Comments on: Mea culpa http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/2009/06/29/mea-culpa/ Larry Keeling on Kentucky politics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: larrykeeling http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/2009/06/29/mea-culpa/#comment-1273 larrykeeling Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:53:28 +0000 http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/?p=1031#comment-1273 Churchill isn't the problem. Neither is Keeneland. But if Ellis Park or Turfway close, the year-round circuit that all the small and mid-sized racing operations have to have to survive will be gone. And so will all those people. They'll go where there is a year-round circuit. And in a few years, the breeding operations will follow, just like it happened for standard-bred racing in this state. Thirty years ago, there were dozens of standard-bred stallions in Kentucky. Now, there are just a couple of them. And all the standard-bred farms have disappeared. ldk Churchill isn’t the problem. Neither is Keeneland. But if Ellis Park or Turfway close, the year-round circuit that all the small and mid-sized racing operations have to have to survive will be gone. And so will all those people. They’ll go where there is a year-round circuit. And in a few years, the breeding operations will follow, just like it happened for standard-bred racing in this state. Thirty years ago, there were dozens of standard-bred stallions in Kentucky. Now, there are just a couple of them. And all the standard-bred farms have disappeared.

ldk

]]> By: hugoo http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/2009/06/29/mea-culpa/#comment-1269 hugoo Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:38:00 +0000 http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/?p=1031#comment-1269 LDK, Went to Churchill last night. Quite an experience. Really enjoyed it. Did not miss slots, that's for sure. Felt it was a value night for us. Really great to see so many ladies dressed up and having so much fun. I don't know if Belmont has slots, but they only had 13,000 for their Mothergoose with Rachel. 33,000 last night. Maybe less is better. Churchill has so much too offer without moving to the low level gambling. They can make their own way if they just put their mind to it. Some obvious problems. Can't get in or out without major hassle. Greater Louisville needs to address access and a few signs for us out-of-towners would help. Even trimming the trees that cover up signs would be a plus. Parking amazingly easy once you can get to the place, but it took us over one hour to get out of the parking lot due to traffic hold-ups. LDK,
Went to Churchill last night. Quite an experience. Really enjoyed it.
Did not miss slots, that’s for sure. Felt it was a value night for us. Really great to see so many ladies dressed up and having so much
fun. I don’t know if Belmont has slots, but they only had 13,000 for
their Mothergoose with Rachel. 33,000 last night. Maybe less is better.
Churchill has so much too offer without moving to the low level gambling. They can make their own way if they just put their mind to it.
Some obvious problems. Can’t get in or out without major hassle.
Greater Louisville needs to address access and a few signs for us
out-of-towners would help. Even trimming the trees that cover up signs would be a plus. Parking amazingly easy once you can get to
the place, but it took us over one hour to get out of the parking
lot due to traffic hold-ups.

]]> By: larrykeeling http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/2009/06/29/mea-culpa/#comment-1263 larrykeeling Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:52:14 +0000 http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/?p=1031#comment-1263 Don't think so. ldk Don’t think so.

ldk

]]> By: hugoo http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/2009/06/29/mea-culpa/#comment-1262 hugoo Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:41:16 +0000 http://kykurmudgeon.bloginky.com/?p=1031#comment-1262 Maybe you should rewrite the whole column. Maybe you should rewrite the whole column.

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