Magna is in the news again, but quite a ways from Oregon.
The DRF reports that as Magna seeks to have year-round racing at Gulfstream Park, Calder Race Course may find a fight for their customer base. While the two tracks have co-existed peacefully for years (Gulfstream running winter dates, Calder summer) a change of racing dates may change the peace as well. Calder's president, Ken Dunn, had this to say:
"What I don't understand is that if somebody is investing $300 million in a business, as Magna is doing in the racing stage of their project, wouldn't it have made sense to have first reached out to the other stakeholders in all of this, such as the horsemen and Calder, to discuss their plans and put together something that might be good for all parties?"
Read the entire article here.
Posted by Oregon Racing News at July 7, 2004 07:00 AM