Scott Savin Quotes (5 Quotes)

We're thrilled with what we heard today from our patrons. They echoed the same sentiments, that it had the feel of a lavish, high-energy sports book. And they enjoyed the idea of being pampered. This is a new paradigm, a new presentation of racing that we think others will follow.

It's unbelievable how our staff pulled this off. We had a few glitches - there was a small problem with the walk-around tellers that was fixed after the fourth race, and we had long lines at the concession stands and box office. We understand there were issues, but 99 percent of those are fixable and will be remedied by Saturday.

We will offer restaurants and food service so strong people will come here for the dining experience as much as the racing. By mid-meet we should be hitting on all cylinders, which is where we would have been on opening day if not for the delays caused by hurricanes Katrina and Wilma.

I walked around and listened to what people said they wanted.

We want to have a better progression of distances. Maybe the Holy Bull will be run at a mile and the Fountain of Youth and Florida Derby are run at 118 mile. And maybe, on the same day as the Holy Bull, there's a 612-furlong companion stakes and on Fountain of Youth day there's a 712-furlong stakes.