No wonder racing is a mess

[Linny]

Can anyone 'splain why the only track with multiple stakes races tomorrow, Fair Grounds is NOT in the east coast edition of thr DRF? Turfway, which rarely makes the Saturday ed. is in there but FG, which has several decent open stakes and the carryover state bred stakes from last weekend is absent.
I know alot of folks just download what they want for for the "weekend warrior" who splurges to buy the entire print edition for Saturday, is this not a rip-off? FG has a nice card for Saturday and Cap OTB will show it on a replay basis but without it in the Form we wont handle nearly as much on it. The strange thing is that FG was in there last weekend with the restricted stakes.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Linny

Can anyone 'splain why the only track with multiple stakes races tomorrow, Fair Grounds is NOT in the east coast edition of thr DRF? Turfway, which rarely makes the Saturday ed. is in there but FG, which has several decent open stakes and the carryover state bred stakes from last weekend is absent.
I know alot of folks just download what they want for for the "weekend warrior" who splurges to buy the entire print edition for Saturday, is this not a rip-off? FG has a nice card for Saturday and Cap OTB will show it on a replay basis but without it in the Form we wont handle nearly as much on it. The strange thing is that FG was in there last weekend with the restricted stakes.

It's funny cause I bought it too this morning and there are actually a couple of pieces on the races for the FG in it. To make matters worse, you could pretty much toss the Philly and Laurel entires due to the impending blizzard coming in tomorrow. But at least we got a nice piece on Panamanian jockeys for the extra buck .

[hockey2315]

That DRF weekend insert is a complete joke.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

But at least we got a nice piece on Panamanian jockeys for the extra buck .

Holy facepalm.

[Travis Stone]

DRF is offering a new way to market/promote state-bred days which has been very successful thus far. Last weekend they pumped-up the FG races only to have the storms hit and cause problems. They probably did not anticipate this situation where a few of the races would carry over.

That said, track placement in the DRF is a big driver of handle, we see it here at LAD all the time. Should be it? No... but there's so much racing, they have to draw lines somewhere.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

DRF is offering a new way to market/promote state-bred days which has been very successful thus far. Last weekend they pumped-up the FG races only to have the storms hit and cause problems. They probably did not anticipate this situation where a few of the races would carry over.

That said, track placement in the DRF is a big driver of handle, we see it here at LAD all the time. Should be it? No... but there's so much racing, they have to draw lines somewhere.

Maybe instead of various features/pieces in the pull out section, they could post the PP's for various stakes around the country not covered in the regular edition.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

That DRF weekend insert is a complete joke.

you got that right.....

[Linny]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

DRF is offering a new way to market/promote state-bred days which has been very successful thus far. Last weekend they pumped-up the FG races only to have the storms hit and cause problems. They probably did not anticipate this situation where a few of the races would carry over.

That said, track placement in the DRF is a big driver of handle, we see it here at LAD all the time. Should be it? No... but there's so much racing, they have to draw lines somewhere.

I have the last 4 Sat editions and FG was in all of them. Leaving them off this week seems insane. Capital tries to select the best 3 tracks to air after NY and since NY is dark, Fair Grounds will effectively be our "A" product tomorrow. It makes sense for it to be the "lead" track but we certainly won't see the handle on it that we should. In the past we have tried to arrange on air coverage to reflect what the Form would show because placement in the paper does drive handle. Our am handicappers will be spending time handicapping and talking about FG but when the bettor stops into the newsstand to get the paper for himself, he'll get nothing.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Linny

I have the last 4 Sat editions and FG was in all of them. Leaving them off this week seems insane. Capital tries to select the best 3 tracks to air after NY and since NY is dark, Fair Grounds will effectively be our "A" product tomorrow. It makes sense for it to be the "lead" track but we certainly won't see the handle on it that we should. In the past we have tried to arrange on air coverage to reflect what the Form would show because placement in the paper does drive handle. Our am handicappers will be spending time handicapping and talking about FG but when the bettor stops into the newsstand to get the paper for himself, he'll get nothing.

At least they have Jeff Carle and that other clown handicapping Tampa on the site.

NT

[Linny]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

At least they have Jeff Carle and that other clown handicapping Tampa on the site.

NT

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