Examiner's Schwab assails Bay Meadows 'Development' Co.

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Originally Posted by freddymo

Most likely the economy had a bunch to do with the development issues.. Hopefully those are short term.. I love racing not malls but I certainly get that 5 horse fields on prime real estate isnt a good business model and so should you. Perhap if you took a stance that begged for fewer tracks and fewer dates racing could start to build a strong foundation.Then racing might have a chance to thrive. Instead you focus on rubble from a track that hadn't had a successful meet in years, save Art Sherman and Russell Baze's prospective.

You have a galling predilection for putting words into my mouth. I'm not focusing on the rubble. I brought the piece to people's attention because the Hollywood Park situation involving the same management group is in its' critical stages. Like Bay Meadows, Hollywood doesn't need to be razed.

The scenario in California is complex because of the tremendous infighting that has gone on with the CTBA and TOC, et al. As I've said before, I appreciate the positives fewer racing dates and venues could afford the game. You seem to love throwing the rocks but have no viable plan to implement.

Oh... and I doubt you realize that your approach to things would have resulted in the abandonment of racing at Saratoga in the '60's when the meet was a money loser and viewed as a drain on resources by almost everyone involved in New York racing. At which point the track would most likely have been sold to developers and leveled for 'progress' since the track lost money and hadn't run a successful meet in years. Whoops...