JC / Railbird

Never mind Belmont and Suffolk. What is tragic is the lack of Chicago racing until June.
But I guess less is more.

Posted by winston on November 12, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

The number of racing days and races peaked out 20 years ago and has been trending downward since then.
Since it’s fantasy time, I guess my calender would have no racing in the USA at all from Thanksgiving through mid-January. Just shut it down. Heck, most jocks shut it down during this period.
This would be part of the re-positioning racing as sport. I can’t think of many ‘pro’ sports that are active 12 months, 364 a year as racing is.

Posted by o_crunk on November 12, 2008 @ 8:24 pm

Yeah, I’d rather see no racing from after Thanksgiving weekend to Mid January and a few more meets than Plonk has listed during “the season”.

Posted by dana on November 12, 2008 @ 8:45 pm

Sorry to be a poop, but no racing in December? I want California, Florida and Maryland racing that time of year.

Posted by John S. on November 13, 2008 @ 11:10 am

I agree with John. We can reposition it as a sport, but let’s gamble on some in the Winter.

Posted by pete on November 14, 2008 @ 8:05 am

I’m agnostic on the winter/no-winter racing question, but a couple things I do like about this schedule is that it eliminates year-round NY racing and unifies CA racing. I like the idea of NY closing up for a while — it makes the return in spring and the shifting meets through the rest of the year more special — and thinking of the CA circuit as one.

Posted by Jessica on November 14, 2008 @ 4:16 pm

Are you using Agnostic with the non committal definition?
BTW–As always a great stop and read!!
Pete, I was using agnostic to mean uncommitted/unsure. Thanks for reading! It’s a pleasure to count you among my visitors. — Jessica

Posted by pete on November 14, 2008 @ 6:20 pm