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03-10-2014, 07:53 PM
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I'm sure there are no turf races at Calder because they realize they can't use the turf course year round. It doesn't make sense for them to try to run turf races now when Gulfstream is carding five or six turf races per day. I'd bet Gulfstream will give their course a break this spring or summer.
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03-11-2014, 12:18 AM
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EXCEL with SUPERFECTAS
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by RXB
The course is literally sinking-- which is a real problem when you're almost at sea level to begin with, and running a meet in a wet climate during a time of year when the weather isn't warm enough to dry the course all that quickly.
CDI penny-pinchers obviously are no help, same as usual. FG was better when Krantz owned it.
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Yeah, the track has to fight being so close to sea level, not good for the turf course. If it is feasible, raising the level of the turf course would not be a bad idea. That, or get rid of it completely.
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03-11-2014, 01:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Interesting article that perhaps wakes people up, and I hope the people of Kentucky will begin to see that Churchill is no longer interested in horse racing, and slow the passing of legislation that will give them slots in KY.
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Lex Herald-Leader op-ed: "Churchill Downs has revealed its hand. No longer able to hide behind Louisville's iconic twin spires is a looming casino, slots and online gambling company."
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http://www.kentucky.com/2014/03/11/3...ill-downs.html
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03-11-2014, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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My first question was, how,exactly, does this organization this young lady is attached to deem gambling " predatory". Gambling is a choice as much as anything else in life. We do. Or we don't. Still, gambling can consume anyone, yes, but some of this material is really out there. The board members are an interesting group. All denominations (maybe not us Episcopalians, but most) are well represented.
Is it the slots or the table games that create the increase in sex trafficking of minors, or the affect on seniors, etc? WOW.
http://stoppredatorygambling.org/fac...search-center/
http://stoppredatorygambling.org/abo...board-members/
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03-11-2014, 03:09 PM
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EXCEL with SUPERFECTAS
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I agree, that lady is so biased it's ridiculous. We earn our money and pay taxes on it, why should anyone, or any "entity" have the right to tell us how we should spend that money?
The fact is, of those tracks that now offer casino gambling, many of them would not exist now, and some of those state racing commissions would have no reason to exist. But, they are the same ones that want to force us to go to the track, many miles away for many players, in order to wager on their own form of online gaming, the simulcast system. Let the racinos' casino gamblers keep the tracks open, so horse races can continue to be run for real horse players. But don't jump on CDI for doing their job, provide profits for their shareholders.
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