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[philcski]

Why don't they run at Pimlico in the fall anymore?

[phystech]

Originally Posted by philcski

Why don't they run at Pimlico in the fall anymore?

The recent Pimlico fall meet was just a stop-gap while Laurel was being re-built.

As to the Delegate from Laurel - Chuck, about the only thing those people know in MD is tax and spend. I have an old high school friend that's a State Senator and I have begged him to come with me to Bowie to visit my trainer's barn so he can see what goes on in the morning and how many people are involved. Then I offered him lunch and a trip to Laurel for an afternoon at the races so he can see more people involved. He won't go.

I could go into a political rant at this point but this isn't the forum for it. I will say that I am not convinced that slots will go through this year because the Speaker of the House hasn't figured out a way to keep the money from going to racing, and more specifically, Joe DeFrancis.

Instead, I can see them failing again this year in order to force Joe to sell his remaining stock in MJC, and to get Magna out of the picture too.

If they go through, I predict MD racing gets snubbed in the proceeds department.