CC status

[wipitoga]

then sell it to the next guy for a profit... on to next deal.
thats the reality of it

[miff]

DRF is owned by a private equity firm which attempts to \"squeeze\" every cent out of a company before it attempts to flip it for a profit.Probably not happening with DRF,racing a flatline industry at best,on line data competing more with DRF.

The nickle and diming with DRF plus, paying for works/charts etc which were always free along with many other things tell the tale.DRF hard copy now an astonishing $7.00...$7.50 on weekend in a new condensed form.

....my other bible, getting worse,more and more....f--king shame.

[TGJB]

Mike-- I\'m afraid to ask what your other Bible is...

[TheBull]

The funny part is that Steve Crist and some others there used to be loud voices of reason and logic in an industry that, shamefully, rarely gets it right. Now when I read something in DRF being critical of lax medication rules, takeout increases or pool integrity for disregarding the bettor in order to line industry pockets further, I just roll my eyes at the hypocrisy.

[wipitoga]

Hi miff,

They are Probably trying to get the bottom line numbers up, make it a little more attractive, sell it for a lit bit less of a loss than before and move on. Not unlike goldman buying SLK before electronic trading dwarfed NYSE floor market makers. Bought SLK 6.5 billion, selling NYSE mkt making piece 30 mill. I hope they take a beating

[KK4510]

Notice how the DRF has no mention of any the negative comments regarding Churchill ( CC owners, Lower handle since takeout increase )

[miff]

Wip,

Arlington Capital Partners is a group made of up some of the big time venture capital guys.They own DRF going on 7 years and I can safely assume that their revenue projections were blown up when handle tanked from its peak of $15 billion back then to it\'s present $10+billion...advertising $$ virtually non existant also.

Hope it survives in some form


Mike

[Topcat]

KK4510 Wrote:
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> Notice how the DRF has no mention of any the
> negative comments regarding Churchill ( CC owners,
> Lower handle since takeout increase )

Couple of the guys are telling it straight on Twitter -- but in print? Forget it.

[richiebee]

miff Wrote:
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> Wip,
>
> Arlington Capital Partners is a group made of up
> some of the big time venture capital guys.They own
> DRF going on 7 years and I can safely assume that
> their revenue projections were blown up when
> handle tanked from its peak of $15 billion back
> then to it\'s present $10+billion...advertising $$
> virtually non existant also.
>
> Hope it survives in some form
>
>
> Mike

It will survive online; I would say the ever shrinking print edition might be
an endangered species.

As for now, a visit to DRFlive reveals that they are working to resolve
problems caused by yesterday\'s catastrophic power outage. For now there is no
DRFBets (I would never sign on with an outfit that bombards you with pop ups
the way they do), no DRF.com and no access to online PPs. They could take a
huge hit over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

You wonder if DRF has business interruption insurance, and then you have to
ask yourself if you were writing a policy, would you be happy that the
potential insured did not have off site redundant data backup, as is
apparently the case with DRF.

[smalltimer]

Richie,
Without a backup system, that would be tough.  Talked with my son who\'s in that business and first thing he said was, \"Oh, s@@t, their whole business is data.\"

[sekrah]

I would be stunned if DRF didn\'t have everything backed up.  At my office,  our network drives are constantly being backed up.  It\'s continuous throughout the day.

[wrongway]

just went to drf.com offering link for free pp\'s today & tomorrow--click on link and \"this page just scratched\" removed url changed or temporarily unavailable.

[wrongway]

just tried again--worked this time

[wrongway]

downloaded a few forms worked just fine

[vagrant]

DRF should be the Wall Street Journal of horse racing. It\'s the USA Today instead. The editorial offers nothing that\'s not readily available through other, free sources. Ditto for the data. We turn to DRF out of habit, not necessity. That\'s the real problem. People are breaking the habit and finding themselves no worse for the wear.