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Originally Posted by Thomas Roulston
You sound like Marc Siegelaub and Brad Thomas - who in the '80s petitioned NYRA for a restoration of the early '70s NYRA racing season, which ended with the Display Handicap (a race that I loved) as the featured race on the last day before the first day of winter, and resumed with the Paumunok Handicap as the featured race on March 1.
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Well, 2 things:
1. NYRA claims to make money on the winter meet. I don't necessarily buy that, but if NYRA is right then that's a reason to run the meet. No Southern California race meet in early December has ever been profitable. Not Hollywood, not Los Al.
2. It isn't as though shipping to Florida in the winter is a dumb way to do business in the east. Not so much about the Display Handicap, but just because racing in freezing climates is highly unpleasant.
