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Old 12-01-2018, 09:20 PM   #1
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Will Frank Stronach outlive Santa Anita Park

Seems like a fair question with everything going on recently.

Frank is 86.

Will either one or both be around in 10 more years?
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Old 12-01-2018, 09:27 PM   #2
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Seems like a fair question with everything going on recently.

Frank is 86.

Will either one or both be around in 10 more years?
it will be interesting to see what happens to racing if all the money and racing is out of socal in terms of the entire industry.
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Old 12-01-2018, 11:25 PM   #3
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Seems like a fair question with everything going on recently.

Frank is 86.

Will either one or both be around in 10 more years?
10 years is a good over/under. I would say no to 15 years but I'm on the fence about 10 years.
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Old 12-01-2018, 11:25 PM   #4
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I think if present trends continue, Santa Anita won't last more than 20 more years.
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Old 12-02-2018, 09:18 AM   #5
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Seems like a fair question with everything going on recently.

Frank is 86.

Will either one or both be around in 10 more years?
It just seems like he 186.
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Old 12-02-2018, 11:18 AM   #6
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:31 PM   #7
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Over/Under is 5 years

2019 is gonna be tough. Purses in the midwest are rising. Churchill was running straight maiden races for 76K. In Ca it's about 52K or 57K. The Midwest has bigger purses and it's less expensive to race there.

Unless they get machines soon, and I seriously doubt it, California is done IMO.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:55 PM   #8
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Frank no longer runs the racetracks.
His daughter Belinda kicked him to the curb.
He's suing to get back control of Magna.

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Over/Under is 5 years

2019 is gonna be tough. Purses in the midwest are rising. Churchill was running straight maiden races for 76K. In Ca it's about 52K or 57K. The Midwest has bigger purses and it's less expensive to race there.

Unless they get machines soon, and I seriously doubt it, California is done IMO.
cause machines are the answer to racings issues.
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I don’t think that Santa Anita will close, but I do feel that the quality of SoCal racing will soon go down to B level racing as the purses in the Midwest and East continue to rise.
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cause machines are the answer to racings issues.
Only way to compete with purse sizes.
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cause machines are the answer to racings issues.
They've done wonders for Oaklawn Park , Kentucky Downs and Laurel. Laurel doesn't have "machines" but they receive good revenue from the states casino's.
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I don’t think that Santa Anita will close, but I do feel that the quality of SoCal racing will soon go down to B level racing as the purses in the Midwest and East continue to rise.
We can't survive as a B level circuit. Our costs are too high.
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We can't survive as a B level circuit. Our costs are too high.
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We can't survive as a B level circuit. Our costs are too high.
maybe apartment buildings in the infield are needed.
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