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Old 06-09-2009, 02:17 PM
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This is a very silly comment. In fact, Chip Woolley had been earlier lauded in Kentucky and Maryland for actively speaking out on behalf of Horsemen on the slots issue, utilizing his own remarkable rise from obscurity as the point iof reference.

Woolley has been a surprise to everyone who has encountered him. He's bright, articulate and in touch with the current state of the game. Just because he also happens to be a Southwesten version of a hardboot, doesn't mean he doesn't have something to contribute.
Gimme a break Byk...the guy is the biggest baffoon around.
His statements regarding RA connections when he was being the Chicken$h!+ trying to dodge the filly really showed his true colors.
Does 'they are the ones causin all the problems by tryin to supplement the filly' ring a bell???
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:30 PM
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Gimme a break Byk...the guy is the biggest baffoon around. His statements regarding RA connections when he was being the Chicken$h!+ trying to dodge the filly really showed his true colors. Does 'they are the ones causin all the problems by tryin to supplement the filly' ring a bell???
If you want to base your opinion of him on that, that's fine.. I thought the whole episode came and went and was rather comical. The future of KY's industry, the delay in the AQU VLT parlor, and the languishing of MD, all strike me as more important.
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:37 PM
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If you want to base your opinion of him on that, that's fine.. I thought the whole episode came and went and was rather comical. The future of KY's industry, the delay in the AQU VLT parlor, and the languishing of MD, all strike me as more important.

steve iread recently where yonkers raceway was the most profitable casino in the country now

certainly the Big A would rival it or even surpass it

Yonkers gets a lot of the Atlantic City crowd from the Bronx who now only have to journey about 15 minutes rather than 2 hrs. The city has tons of people in Queens and Brooklyn who would head to play the slots at the Big A rather than venture down to AC.

Purse sizes by default would have to increase , it would create more jobs , there would be multiple dining establishments ....think of all the poeple who may take a 2nd look or an inital look at the horse racing game , they could even install lights and run on Friday / Sat nights at the Big A during the winter
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:41 PM
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steve iread recently where yonkers raceway was the most profitable casino in the country now

certainly the Big A would rival it or even surpass it

Yonkers gets a lot of the Atlantic City crowd from the Bronx who now only have to journey about 15 minutes rather than 2 hrs. The city has tons of people in Queens and Brooklyn who would head to play the slots at the Big A rather than venture down to AC.

Purse sizes by default would have to increase , it would create more jobs , there would be multiple dining establishments ....think of all the poeple who may take a 2nd look or an inital look at the horse racing game , they could even install lights and run on Friday / Sat nights at the Big A during the winter
You have been ok recently, but now I know you have absolutely LOST IT...

At Night, in the middle of winter, in New York?....
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:43 PM
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You have been ok recently, but now I know you have absolutely LOST IT...

At Night, in the middle of winter, in New York?....

they run at yonkers at night , why not the Big A?
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:45 PM
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they run at yonkers at night , why not the Big A?
You could put standardbreds in a nuclear war and they would be ok...
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Old 06-09-2009, 03:10 PM
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they run at yonkers at night , why not the Big A?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I can feel that pleasant breeze that comes off Jamaica Bay in Febuary by just thinking about it. Oh wait it will be even better, with a 7 o'clock post.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I can feel that pleasant breeze that comes off Jamaica Bay in Febuary by just thinking about it. Oh wait it will be even better, with a 7 o'clock post.
Was just thinking the same thing. The horses don't care, but the jockeys would.
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Old 06-09-2009, 05:50 PM
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At Night, in the middle of winter, in New York?....
Those nights at Turfway are packed.
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:39 PM
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If you want to base your opinion of him on that, that's fine.. I thought the whole episode came and went and was rather comical. The future of KY's industry, the delay in the AQU VLT parlor, and the languishing of MD, all strike me as more important.
Maybe Im biased because I knew of Chip Wooley before this Spring.
He purchased a 2yo off of a Ky trainer that i know rather well..for 460k. In Sept. of 2007.
He came into louisville with his black Harley t-shirt (with the sleeves rolled up )..lets just say he didnt come off as a real sharp guy. JJ Graci wouldve said 'he didnt know which end of the horse ate.'

He doesnt take a genuis to figure out that Slots put more in owners and TRAINERS pockets.
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:45 PM
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Maybe Im biased because I knew of Chip Wooley before this Spring.
He purchased a 2yo off of a Ky trainer that i know rather well..for 460k. In Sept. of 2007.
He came into louisville with his black Harley t-shirt (with the sleeves rolled up )..lets just say he didnt come off as a real sharp guy. JJ Graci wouldve said 'he didnt know which end of the horse ate.'

He doesnt take a genuis to figure out that Slots put more in owners and TRAINERS pockets.
I hear you. My point simply was in terms of utilizing him and his specific story while the proverbial iron was hot is advantageous for the jurisdictions that are waging Death Race 2009 right now...
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Old 06-09-2009, 06:13 PM
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doesnt take a genuis to figure out that Slots put more in owners and TRAINERS pockets.
Other than that ... they are without question bad for the game.
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:54 PM
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If you want to base your opinion of him on that, that's fine.. I thought the whole episode came and went and was rather comical. The future of KY's industry, the delay in the AQU VLT parlor, and the languishing of MD, all strike me as more important.

If I remember correctly, it was MTB's owner, the Allen guy, who was thinking of entering another horse to keep Rachel out... and changed his mind when his horse trainer, Chip Wooley, and father told him that was unsportsmanlike and chickenshit.

dont think Wooley did anything wrong there! Just talked some sense into Allen.
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