Churchill to moving racing to Ellis Park after this weekend

[Glenn's take]

Probably a smart move to see what it going on. I'll still be interested to see what happens if/when the trainer they made scratch from the Derby sues them.

Churchill Meet Will Be Moved To Ellis Park Beginning June 10 - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report

According to the Daily Racing Form, the current meet at Churchill Downs will be shifted to Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., beginning June 10.

paulickreport.com

 

[megablue]

I heard from friends who are big into racing around the State and they said the track was way too hard at Churchill and that has created the serious problems.

 

[vhcat70]

^ That's a plausible situation whether true or not. But seems Churchill has some splaining to do. I wouldn't want to be owning their stock right now.

 

[paintrain_cat]

^ That's a plausible situation whether true or not. But seems Churchill has some splaining to do. I wouldn't want to be owning their stock right now.

Dumb take. They just had a second stock split in a matter of years, sports gambling just became legal, they are buying more property/tracks.

I know it was an off-handed take with no real education behind it, so it's all under the fridge.

 

[Glenn's take]

Dumb take. They just had a second stock split in a matter of years, sports gambling just became legal, they are buying more property/tracks.

I know it was an off-handed take with no real education behind it, so it's all under the fridge.

While that's true I will say that it has very little due to horse racing. I would put it 3rd at best as far as priorities at CDI behind casinos and real estate development. How long until the Saints start playing where the Fairgrounds is now?

 

[TexasTimCat]

This sucks for me personally, I had millionaires row tix for downs after dark on the 17th, my bday, a dozen family members were ready to rock some tri's and supers...

But I am glad it is being taken seriously as I love the game and want it to see long term viability.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

Imo it's either modern training or "medicine" responsible for most of this. Hard track might contribute slightly but horses weren't made to run on just prime conditions.

 

[cole854]

This story should be getting more front page press. A terrible stain on CD at the moment.

 

[Tskware]

I like some of the new rules, e.g., no more than 4 races in eight weeks, suspending a horse from running if it has multiple losses by more than 12 lengths, some trainers were just entering nags to get state bred incentive money, so now they will only pay that to top 5 finishers. One horse that broke down was a 7 or 8 year old which had started 64 times, and still had less than $200K life earnings.