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The Good The Bad and The Ugly Volume 3

by Barry Roos
Published: June 23, 2009 1 Comment
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Good:
Rachel Alexandra – The owners will donate a portion of earnings to the Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” for breast cancer. Anything we can do to eradicate this horrible disease is a good thing. If you live nearby, get out to Belmont and wear your pink bracelet proudly.

Bad:
Suffolk Downs was forced to cancel the Mass Cap. After becoming a win and your in race for the BC, and getting a grade 3, the owners decided they just can’t pull it off. How much money can they lose? Looks like expanded gambling will come up in the fall, should the track not get a break and some cash from added gambling, this very well could be the end of Suffolk. What a shame. This ownership has done everything it can do to make Suffolk work, yet at some point, they have to pull a Roberto Duran and cry, “No Mas”.

Ugly:
Amazing, Kentucky can’t get VLT’s. Politics defeated this one handily, as the senate killed the slots bill. The horse capital of the world, and even KY can’t get out of its own way. KEEP was formed to lobby and get things done within the Commonwealth. They need to take a hard look at the group and consider the money they spend administering the organization. Perhaps that money would have been better spent on a couple more good lobbyists in with the Republicans who couldn’t wait to crush the seemingly promising bill.


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  1. Dr. Fischer on June 24, 2009 1:34 pm

    The Kentucky Equine Education Project was a well meant idea founded by good people. They lost their way and fired the original Director and went with a political hack Patrick Neely who has managed to do absolutely nothing. They thought his ties to the right would help but he did a horrible job and didn’t garner the senate support. Insiders say this thing never had a chance.

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