CDI's continued corporate greed is yet another nail in horse racing's coffin. They appear to have little interest in horse racing's success, let alone survival. It's all about their bottom line.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/money/2014/04/10/churchill-downs-take-bet/7565235/
But they have the Derby. They will live and die by it.
Then they will die = what used to be a premier supported of the industry has turned into numbers crunchers and abject disregard for the sport and the horse
Yes, and it will be a long and painful one at that :-\