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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:30:50 +0000

I used to love Preakness Day, but the event has priced me out, and the experience has declined.

I liked to bring in my own alchohol, tip the community kids with their wagons, and just have a great time. Unfortunately, the Maryland Jockey Club has taken this away. Ticket prices have risen every year, and costs have increased, as the experience has decreased.

Bad decisions have consequences. The MJC can close their eyes all they want, and pretend that everything is better now, but I know different. I guess the only way to answer this group is to keep my $$$ in Pa. No more hotel, tolls, ticket prices, taxes, and all the beer I want at home.

Good luck Preakness, you will need it! You killed the golden goose. Congrats.

By: MC

MC — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:06:42 +0000

Billy Crockett you are an idiot!

By: Waiting on Rachel - The Rail Blog - NYTimes.com

Waiting on Rachel - The Rail Blog - NYTimes.com — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:57:22 +0000

[...] Ray Paulick also doesn’t think she will run in the Belmont, and, envisioning a lackluster race, urges a return to a bonus for the horse who has the best cumulative finish in all three Triple Crown races. [...]

By: Glimmerglass

Glimmerglass — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:36:48 +0000

A return of the bonus money - first underwritten by the tracks in 1986 then for 1988 by corporate sponsors (the first being ironically ‘Chrysler Motors and their “Triple Crown Challenge”) - makes sense largely for the single tv broadcast network who airs all three races.

We absolutely have to restore this to being singularly on one of the big three. NBC has promoted the heck out of this years races - even post Preakness which was most gracious as ABC now takes over. The return to NBC has been solid gains with viewership and awareness.

If for example NBC did have all three legs then why not entice GE/NBC to buy the insurance contract that covers the bonus and further reap the benefits of people tuning in? Insurance wise a $10M isn’t that much more then a $5M one yet for the broadcaster they can leverage that mighty dollar to even more must see tv.

Otherwise I don’t think - until all the title sponsorships are dead at each respective track - any one firm will step in and use the TC as a platform. For example Budwesier was almost the next TC sponsor after VISA stepped away from all three and signed on for just the Derby. However A-B didn’t like the broken tv coverage and by then Churchill inked a title sponsor deal with Yum!

By: Don Reed

Don Reed — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:43:48 +0000

Oops. Cringe. Sorry! Please make that, “commensurate.”

(Like Leno says when he’s bailing out of a bomb - it sounded “right” at the gag writers conference, at 3 a.m.)

But the point is, if you get 16,000 at Remington Park for the Preakness, square that number for the Belmont Stakes with Rachel & Chantal in the gate.

And without them, never - ever - complain again that racing has become a TV studio (internet wagering) “sport,” being run at “ghost town” tracks.

By: Deep Preakness Thoughts By Paulick | Partners In Thoroughbreds

Deep Preakness Thoughts By Paulick | Partners In Thoroughbreds — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:31:48 +0000

[...] Thoughts By Paulick One of my “first reads” each morning is Ray Paulick’s blog “The Paulick Report”. Sometimes his thoughts and opinions are provocative, but more often than not I find myself [...]

By: Don Reed

Don Reed — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:36:56 +0000

“What would be GREAT?
If Chantal would be picked to ride MTB in the Belmont and WON”

Not that I think that Jackson listens - boy, I could be wrong on this, but it’s not usually a talent that is commiserate with great wealth - but let’s just say he has an off day, skims around the Paulick Report out of sheer boredom, and actually sees the wisdom in the above plea.

That - and 500,000 women showing up at the Belmont Stakes, each with about $500 & up to bet on Chantal & Rachel - might make an impression on someone who otherwise can come and go as he pleases.

Heck, Jess, down the line, some of those ladies might even buy a Curlin-Rachel baby from you, with the money they already made on the Preakness.

It’s called creating a market, and it’s what can differentiate you from the Phipps and the other inert cue balls in racing, who, I suspect, you detest.

Take a chance. Enter Rachel. Hire Chantal to ride.

Wouldn’t you like members of the media - the REAL media, not the 3rd-string, inarticulate, & condescending ESPN boobs - filming a once-in-a-lifetime bonanza, and the credit for it being appended solely to your name?

Do it.

By: JR

JR — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:21:43 +0000

Sysonby you live up to your beliefs as that horse was purchased by James Keene a wealthy owner that tried to cull him because of his conformation. Paulick states Jackson is good for the sport. Why, because he has the money to buy himself into the sport. That makes him good for the sport. By the way, he did purchase Curlin off a maiden win. A 12 3/4 length win at Gulfstream with a 101 Beyer figure. Jackson openly admits he has a team of buyers that review video films on all racetracks in the country on a daily basis. He doesn’t know the eating end from the other and everyone says he is great for the sport. Having a lot of money does not make anyone good for any sport. George Steinbrenner sound familiar. The real credit if you have to have some hero in the Curlin deal is Kenny Mc Peek. He bought the horse in the sale for 57k. That man is a real horseman and maybe has the best eye for talent in this country. It’s easy to buy a made horse.
I can only hope that your heroes Jackson and Asmussen can successfully campaign horses in a climate of zero tolerance as Curlin couldn’t. We are in a different situation now and only the best stallions will produce the best foals out of the best mares and for the uninformed I am not speaking of the best racehorses. I wish Jackson in his breeding endeavor with Rachael and Curlin but I have two words for that “Green Monkey”.

By: Sysonby

Sysonby — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:37:39 +0000

JR, are you saying that only the person who breeds and races their “champions” are truly worthy? Jackson bought Curlin off a maiden win and won 2 HOY trophies with him. He bought RA with an eye to breeding her to Curlin. Jackson is fairly new to the game and not everyone starts out by buying a breeding farm. Jackson has bought plenty at auction and padded the pockets of many breeders. Most of those breeding at the high end today are breeding for the marketplace so clearly “racing and “breeding” interests are not always the same.
I get a kick out of reading blogs and bulletin boards on racing. AFTER the Oaks, before the Derby all I read was whining about how Dolphus Morrison was a sexist pig because he believes in fillies staying with their own gender. The majority of the ranters felt that RA should have gone to the Derby. After the Derby outcome even more joined the chorus! Then, in steps Jackson who buys RA and points her for the Preakness. All I hear is that Jackson is a jerk, he stinks for taking the horse from Wiggins and that the Preakness is a BAD idea! What?
Jackson uses Asmussen as his trainer. If he buys a horse, it will go to Steve. I know that everyone likes Wiggins and he doesn’t get alot of “big horses” so I understand the sentiment. I felt the same way when Lawyer Ron went to Pletcher, except that LR wasn’t sold to a “Pletcher client.” The fact is that when a man buys a horse for $10m, he’s going to give him to the man that just trained a 2x HOY for him. Asmussen has been upfront in giving credit to Wiggins. He’s stated that she was in wonderful shape and fully prepared, all Asmussen’s barn has done is “keep her happy” by his own account.
I hope Calvin gets the mount back on MTB. He can win his own Triple Crown.
I hope that some of the fallen of this spring return. We lost an awful lot of the top horses from this crop.