Saratoga Live
Kudos to NYRA for undertaking a huge challenge. The program was excellent and projects to get better. Nice blend of everything a BETTOR and fan could want in a show. You had honest conversation about what was important to the audience. I never liked betting Saratoga, always thought it was simply great racing but way to tough to attempt to bet much more then token wagers. The telecast increased my interest and I found myself WANTING to have action and feeling like I had a shot. The racing is always great but NYRA made the gambling experience much more inviting. I truly hope TVG was watching and will copy most of the format. Seems to me with 2 signals they could fairly quickly augment one to be more like Saratoga Live. Looking forward to next year and the possibility of programming to be more slanted towards this format that NYRA created. IMO it was immensely better then the previous stuff we are force fed. Amazing work by the whole team, the Andy and Gabby stuff WORKS, Mig did his thing, Jason was the perfect front man, Maggie was informative, and Travis of the bench was WAY more polished then in past.
The worst part of the meet ending is the show is over. It was in a word GREAT
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