Comments on: Two Enter Race For Les Bois Park

By: Prophobe

Prophobe — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:56:20 +0000

>> the track is fun to go to and not an “eyesore” or “waste” <<

I suggest you walk along the Greenbelt behind the stables out to the foot bridge and then reassess your opinion.

By: foundinidaho

foundinidaho — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:29:24 +0000

While one of the finalists may be unqualified (and the guy who owned Shorty’s most definitely was), when run by a good organization as the last one was, the track is fun to go to and not an “eyesore” or “waste”. If people want to gamble, there’s worse things than doing it on pretty horses at 2 bucks a pop on a nice sunny Idaho afternoon.

By: Prophobe

Prophobe — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:22:59 +0000

These bids have nothing to do with the ‘sport’ of horse racing and everything to do with gambling on horses. The bidders are only interested in the year around, off-track simulcast betting operation run out of the adjacent turf club; however by law they need to run live races for a certain number of dates to maintain the simulcast license.

One of the bidders, the owner of a dumpy bar on Chinden, is quoted as saying he knows nothing about horse racing. This sounds just like the clown who owned Shorty’s bar on Glenwood and ran the track (into the ground) several years ago.

As someone who lives near the Fairgrounds, I’d like to see them permanently close the track and turn it into a public park. It’s an eyesore and waste of valuable public ground.