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02-29-2012, 10:40 AM	#1
FantasticDan gelding Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,698 vCash: 400	Finger Lakes planning $80M expansion ..contingent upon the passage of Gov. Cuomo's "enhanced gaming" legislation. http://www.victorpost.com/business/...gambling-passes Not mentioned: any improvements to the racing side.. whutta surprise..

02-29-2012, 10:57 AM	#2
Tom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Canandaigua, New york Posts: 58,779 vCash: 1310	Money going to the racing would be money wasted. Look at the purses NYRA is paying now...we already have an abundance of $7500 restricted claimers and small fields. I doubt any amount of money would make nay significant impact on the track. Where are we going to get horses from? The cheap ones will go to NY and run for bigger purses. Put your money where it will do the best job - that sure as heck ain't racing. __________________ I'm not full of it, but I am close to the brim!

02-29-2012, 12:53 PM	#3
OTM Al intus habes, quem poscis Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Brooklyn NY Posts: 7,774 vCash: 400	And you got me thinking that turf course was right around the corner!

02-29-2012, 01:44 PM	#4
Tom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Canandaigua, New york Posts: 58,779 vCash: 1310	No problem - we can paint the dirt green with that construction paint. __________________ I'm not full of it, but I am close to the brim!

02-29-2012, 02:59 PM	#5
onefast99 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 4,021 vCash: 400	I was hoping they would raise the 4k claimers purse to $8800! __________________ A casino at the Meadowlands is NJ's best bet!

02-29-2012, 03:10 PM	#6
Robert Goren Racing Form Detective Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita Posts: 10,630 vCash: 266	Why is everybody so shocked that a racino never spends any money on the racing side that it isn't mandated by law. Almost of the mandated money goes to purses, so don't expect many improvements in the racing physical plant at any racino ever. You will only be disappointed. __________________ *Finman's Law of Mathematics:* Nobody wants to read anyone else's formulas. Goren's Corollary : But if somebody does, he will immediately find a way to mis-apply them to handicapping.

02-29-2012, 03:19 PM	#7
Tom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Canandaigua, New york Posts: 58,779 vCash: 1310	They have improved FL a lot since the slots came in. And the purses,too. But there is only so much you can put into a place like FL without getting diminishing returns. Be happy, take your bone and gnaw on it. We thought FL would have closed 20 years ago. You think the bottom levers at NYRA suck? Where do think they end up after 30 loses there? FL should be running at night. __________________ I'm not full of it, but I am close to the brim!

02-29-2012, 04:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom

Money going to the racing would be money wasted.
Look at the purses NYRA is paying now...we already have an abundance of $7500 restricted claimers and small fields. I doubt any amount of money would make nay significant impact on the track. Where are we going to get horses from? The cheap ones will go to NY and run for bigger purses.

Put your money where it will do the best job - that sure as heck ain't racing.

You sound like Robert Goren!

02-29-2012, 11:36 PM	#9
Tom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Canandaigua, New york Posts: 58,779 vCash: 1310	What's wrong with the truth? FL has peaked, hats off to them. They are tons better than they eve were. But get real - the money is going to the right group - gaming, not horsemen's welfare. __________________ I'm not full of it, but I am close to the brim!