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08-19-2007, 05:55 PM
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Jockey Club Reaction
Jockey Club president Allen Marzelli today called for urgent action and read from a letter sent by The Pace Advantage Board with more than 400 signatures and reported by Bloodhorse.
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=40315
Guys this is good but it's only a start. Please join me tomorrow night in the War Room to discuss the boycott.
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08-19-2007, 08:08 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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What time?
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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08-19-2007, 08:22 PM
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Post time 1st at MNR?
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The fan base demographics are not particularly positive," he said. "I guess we can either risk alienating them or letting them die off. " -Bob Evans 6/25/2007
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08-19-2007, 08:57 PM
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Lot of interesting stuff in the article, but this is what got me sputtering ...
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Jockey Club president Alan Marzelli ... used Equibase, the partnership of The Jockey Club and Thoroughbred Racing Associations, as an example of how stakeholders can work toward a common goal.
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If Equibase is considered a success story, we're all screwed.
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08-20-2007, 12:32 AM
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Guys, the petition was a complete success in a SMALL amount of time! Congrats on getting the highest levels of the sport to acknowledge our concerns! That was the goal of the petition. I doubt we could have hoped for more given the time constraints involved.
In less than 1 week, we've had multiple articles written about our efforts and our letter was read to the assembled members of the JC by their President & COO.
Unfortunately, I will be travelling Monday evening, so I won't be able to attend the War Room meeting. I do LOVE the idea of targeting a small track/pool to bet INTO (as opposed to a boycott at this time). This will be seen as a POSITIVE action that will turn some heads, as opposed to the negative overtone of a boycott. I'm not saying that boycotts should be taken off the table, only that they shouldn't necessarily be the next step.
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08-20-2007, 12:45 AM
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amen, lets have a PROCOTT. We need to reward a friend, somewhere.
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08-20-2007, 01:07 AM
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How about Louisiana Downs as a friendly track to bet into?
The Louisiana HBPA seems to be very vocal and proactive on the ADW side advocating open access and non-exclusivity. Perhaps Louisiana Downs would be a good choice to bet INTO as I believe all ADW's take the track. Evangeline is a TVG exclusive track so that does not work.
Any thoughts?
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08-20-2007, 01:09 AM
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nice job to get any attention or mention at all.
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08-20-2007, 01:41 AM
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Yeah-PTC also carries LAD 
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The fan base demographics are not particularly positive," he said. "I guess we can either risk alienating them or letting them die off. " -Bob Evans 6/25/2007
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08-20-2007, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by betovernetcapper
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i firmly believe it should be a PTC track...this all started with woodbine's game with PTC...
Nocal boy..i bet evangeline with PTC.. 
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08-20-2007, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by prospector
i firmly believe it should be a PTC track...this all started with woodbine's game with PTC...
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I absolutely agree. We should give a huge boost to a tiny PTC track like Assiniboia Downs or Northlands who are in favour of openess and rebates while at the same time completely boycotting Woodbine until they issue an apology to PTC and end their collusive anti-horseplayer practices.
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08-20-2007, 08:47 AM
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Albuquerque
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Originally Posted by prospector
i firmly believe it should be a PTC track
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If you are going to 'procott' please consider Albuquerque on Wednesday. As racing secretrary, I am proud of the 101 horses that I have in on a 10-race card. The increased handle from the 'procott' will help this paceadvantage contributor.
shameless,
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08-20-2007, 08:47 AM
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Excellent job so far by all those who have put this together on such short notice and thanks to all those who have contributed.
The idea of promoting and supporting 1 fan friendly track is a novel idea and deserves consideration, but I also like the concept of boycotting 1 track (Woodbine?) in conjunction with this approach.
speedking
Last edited by speedking; 08-20-2007 at 08:48 AM.
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08-20-2007, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by stu
If you are going to 'procott' please consider Albuquerque on Wednesday. As racing secretrary, I am proud of the 101 horses that I have in on a 10-race card. The increased handle from the 'procott' will help this paceadvantage contributor.
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I would love to give a hand to ALB. For the first time in my I bet on your track this week. One thing that needs to be fixed is that 10 cent ALB supers are currently unavailable through PTC and with only $1,800 pools, a $1 minimum doesn't encourage much action.
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08-20-2007, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
I do LOVE the idea of targeting a small track/pool to bet INTO (as opposed to a boycott at this time). This will be seen as a POSITIVE action that will turn some heads, as opposed to the negative overtone of a boycott. I'm not saying that boycotts should be taken off the table, only that they shouldn't necessarily be the next step.
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I agree. You get more flies with honey than vinegar!
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