FairGrounds Deal Struck

[IRISHLADSTABLE]

http://www.drf.com/news/article/58273.html

Jimmy

[Valuist]

With Pegram having some control you know he'll race some horses there. I wonder if Baffert will send a division over there.

[The_Knight_Sky]

I posted this at my other forum. Allow me to exercise some redundancy.

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http://members.aol.com/browrob549/emo/eatdrink028.gif It is with much interest to see this unique businessman run a racetrack.
Patiently awaiting to see what kind of ideas Mr. Pegram will implement.

[Blackgold]

It would have been far better had Churchill Downs ended up with the track.

The track is very poorly managed. . . everything (consessions, the web site, parking, condition book, tellers, OTBs) everywhere you turn- it's poorly managed.

And unfortunately, the slots going in will just extend the stay of bad management.

What probably happened is that Mike P. was given a good, sweetheart deal by the current poor management instead of the track taking the better offer from Churchill Downs.

Louisiana being the larcenous state that it is- the fans, players, jockeys, trainers- everyone- will not far as well as if CD took over the plant.

You can bet that some back room political moves kept the current slime in place, instead of a professional well run business like CD getting the nod at the wire.