Monday racing at Aqueduct

[Alan07]

http://www.drf.com/news/aqueduct-shi...mondays-winter

Personally, I like the idea and hope it works out, though I have a little reservation about the handle since the only thing basically running on the non-Holiday Mondays would be Parx and Beulah.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Alan07

http://www.drf.com/news/aqueduct-shi...mondays-winter

Personally, I like the idea and hope it works out, though I have a little reservation about the handle since the only thing basically running on the non-Holiday Mondays would be Parx and Beulah.

I work 3 days in a row either sun-tues or wed-fri.
I would play every single Monday on my Wed-Fri week. Good idea. Why compete with Gulfstream on Wednesday?

[pweizer]

A very good move. Now bring back Tampa Tuesdays and the winter will be awesome.

Paul

[parsixfarms]

I agree that this is an interesting move - and worth trying. I am surprised that they are not running only four days per week throughout the winter.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

I agree that this is an interesting move - and worth trying. I am surprised that they are not running only four days per week throughout the winter.

How many races in the 4 days? What happens when you cancel dates because of bad weather? Harder to make up with less dates.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by freddymo

How many races in the 4 days? What happens when you cancel dates because of bad weather? Harder to make up with less dates.

We keep hearing how NYRA has reduced revenue this year due to running fewer racing dates compared to 2012. My sense is that, from a budgetary perspective, they are planning to run more cards, projecting an increase in revenue year-over-year compared to 2013; this change goes hand-in-hand with the hikes in admission, parking and simulcasting fees. I just don't get the sense that the horse population around here for the winter is going to be that much different from winter of 2012-13, when NYRA determined that running five days a week was not compatible with putting on a safe, appealing product.

The irony of all this is that last winter NYS essentially forced NYRA to run four days per week, citing horse safety as the primary concern. Now, NYS is essentially forcing NYRA to run five days per week, citing the (bogus) need to have racing operations become a break even proposition (and not factoring VLT revenue into NYRA's bottome-line, which it should be).