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Originally Posted by Brass Hat
Listening to Byk Friday morning talking about how much he enjoys watching the replays of prior Travers shown on the track the morning of the Travers. Well, they did for years; this year they decided to play moldy oldies instead. Nice tradition down the drain to cater to non-racing fans who attend Travers day.
Sparse paddock analysis; a few races it sounded like Michelle Yu, spending time talking about horses's records, stuff you can find in the PP's, rather than physicality.
Were regaled by the Siena band on the screen though.
Not to mention the foolish jockey intros, feeding the belief into a lot of fans who don't follow racing closely that the jockeys are more important than the horses.
Did fix the problem of people leaving while horses are entering the track. Yelled at Ginny Reid to get off the horse path.
I understand the NYRA trying to cater to once a year fans, but some people there are more interested in information.
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The live camera feed with the jockeys popping through like they were at the Super Bowl was the silliest thing I’ve ever seen NYRA do. The feed BTW was horrible constantly freezing etc. IDK about anyone else but it’s not a good first impression to charge $32.00 for a sandwich and soda obviously preying on the first time vacationers. Personally the gate fee I find quite reasonable in comparison to any other live event. Heck I’ve seen people pay 125 for a football game ticket and pay another 50 to park. I just wish NYRA would come up with a different plan in regards to concession costs.
