I don't think any of us believe a specific piece of legislation will address (all of our) issues.

It's good to be first on some things, but sometimes it's bad. We're interested in getting (the synthetic surface) perfect. We'll keep experimenting on how best we can do that.

We just wanted to let the lieutenant governor know what is going on with KEEP, what we anticipate our legislative proposal will be. We wanted to give him the courtesy of a face-to-face meeting ... and how we are shaping our proposal.

We had a first-class array of trainers and jockeys on that day, and I was a little apprehensive,

There are allied interests seeing the broader benefit of gaming.

You'll never see a sloppy, frozen or muddy track.

Some of the fiber was sitting on top of the surface, and it got colder, so it was flying a little more than normal. The surface was a little looser. We asked them if the surface was unsafe, and they said it wasn't. They were just providing feedback.

Our old surface required significant repairs during the off-season. That's a process that can take several weeks. We don't have to do that now. The surface maintains its uniformity.

I don?t know that we would accomplish a whole lot more.

There are fixed costs, so the more horses we get, the better the situation is for us. We can handle about 900 horses; we had applications for 1,100.