Hollywood Pk. to close after next meet.

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:27 pm

I heard today that HP is going to sell & close afterr their spring & summer meet. If that happens, it would add another ITW site at LAX airport. Red tape mst be delt with, as our govenor would have to grant approval.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:40 pm

does anyone realize just how big of news this is? well it's been coming for a time now.. how will the circuit break down? would del mar get more days or just santa anita?

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:50 pm

How fast will Santa Anita get sold once Frank Stronach kicks the bucket?

Equipoise28 · Postby **Equipoise28** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:58 am

Anybody know if they will move the graves of Native Diver, Lamb Chop, etc?

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:15 am

damn that is a VERY, VERY good quesiton. I would hate to see an a airport and one of the terminals becomes the Native Diver terminal....

Equipoise28 · Postby **Equipoise28** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:23 am

bdw0617 wrote:damn that is a VERY, VERY good quesiton. I would hate to see an a airport and one of the terminals becomes the Native Diver terminal....

Yuck, I hadn't thought about that possibility. :evil:

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:45 am

What if every major airport in the world became an OTB facility, the purses would be a shooting star. Lets go a step further & add pro sports betting to the mix, this would make our purses on the level of Japanese racing.

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:10 am

Hollypark is spending millions to defeat the Indian Gaming propositions on current ballot. They won't close if those props are defeated and they appear to be going down to defeat.

louis finochio · Postby **louis finochio** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:13 am

Pomona is going to upgrade their racetrack with improvments at 40 millions. New 1 mile dirt track, new turf course, will add more barns.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:46 am

if horse racing is doing so bad where is th ehell is panoma getting 40 million for renovations?

Indychase · Postby **Indychase** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:14 pm

Equipoise28 wrote:Anybody know if they will move the graves of Native Diver, Lamb Chop, etc?

Lamb Chop is at SA. Is Native Diver actually interred there at HP, or is it just his memorial?

Curlin · Postby **Curlin** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:51 pm

louis finochio wrote:Pomona is going to upgrade their racetrack with improvments at 40 millions. New 1 mile dirt track, new turf course, will add more barns.

That is excellent - no more bullring. Watching racing at Pomona made me wince (as did watching horses run on Del Mar's new mess-of-a-track).

With Pomona's microclimate not being too different from Arcadia's, I hope with the CHRB synthetic track mandate that they don't experience similar woes to SA's current predicament.

I would hate to see Hollywood Park go, but this may be an even better solution. I could also see Del Mar's racing dates extended without a problem, since of all the So Cal tracks it has the best attendance. But they could benefit from a track fix as well.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:00 pm

why not just do what they do in florida.... Gulfstream 4 months, calder the rest.

Why keep moving around? let arcadia be, go to del mar, then go to the fair,t hen back to santa anita

another questn, why did they spend millions of dollars on a cushion track they are going to dig up in 1 year? doens't make sense. not saying it's not true.. lol, actually because it doesn't make sense I believe itt

FOS · Postby **FOS** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:30 am

hi zinn21...hi all

zinn21 wrote:Hollypark is spending millions to defeat the Indian Gaming propositions on current ballot. They won't close if those props are defeated and they appear to be going down to defeat.

That's what I've been hearing too.

Continuing that thought...I'm hearing also, that ALL stops are being pulled-out (and no stone is being left unturned) by those (many) representing/looking-out for the interests (both short and long-term) of Hollywood Park (horseracing).

Respectfully

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:12 pm

FOS,

Yesterday California voted to give the indian tribes more slots. However, I am not sure why this means the death to hollywood park. could someone please explain that to me? is that what everything hendged upon?