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Old 11-13-2018, 08:41 PM   #16
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Mark my words: The new horseracing laws will eventually be amended...and the racinos will be allowed to keep their casino privileges without having to offer any "live racing". This "historical racing" will be deemed good enough as a "replacement"...and the horsemen and jockeys will be out in the cold, along with the long-suffering horseplayers. That's why the tracks are advertising this new "Historical Racing" as something more than a slot-machine game. The tracks don't want to put up the exorbitant cost of running a live meet...and they are salivating over the low-cost profits that slot-wagering generates. If they could convince the politicians that there is a "skill" component to this historical racing...then this could replace live racing altogether in the near future...IMO.

The trainers now dream of the day when their horseracing purses will be wholly subsidized by the casino patrons...so they can collect their money without having to hear the endless complaints of the "degenerate horseplayers". But these trainers haven't taken the greed of the TRACKS and the POLITICIANS into full consideration. If they did...then they would realize that we could ALL eventually be left out in the cold.
I agree that this will be exactly what happens...sooner rather than later.
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Old 11-14-2018, 03:39 AM   #17
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So... Belinda Stronach in her fancy Pegasus dress that probably cost more than my house thinks she knows about horses and horse players?

I read the entire article that's up on Paulick Report and rolled my eyes at 90% of it. She gushes about creating an "experience" for new people, but completely ignores the fans and bettors the Stronach tracks already have.

Look, I am not a rich person. I'd love to own a racehorse some day but it'll probably be a $30,000 claimer (which is fine). I bet maybe $100 to $200 whenever I'm lucky enough to make it to a track... but I guarantee you that regular folks like me who go to the track 15 or 20 times a year and spend our measley $200 are worth in more in the long run than the spoiled rich kids who'll show up at the Pegasus once a year and spend too much on crappy cocktails and not a dime on the actual races.
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