richiebee Wrote:
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> I love the place. I am certain they will continue
> to develop Saratoga Race
> Course, possibly to the point where there is very
> little recognizable to me,
> but this development was inevitable, whether the
> man at the controls was named
> Kay or Stronach or Jeff Gural.


Richie,

A key difference with the men at the controls you've mentioned is Stronach and Gural have done it with their own money and both know the racing game.

Frank Stronach has certainly pissed a bunch of people off in the game over the years and Gulfstream has become an amusement park with a race track but it works.
Free admission, free parking and some of the lowest take outs in the industry. He has a fight on his hands in Maryland as he is obviously fazing out Pimlico and many crab cakers can't fathom the Preakness at Laurel.

What Gural has done with the Meadowlands has been brilliantly innovative to save a truly dead sport and his efforts to rid his tracks of cheats need to be applauded.

Kay is a political appointee without any accountability or vested interest be it personal or corporate not to mention not having clue one about the game.