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I never have handicapped AP well, but when I visited it many years ago, I thought is was a nice looking facility. I particularly remember that viewing a race from outside was very fan friendly because of some tiered steps.
With the nearby casino owned by the same company, things don't look good for AP. I can't see someone getting the right price to purchase AP and continue running it as a racetrack. Hawthorne is now poised to to become the premier track in Illinois.
I am also hoping for better times at minor league Fairmount Park. At one time they used to race 150+ days, but that might have been when they had TB and Harness racing seasons. That number of days will probably still be difficult to get close to given the significantly declining horse population over the past decade. At least horsemen should soon be getting a higher purse structure to run there, if not benefiting from an on-site casino license instead.
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