Save Presque Isle Downs

[Ogygian]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Wow, that's kind of harsh for a track that is only in its what, third season? I love the poly option for horses in the greater Northeast, and have never heard anything bad about the place from folks who run their horses there.

I am only speaking from the fan standpoint on my opinions of the track. After seeing and being at the elite tracks and kind of expecting something of that sort for PID, It is identical to Mountaineer, which is to be expected I guess. I may have set my expectations too high.
As for those who run their horses their, I have a friend that trains a few horses, they aren't superstars by any means, they had 6 stalls last year. They were told they had to average 5 starts per stall to keep them...they had 9 different horses that started 48 times. This year they were awarded zero(0) stalls. Now they have to ship from Thistle...
The concerning part is the trainer is local, which the track was built to help the locals, this may be an isolated case, but could be solved by building extra stalls.
As for it being in it's third season...it was rushed the first year and had a 30 day meet for Casino reasons, it looks like they didn't make any changes before the 2nd year and it looks like nothing has been done this year either.
It is very plain jane...

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Ogygian

As for those who run their horses their, I have a friend that trains a few horses, they aren't superstars by any means, they had 6 stalls last year. They were told they had to average 5 starts per stall to keep them...they had 9 different horses that started 48 times. This year they were awarded zero(0) stalls. Now they have to ship from Thistle...
The concerning part is the trainer is local, which the track was built to help the locals, this may be an isolated case, but could be solved by building extra stalls.

I know who you're talking about and that's just terrible.

The opinion that the management there has of the locals is very low.