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[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

There are too many "Derbies" for this time of year. Indiana, Super, Pennsylvania, Remington... they all compete for the same depleted horse flesh.

That said, we're stuck at LAD. Given our schedule, the only alternative would be to run the race in October... but every Saturday in October is congested with big races at BEL, HOL/SA... so we'd have no shot to generate the handle dollars we generate on Super Derby Day during that month.

We could pull back into July, but the Swaps - as an example - would be the type of race we'd have, plus it's usually 105 degrees.

So some years we'll get a Blame, other years we won't... that's the spot we're in.

There's a huge alternative to altering the traditional calendar placement of the Super Derby (the name alone connotes that it should be more important than all those other Derbies you listed)...

...bring back the $1 million purse.

It was the only reason the race was popular to begin with.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

There's a huge alternative to altering the traditional calendar placement of the Super Derby (the name alone connotes that it should be more important than all those other Derbies you listed)...

...bring back the $1 million purse.

It was the only reason the race was popular to begin with.

Can you loan us $500,000? Easier said than done... but I agree.