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Originally Posted by Charli125
The quotes in this article are unbelievable:
http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-park-raising-purses
“We were conservative with our projections,” Liebau said. “We have done better than expected, and we have an opportunity to increase purses in the last weeks of the meeting. The purse increase is a benefit to Hollywood Park and horsemen.”
Really, down 14% is better than expected? What the hell did they expect?
The decision to increase purses was taken after consultation with the Thoroughbred Owners of California, which must authorize purse distributions in the state. “We’re very appreciative of the action that Hollywood Park has taken and we fully support it,” the owners’ group’s chief operating officer, Guy Lamothe, said Thursday.
Of course it was supported by the TOC. Why not a quick thanks to the players that pushed the P5 through DESPITE the TOC's objections? Nope, we're going to raise purses again since it's been such a resounding success so far.
Liebau said business in the last two weeks was better than the early weeks of the meeting, but said that all-sources handle remains down by 5 percent from the 2010 meeting.
Wrong again. It's down 14% or 37.8 million dollars per CHRIMS data. At least be honest with us. |
Do you really want to give your hard earned money to these people?
Think again before you bet Cal.racing.
