Daily Racing Form comments on NYRA's expansion of the Saratoga meet

Steven Christ of the Daily Racing Form wrote a commentary of NYRA's expansion of the Saratoga meet that I thought was interesting and balanced. You can read that piece here.

Comments

[Mr. Sunshine]

Nothing there Dan. You need to be a subscriber.

[Dan]

Hmmmm that's wierd because it worked for me. Some articles are free - try this link - http://www.drf.com/news/article/107899.html

[toga]

I question Mr. Hayward's comment on the 2009 attendance and handle predictions, "We greatly exceeded those expectations," said Charlie Hayward, the track's president."

I think that both predications were a point or two higher that what Mr. Hayward predicted---not .."greatly exceeded..." as he claims.

Left at the Gate writes about how a visitor might look at the announcement
: http://leftatthegate.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-for-some-less-for-others.html

[Dan]

Yes the whole "we did great because we didn't do as bad as we predicted" thing seemed more like slick PR than the truth. At the same time it is good to see NYRA having proficiency at something involving marketing - even if it involves a little bit of bending the truth. Too often they simply look pathetic and appear to know nothing about business, but their spin at least shows me they know something about PR.