NYRA Franchise: "Backwards, not forwards"

[pmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Pat, I doubt we'd be at this impasse if Saratoga's meet were imminent, and I suspect that we wouldn't be at this point if we were in the midst of Belmont's spring meet.

I don't say this lightly, for a good friend of mine is a NY owner -- and a thoughtful DT contributor -- but at this point, it's best for the long term that racing is shut down now. Of course, if ALL of the salient points could be addressed in the next two days -- it seems impossible -- then I'd think differently. Half-baked plans serve no long term good. And from what has been made public, I had no sense that everything was being discussed sufficiently.

I understood the first extension, but after NYRA was left, essentially, dead on the vine following that period, I think we knew we'd wind up with this situation.

Fair enough, but not as easy as saying "go" once you layoff a big number of folks and have horsemen forced to go elsewhere.

This ends up in court, have to say all bets are off as far as timing. Saratoga or no Saratoga.