BC shamed into making Whitney a "Win/In"

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

spokeman jim gluckson said they wanted a classic race for win and your in at a northeast racetrack. his reason was suffolk was not having its race this year. last years edition was commentator and a bunch of high priced claimers, i guess thats the caliber of horses that the BC wants to attract(suffolk vs. saratoga....lol). they were not going to have any win and your in races at saratoga. the breeders cup has become a complete debacle. the best horses around will be racing here starting next week and for the next 3 months ny will have the best racing in the country. after saratoga, belmont has their championship meet. yet, the breeders cup entity acts like ny tracks barely exist. why? they are having it at the same track twice in a row. its just stupid! it won't happen but i wish belmont put together a card to compete with the breeders cup. i used to think breeders cup day was a good thing but i have alot of doubts now. if it were to go under, which it could, it may not be bad for racing! it used to force horses to meet at least once but now its not even going to accomplish that! why have it?

Totally agree Pinwheel. NYRA or whoever owns NY's big three should sell Agadirt and invest in barns in the green lot, hire the CT Indians to install and runa world class casino on the ground floor of the Belmont grandstand, build a hotel at each end of the facility. Install a 9 furl;ong dirt track inside the inner turf. The CT Indians generate $300 mil a year for the Nutmeg State. Use the wampum earned from the casino and hotel to stage a $20 mil day on the first week of October. Then things will be back to the way they used to be with championships being determined at Belmont Park in October.

The BC was a great concept 25 years ago but has basically ruined the sport in the last two decades.