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The industry, in the present situation. Right now NYRA is burdened with inordinate State expenses/rules and has to unfairly compete with the cancerous NY OTB's.NYRA pays all the big expenses to put on the show and gets little reimbursement.NYRA needs to control all racing(including offtrack)in NY and it would be enormously successful.The model is there right now.The cancerous OTB's have legislative powers from Albany that f--ks everything up in NY racing.Solve that one problem and you would have the best racing in the world, by far.

A big part of the drug thing in NY is directly related to insufficent monies to create a well funded "super lab"( which has specs and is ready to go).If NYRA gets the franchise and the OTBs get reined in, I believe NY racing will lead the way on the drug thing.

On that list of super trainer suspects, I disagree with Pletcher(I'm on the fence because of his incredible stock). I have no other conclusion to reach other than that Rick Dutrow is the greatest trainer in the world, even when he's high,on suspension or hanging out in Paris and still winning races.

Mike