Rich,

Shhhh everybody!!You basically have a dead piece(FC) that takes some money all the time and is mostly a toss.I see FC many times in the morning. While he lost some of his ability,he goes sounder than many and still grabs on like a young colt.His connections need to downgrade where they spot him.

The connections of FC are upstate lightweights that cashed in big especially Jack Knowlton who now sits in on stuff which may affect NY racing going forward. He knows less than most people on this board about the inside of the NY racing game but has the "upstate connections" as does the very nice Ms. Castro.

The upstate bureaucrats have the Aqueduct slot thing so screwed up that some terrific people who are trying to save and improve NY racing are frustrated to the point of walking away from their previous years of hard work.NYRA needs to make a funding contribution to the pension plan or face suit from the Federal pension trust as a direct result of the delay by the upstae Lotto people. Could anything be more convoluted? Lotto, Racing, bankruptcy?

The thing now being said is that the decision which the ad hoc committee makes(re future NY racing franchise) will not be binding with the incoming Gov(Spitzer)who is absolutely in bed with one of the bidding groups. Spitzer is thought to be anti NYRA.



Mike