State of racing in 5 years

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

NY doesn't have to change. They handle the most out of any racetrack out there... their business is the strongest of all, particularly with Saratoga in the mix. Aqueduct in the winter for goodness sake out-handles most racetracks in the summer.

Furthermore, when NYRA runs, the industry receives a general bump in the overall marketplace... so them not running would pinch the marketplace as an industry. NYRA is not pinched by having too many races. They're the victims of the larger problems of lack of quality horses and what's left of the quality horses getting shoved into one shed row, forcing those trainers to spread them out.
Contraction in terms of races starts with tracks stretching-out their meets, barely making enough in terms of handle/field size/revenue, and struggling to get by as is. NYRA's not struggling in any sense of those.

Pletcher is going to start to charge tracks entry fees to have his stock frequent there surface soon.. It really isnt that far "pletched" who would have thought networks would be able to dictate to providers 15 years ago?

[Thunder Gulch]

The disappearance of the annual infusion of Dubai money will mean there is a lot less to go around to the Breeders, which will have a negative trickle down effect all the way through the system.

Which will lead to investigative reports and the discovery that track management, government agencies, etc. were all busy playing Mafia Wars on Facebook and didn't have time to do their jobs.

[randallscott35]

Nothing like Hastings double speak. So handle was down a staggering 25% in one year but it will be ok because an increase in attendance among a "younger demographic..." so this group will be betting oodles in 3-5 years(with food stamps?), trust me.

http://www.drf.com/news/hastings-handle-takes-hit

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Nothing like Hastings double speak. So handle was down a staggering 25% in one year but it will be ok because an increase in attendance among a "younger demographic..." so this group will be betting oodles in 3-5 years(with food stamps?), trust me.

http://www.drf.com/news/hastings-handle-takes-hit

There was no double speak.

“One bright spot is that our attendance is up,” said the general manager of Hastings, Raj Mutti. “We have a new, younger demographic, and we figure it will take three to five years before they start making a big difference in the handle totals. Actually, most of our declines in handle came from our U.S. partners, particularly California.”

What do you think he should say?
"Hey it was a tough year, lets close up."

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

There was no double speak.

“One bright spot is that our attendance is up,” said the general manager of Hastings, Raj Mutti. “We have a new, younger demographic, and we figure it will take three to five years before they start making a big difference in the handle totals. Actually, most of our declines in handle came from our U.S. partners, particularly California.”

What do you think he should say?
"Hey it was a tough year, that damned iReggie needs to tell Obama we're waiting on him to pullout of iReggie and send us a bailout."

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