coronavirus and the TC

[jimmy m]

Local News reports coming in That Prairie Meadows will close for 30 days beginning today at 5pm.No news about the track. Doubt racing will begin May1 if at all.

[therussmeister]

Canterbury has closed their card room, Simulcasting, and events center, but as of now are still planning for live racing which is scheduled to start in mid May.

[GMB@BP]

Sounds like NYRA will continue to run.

i mean, the grooms still have to take of the live animals. if everyone just does there thing your talking about very little social contact really to run a race. Should be a limit on owners coming to the track to watch the race and would should be a max couple hundred people spread out at a large venue.

There is more people in thousands of grocery stores right now.

[dilanesp]

Originally Posted by GMB@BP

Sounds like NYRA will continue to run.

i mean, the grooms still have to take of the live animals. if everyone just does there thing your talking about very little social contact really to run a race. Should be a limit on owners coming to the track to watch the race and would should be a max couple hundred people spread out at a large venue.

There is more people in thousands of grocery stores right now.

Honestly, no track has the guts to do it, but if tracks insist on continuing to run, why not say no owners at all? They aren't essential.

[cj]

Originally Posted by dilanesp

Honestly, no track has the guts to do it, but if tracks insist on continuing to run, why not say no owners at all? They aren't essential.

NYRA did. Owners are not allowed.

[Nitro]

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

There is no doubt the longer this goes on, the UGLIER it's gonna get for the entire industry. And it won't take that much longer til UGLIER arrives.

Everyone here seems to be referring to the Stateside racing operations. Perhaps its time for players to start thinking about expanding their horizons. As I’ve mentioned, the racing in Hong Kong is rolling along without a hitch so far in spite of both this virus and the political unrest.
They’ve got their act together that’s for sure! It’s a sad commentary when a recognizably superior racing product and the way the principals at the HKJC are handling these things can’t be emulated in at least some respects here in the States.
Yes, there's racing without attendance, but there's so much more that could and should be done to improve the local racing.

[dilanesp]

Originally Posted by cj

NYRA did. Owners are not allowed.

Wow. Good for them.

[Secondbest]

Originally Posted by Nitro

Everyone here seems to be referring to the Stateside racing operations. Perhaps its time for players to start thinking about expanding their horizons. As I’ve mentioned, the racing in Hong Kong is rolling along without a hitch so far in spite of both this virus and the political unrest.
They’ve got their act together that’s for sure! It’s a sad commentary when a recognizably superior racing product and the way the principals at the HKJC are handling these things can’t be emulated in at least some respects here in the States.
Yes, there's racing without attendance, but there's so much more that could and should be done to improve the local racing.

What time of day to they run on The east coast

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Not any more in the brave new world of simulcasting. Many tracks are open to some degree year around, regardless of their live racing schedules.

And a lot of tracks have next to no one in the stands during the summer months.

[iamt]

Originally Posted by Nitro

Everyone here seems to be referring to the Stateside racing operations. Perhaps its time for players to start thinking about expanding their horizons. As I’ve mentioned, the racing in Hong Kong is rolling along without a hitch so far in spite of both this virus and the political unrest.
They’ve got their act together that’s for sure! It’s a sad commentary when a recognizably superior racing product and the way the principals at the HKJC are handling these things can’t be emulated in at least some respects here in the States.
Yes, there's racing without attendance, but there's so much more that could and should be done to improve the local racing.

Before you go deifying them any more the measures that Hong Kong introduced were racing with owners only. They are/were doing basically everything any track that is planning to continue to run is doing




They closed all OTBs and removed their telephone operators. Betting was only available through their online betting site and through an automated phone system.


Winning ticket holders from previous meetings were unable to collect their winnings and no-one was able to deposit cash into an account with all branches closed.

These measures stayed in place for about a month, now with minor relaxation in some areas.

[the little guy]

Wait, Nitro found a way to turn this thread into a plug for Hong Kong?

Shocking!!!!

[BIG49010]

Churchill could run it at Arlington Park in place of the Million

[snappit]

Here in the UK racing will take place behind closed doors from today. It was also announced today that our biggest race - The Grand National- due to take place in a couple of weeks has been cancelled.

[Nitro]

Originally Posted by Secondbest

What time of day to they run on The east coast

You mentioned the ONLY drawback that I personally find somewhat annoying: The time difference.

On Saturdays and Sundays when racing is at Sha Tin they typically start each race card 12 or 1 PM. Here on the East coast its 12 or 1 AM. So we’re 12 hours behind this time of year. On Wednesday evenings at Happy Valley their race cards begin at around 6 PM which means they start at 6 AM on Wednesday morning on the East coast.

In spite of the time difference and after playing there for many years I still find it very rewarding on many levels. The negative issues related to horse racing here in the States that are continually being repeated on so many threads here on PA just don’t exist in HK. That alone makes it a more pleasurable experience. Imagine that: A racing product with veracity and transparency without all the distracting drama.

[Nitro]

Originally Posted by the little guy

Wait, Nitro found a way to turn this thread into a plug for Hong Kong?

Shocking!!!!

It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to do so. That’s because it’s not very difficult to distinguish between the racing there in HK and what’s available here.

You only wish that you could work in that type of environment. But why not ask one of your former NYRA executives how he likes it there?