares if maryland keeps the name Preakness, they better find a way to keep the tracks open to have a place to run a race.

[Merlinsky]

I figured the links don't mention Halsey Minor or folks would be talking about it so I didn't click on them, but I have read he wants to buy MEC assets if I remember correctly. Not Gulfstream because of Hialeah, but sounded like he had a good deal for them. Has that changed?

ETA: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ost-mec-assets
He would also keep racing at Golden Gate Fields.

Move the race to Philly Park and call it The Freakness.

[letswastemoney]

The Preakness wouldn't feel like the Preakness if it were held anywhere but Pimlico.

I mean it's part of the test to race it at Pimlico......

You take the standard test at Churchill Downs....

then you see if you can handle the sharper turns at Pimlico....

then you see if you can handle the longer turns at Belmont

It's tradition!!!!

[blackthroatedwind]

The only problem with that is the turns aren't actually sharper at Pimlico than they are at Churchill.

[ddthetide]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/loc...,7822162.story

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/loc...,7822162.story

i saw the other day that the state might use eminent domain in an effort to keep the track and the preakness. or at the very least, the preakness. of course you can't have a race without a venue to hold the race....should be interesting.

ironic tho that the state sat on its hands for years when everyone was screaming for help-and now they're suddenly in crisis mode.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The only problem with that is the turns aren't actually sharper at Pimlico than they are at Churchill.

good luck with that. some myths just won't die.