Bee,


Your ideas have merit.Part of the attendance thing is the need for a big horse or possible triple crown. If Barbaro won the preakness there would have been 100k at belmont maybe. With all of racings problems, the early retirement of most of its stars is also limiting the more casual fan interest.

I think you would be very surprised that many of your ideas are embraced by the top management at NYRA.They are loaded with good ideas but the clueless Albany idioticians legislate against any type of independent innovations.For the most part, the politicians and Jeff Mullins think that we are idiots for betting on horses anyway.So screw us, what are we gonna do anyway, we're not even organized while collectively pouring billions thru the windows.

Bad cards any other things I don't like have put my on the sidelines for the time being, at least until the Florida shippers arrive.

Mike