covelj70 Wrote:
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> because there are enough people that do that
> already but how hard would it be to move the
> Breeders Cup away from Halloween?
>
> The first thing anyone ever laments about in horse
> racing is that "there aren't enough young people
> in the game"
>
> so what does the brain trust in charge of the
> Breeders Cup do? They schedule the biggest event
> of the year on a day that makes it very difficult
> for parents of young children (i.e. the "young
> people the game wants to attract") to attend the
> event.


Yes, it's terribly awkward for those caught in the crosshairs . . . but given the prevailing traditonal state of the racing calendar and the usual timing of the lead-in races, it's the fairest weekend of the year to stage the thing. Thank God there are more midweek Halloweens than Fri/Sat ones . . .
>
> I missed Halloween last year because we were
> running Testa Rossi and I was trying to make it up
> to my kids (my youngest is 7) for the next 2
> months.
>
> I haven't missed attending a Breeders Cup live in
> 10 years but I will miss the next 2 because of
> moronic scheduling
>
> There's no way I can miss another Halloween this
> year to go to Santa Anita and then the geniuses
> schedule it for Halloweeen again in 2015?
>
> I mean, come on fellas, this stuff isn't hard.
>
> I don't care how old/disconnected/aloof, etc you
> are, it's just not that hard to get this stuff
> right.
>
> Meanwhile, new NYRA racing secretary is onto alot
> of great ideas. Fewwer but higher quality races
> at the spa, no twightlight racing because it takes
> away from local merchants business, letting other
> tracks know post times ahead of time so big races
> aren't scheduled on top of one another.
>
> All it takes is a little common sense to fix some
> of the issues that racing has. There are other
> issues that are harder to fix but at least let's
> get the easy ones right.
>
> New NYRA racing secretary is doing it, Breeders
> Cup board isn't.