Washington Post drops Laurel/Pimlico entires and results

[slakboy]

As a single event this may not seem all that important, but it\'s still a sad commentary on the state of our beloved sport.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/28/AR2005122801582.html?referrer=email
To our Readers:
Thursday, December 29, 2005; Page E08
Beginning Sunday, The Washington Post Sports section will no longer publish daily statistical horse racing information from our local tracks. The drop in popularity in the sport and the need to cover new teams in the area, such as the Washington Nationals, have forced us to make this difficult decision. However, we will continue to cover the sport as before with Andrew Beyer and John Scheinman.
In surveys, our readers have told us that horse racing ranks at the bottom of sports in which they are interested. Meantime, other sports and teams have been of growing interest to readers. Not only have the Nationals arrived, but we have emerging powers in men\'s and women\'s college basketball with large fan bases that need to be served. We will continue to try to serve the greatest number of readers possible.
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-- Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Sports Editor