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05-06-2019, 08:32 AM
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All I want is lower concession prices at Aqueduct. I’m sorry but $9 for a 20 ounce bottle of Pepsi is extortion.
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05-06-2019, 09:12 AM
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Close Aqueduct and use the property to build a hotel/casino venue.
Winterize the Belmont Park dirt track. March-June / September-October
Saratoga keeps its July/August schedule.
And then do what the last NYRA czar did - give myself a million dollar raise after one week.
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05-06-2019, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by highnote
Excellent post! Well thought out! There are so many good suggestions that I need to go back and read it again.
I would like to see no Lasix or Bute ever. NYRA was one of the last tracks to give in to race day use of Lasix. That was a mistake. I know why they did it. They were losing runners to other tracks with liberal drug policies. NYRA should be a leader, not a follower.
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In fact, New York was the last state to legalize Lasix, effective September 1, 1995. New York was also the last state to implement the saddle towel color system - and where are those smilies for 21 through 24? I won't stop asking until they're up! 
NYRA didn't even add fifth purse money until December 7, 1994 - and on December 3, 2003, went to a 60-20-10-5-3-2 distribution, with the 2% divided equally among all finishers lower than 5th. These percentages were changed to 55-20-12-6-4-3 (with the 3% divided equally among all finishers lower than 5th) effective July 20, 2018.
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05-06-2019, 02:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zman179
All I want is lower concession prices at Aqueduct. I’m sorry but $9 for a 20 ounce bottle of Pepsi is extortion.
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The clam chowder at $5 used to be an overlay, but then they reduced the bowl size and this year they raised it to $6.50 (at least at Belmont). I told them I was betting $250 a race hoping for a cracker rebate. :-)
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05-06-2019, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Zman179
All I want is lower concession prices at Aqueduct. I’m sorry but $9 for a 20 ounce bottle of Pepsi is extortion.
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That's $2 for the bottle of pop and $6 for the NYS Breeding Fund.
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05-06-2019, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom
That's $2 for the bottle of pop and $6 for the NYS Breeding Fund.
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Not on topic, but where is the dividing line in NY where people say pop or soda?
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05-06-2019, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by highnote
Not on topic, but where is the dividing line in NY where people say pop or soda?
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Putnam and Orange Counties.
Upstate says "pop", downstate says "soda".
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05-06-2019, 05:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by classhandicapper
The clam chowder at $5 used to be an overlay, but then they reduced the bowl size and this year they raised it to $6.50 (at least at Belmont). I told them I was betting $250 a race hoping for a cracker rebate. :-)
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Like Maxwell Smart would say, "The ol’ reduce the cup and raise the price trick"
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Originally Posted by Tom
That's $2 for the bottle of pop and $6 for the NYS Breeding Fund.
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That makes things so crystal clear. At least when they want $16 for a cheeseburger, I’ll know that the cow was a NY Bred.
Last edited by Zman179; 05-06-2019 at 05:33 PM.
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05-06-2019, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Zman179
Putnam and Orange Counties.
Upstate says "pop", downstate says "soda".
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huh? Does upstate start in Plattsburgh for you?
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05-07-2019, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SaratogaSteve
huh? Does upstate start in Plattsburgh for you?
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Plattsburgh sings O’Canada. What, you didn’t know that? 
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05-07-2019, 03:24 PM
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huh? Does upstate start in Plattsburgh for you?
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I was going to say it's hard to believe Albany is suddenly downstate. I've never heard pop around here.
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05-07-2019, 03:31 PM
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I was going to say it's hard to believe Albany is suddenly downstate. I've never heard pop around here.
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I grew up in the Midwest. It was always pop. NY/NJ/CT is soda. I think of Albany as upstate, but would still say soda when I'm there. Maybe it West-Upstate NY that says pop?
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05-07-2019, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by lex
I was going to say it's hard to believe Albany is suddenly downstate. I've never heard pop around here.
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So where is the "pop" divide?
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05-08-2019, 10:16 AM
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And where does "soda pop" prevail?
I always thought of soda as an ice cream drink with carbonated water. Pop was like Coke, and "pops" was many beers. 
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05-09-2019, 12:24 PM
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huh? Does upstate start in Plattsburgh for you?
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To me, anything above Sullivan County (except Roscoe), Ulster County, and Dutchess County (except Millerton and Pine Plains), and all of Delaware County except Fleischmanns, Margaretville, and Andes, is upstate (this was the northern limit of the original 914 area code, and today's 845 area code).
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