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Originally Posted by Saratoga_Mike
Right, like I said, I believe the VP of operations at CT has done a good job of expanding/aggressively marketing the track's signal over the past 10 years or so. That's the reason some of the metrics have improved, in my opinion, not conducting a $1 mm+ race that attracts mostly Grade III runners. Why is that such an unreasonable position to take? How is it faulty logic? I think you're applying causality to where it doesn't exist. Again, if that big race at FL was such a bonanza for business, why was it canceled?
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That Finger Lakes race was nowhere near on par with the CT Classic, not even close. The purse wasn't all the big, it was sprinters, etc.
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