Saratoga Kick-Off: Wider Supers; Multi rule changes

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Scav

I am surprised Churchill hasn't grabbed onto the idea, they have Churchill/Arlington/Calder all at the same time

tellers would require an extra year of training for that button

[Scav]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

tellers would require an extra year of training for that button

The key to tellers is finding like three in the same location that know what they are doing and sticking with one of them. Sunday when we were out there, I went to this chick and I said "$5 Exacta P/W" and she was like "Box" and I said "P/W" and got into a 30 second discussion of what a P/W was..Damn unions control everything, including training

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Scav

The key to tellers is finding like three in the same location that know what they are doing and sticking with one of them. Sunday when we were out there, I went to this chick and I said "$5 Exacta P/W" and she was like "Box" and I said "P/W" and got into a 30 second discussion of what a P/W was..Damn unions control everything, including training

Well the tellers at Saratoga, Belmont, Aqueduct & Keeneland all should be pretty awesome because I trained them!!! (or I trained about 20 of them at each track )

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Well the tellers at Saratoga, Belmont, Aqueduct & Keeneland all should be pretty awesome because I trained them!!! (or I trained about 20 of them at each track )

I know a few other things you've trained

[Gander]

I like the special doubles that extend over 2 day's time, a la the Oaks/Derby and the Brooklyn/Belmont. I dont think enough of these are made available. This weekend belmont could have the Suburban into the Tom Fool on Saturday. Travers weekend, they could have the Personal Ensign/Travers.

[Linny]

The PE is the day AFTER the Travers this year.

I agree that Saratoga could improve it's simulcast of other venues but remember that unlike other tracks, at SAR "most" of the patrons are there for the live, local product only. A huge percentage don't know where Arlington is and think Del Mar is a suburb south of Albany.
I would appreciate it if they would at least allow for some volume on the simo of major out of town races like the Haskell and the Pacific Classic. Would it kill them to announce that it was 10 minutes to post for the Arlington Million?
A small simo center with volume control for the TV's would be great. On days when there are alot of out of town stakes, I try to catch them if I can but always miss a few.

[Left Bank]

Originally Posted by Linny

The PE is the day AFTER the Travers this year.

I agree that Saratoga could improve it's simulcast of other venues but remember that unlike other tracks, at SAR "most" of the patrons are there for the live, local product only. A huge percentage don't know where Arlington is and think Del Mar is a suburb south of Albany.
I would appreciate it if they would at least allow for some volume on the simo of major out of town races like the Haskell and the Pacific Classic. Would it kill them to announce that it was 10 minutes to post for the Arlington Million?
A small simo center with volume control for the TV's would be great. On days when there are alot of out of town stakes, I try to catch them if I can but always miss a few.

You just described Keeneland to a "T". Except at Keeneland,the locals are there only for the liquor.They really don't care about the racing,it's just a place to be "seen" and get loaded.This could explain why the slots vote got shot down by the Lexington senator,other than the fact that she is an idiot.
Keeneland packs up all the private desks and carrols,drops the signals from most tracks during their meet(I was really PISSED when I couldn't bet Tampa)and jacks up the prices for everything.It's amazing that HANA voted this track #1,because it really sucks to even try to bet at this track.And the live product,in my opinion,has gone down the toilet.(There should not be claiming races at all.)