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Old 07-17-2009, 12:51 PM   #1
Tim Y
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Friday night distaster at Hastings

We have and interesting dichotomy at Hastings. FRIDAY nights are, by design, augmented with lots of cheap food and booze, SET UP to draw in the younger crowd. They have a disc jockey who plays that "noise" called rap music, and they PROMOTE the entire thing, ostensibly, for the NEW people that will come. Only problem is that the ones who show up get drunk to the point they can't stand up, scream, become very rowdy, then bet very little. Last month I had to endure a "play by play" account of a young lady's recent sexual history as she shouted it out, "FACE BOOK" fashion, from atop a green picnic table near the area where I cover the paddock. Security tells me that the number of incidents increases ramatically during these evening programs.

Sad thing about it is, I can well understand why these young people degenerate into partaking of the food and booze exclusively, since NO ONE helps them understand what the game is all about. There are a few interested ones who come down to the rail. They are amazed that someone, two great security guys and myself, who actually HELP THEM UNDERSTAND what they are trying to do.

How can you get people to COME BACK if they are LOST? Management is missing the boat on garnering ANY new fans.

TO top it off, Friday night's card is simulcast to the mixed
q-horse/thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos. To pander to THAT betting crowd, this week we have THREE out of 8 races at the ridiculous distance of 3.5 furlongs. Usually designated for babies to learn to race, two of these are for older runners. These races are dart throwing contest with no form and are PURE guesswork as the riders don't even know the best way to run many of these horse trying the distance for the first time that depends HEAVILY on post positions and the break.

Try to gain new fans, keep them in the dark and then what racing you offer is totally incomprehensible? Great.

This is why CASINO people cannot run racing meets. They haven't a clue.
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