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08-12-2007, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: ARIZONA
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Urgent Jockey Club Petition
I'm going to remember this year's Derby, not as the year that Street Sense repeated his rail hugging Juvenile, but as the time in decades I'd not bet on the Derby. I'm going to remember it as the year that American racing began to fall apart.
The Jockey Club is having a meeting later this week and a member who prefers to remain anonymous has agreed to present a petition to them. If you'd like to use your real name but not post it on the board-pmail me and I'll write it in. If you want to use your screen name-have at it. If you know people from other boards that might be interested, please alert them.
Petition
We as players are offended and disgusted by the wrangling that TrackNet, TVG and other content providers have engaged in with regards to the simulcast signals. We believe that many executives in the business overlook the fact that without us, the racing industry would cease to exist.
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The operation of a race track and the ability to conduct inter-track simulcasting of racing events is a privilege not a right. We request that the Jockey Club, the NTRA and all powers that be immediately intervene to mediate the disputes that are destroying this great game.
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We demand that all licensed racetracks, simulcast facilities and ADWs
be accorded immediate access to all simulcast signals at rates that are fair and equitable to all, the tracks, the horseman, and the players. Let the customers decide who to reward with their business.
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In the absence of responsible action, horse player boycotts are a certainty.
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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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Last edited by PaceAdvantage; 08-12-2007 at 03:03 PM.
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08-12-2007, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: ARIZONA
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signature #1
betovernetcapper (Richard Young)
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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
My posts & letters & avatars & whatever reflect solely my own world view- Born in 1948 and never an I.C.E. visit
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08-12-2007, 02:57 PM
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Screw PC
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 15,728
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I'm in.
Mike, can we make this a pinned/sticky thread?
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Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.
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08-12-2007, 03:08 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 88,604
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Signature #3
Mike G.
Founder, www.PaceAdvantage.com & 20 year horseplayer
They don't need last names. All they need to know is that there is $$$$ behind these names that can impact their bottom lines.
If they wish to get in touch with us, they know where to find us.
Last edited by PaceAdvantage; 08-12-2007 at 04:16 PM.
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08-12-2007, 03:16 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Boynton Beach, Florida
Posts: 1,314
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Ian Meyers
CEO Premier Turf Club and 30+ year horse player.
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08-12-2007, 03:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 265
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My signature
 Matt R.
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08-12-2007, 03:24 PM
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Easy Goer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Tampa,Florida
Posts: 3,440
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Daniel G.
Full time horseplayer, period the end.
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“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
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08-12-2007, 03:27 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 2,277
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I'm in
John Wilkins a.k.a Bruddah...45 years playing the horses and disgusted with the present situation of horse racing and on line betting.
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08-12-2007, 03:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Singature-
Greg K.
gregrph
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08-12-2007, 03:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Sergio P.
Horseplayer 15+ years
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08-12-2007, 03:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Richard P. - Horseplayer 25 years
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08-12-2007, 03:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 241
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I'm on:
Statik27
Throwing money into track pools for 15+ years.
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08-12-2007, 03:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: The land beyond O'Hare
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Scott Urban, horseplayer for 39 years
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Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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08-12-2007, 04:10 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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Tom B.
40+ years feeding the ponies....now raising moths.
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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08-12-2007, 04:10 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
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Craig M
www.pacefigures.com
Horseplayer, 24 years
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