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- Tue Apr 16, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Kentucky Derby Top 5
- Replies: 84
- Views: 2626
Re: Kentucky Derby Top 5
That's fair but they are not a silent organization. They have tremendous sway and use social media in ways racing does not. If racing does comply with measures going forward I worry what it'll mean. Do you really think racing could be fully banned? It accounts for such a tremendous amount of money ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:16 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Portland Meadows - R.I.P.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 317
Re: Portland Meadows - R.I.P.
As I prepare for a final goodbye to Suffolk Downs -- final live card on June 30, it was announced last week -- I say farewell to Portland Meadows. I doubt the Oregon fair circuit can survive without a full-time track, and the Oregon breeding industry probably breathes its last, too. I, too, could n...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Portland Meadows - R.I.P.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 317
Re: Portland Meadows - R.I.P.
As I prepare for a final goodbye to Suffolk Downs -- final live card on June 30, it was announced last week -- I say farewell to Portland Meadows. I doubt the Oregon fair circuit can survive without a full-time track, and the Oregon breeding industry probably breathes its last, too. I, too, could ne...
- Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:35 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Let It Ride
- Replies: 2
- Views: 270
Re: Let It Ride
I don't know if any of you remember the movie Let It Ride with Richard Dreyfuss. I live in upstate New York and this movie is on WBPN Channel 14 at 8 p.m. (Binghamton Channel). I haven't seen this movie in years but it is so funny. Hope some of you get a chance to watch it. It is to racing what "Sl...
- Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Santa Anita 2019
- Replies: 761
- Views: 22668
Re: Santa Anita 2019
Jeremy Balan Verified account@BH_JBalan 4m4 minutes ago Santa Anita just sent out a press release about closing the track for racing. Here it is, in its entirety. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D09HRCMV4AADId0.jpg "Will be rescheduled"? Not "relocated" or "may be rescheduled" or "we hope"? What if the...
- Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:43 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
- Replies: 934
- Views: 140377
Re: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
Remember when everyone here was so afraid that David Jacobson was going to run him into the ground?bare it all wrote: ↑Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:05 pmGood old Slim Shadey (GB) ran his 79th race today at Gulfstream and finished second.
He’s in the Mike Maker barn.
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:17 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: 2019 Hall of Fame Finalists
- Replies: 24
- Views: 851
Re: 2019 Hall of Fame Finalists
So does Perret get into the HOF in a walkover or can their be an HOF class with no jockeys? He and Whiteley have been on the ballot year after year after year since God knows when. Is there a maximum at which time they'll be dropped from future consideration? If I had a ballot, there'd be only two n...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:56 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Chris Kay out at NYRA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 572
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:27 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Jockey/Trainer News - 2018
- Replies: 500
- Views: 65529
Re: Jockey/Trainer News - 2018
Might be time to set up a 2019 edition of this thread, no?
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:11 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
- Replies: 934
- Views: 140377
Re: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
Wait, so thoroughbreds can run in QH and TB races? Yes, the races are usually 870 yards. Los Alamitos cards them quite often and has for years. One of my OTTB’s, Anniversary Year, ran in a couple of them in the early 2000’s. Turf Paradise occasionally cards races at 1,000 yards for "thoroughbreds, ...
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:42 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Horrible Names For Horses
- Replies: 257
- Views: 45495
Re: Horrible Names For Horses
I understand the sentiment but the names "Touched By Autism", "Myostis Mystique", etc just don't sound right to me. I don't care for breeders who saddle all their horses with similar names. There are bunches of horses named Starship this and Kitten that in the entries. Not as bad as harness racing'...
- Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:07 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Horrible Names For Horses
- Replies: 257
- Views: 45495
Re: Horrible Names For Horses
I just found this poor horse's name - she is running at the FG today - 4 year old filly with the name of myositis mystique. Myositis is an inflammation of muscle tissue who the hell names their horse after a disease??? As I live and breathe-- i just don't understand how some owners are so out of it...
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:35 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
- Replies: 934
- Views: 140377
Re: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
Standardbred war horse Foiled Again , whom I am running out of superlatives for, won the penultimate race of his career Saturday night at Mohawk Park. That's his 11th win of the year, 109th overall. http://ustrottingnews.com/foiled-again-wins-in-canadian-farewell/ Replay here (6th race on the 22nd)...
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:11 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
- Replies: 934
- Views: 140377
Re: The WAR HORSE Chronicles
Standardbred war horse Foiled Again , whom I am running out of superlatives for, won the penultimate race of his career Saturday night at Mohawk Park. That's his 11th win of the year, 109th overall. http://ustrottingnews.com/foiled-again-wins-in-canadian-farewell/ Replay here (6th race on the 22nd)...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:13 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Saratoga Good Idea!?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1645
Re: Saratoga Good Idea!?
Any word on the outcome of today's much-speculated-on, misreported-in-advance meeting?
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 6:56 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: 2019 Graded Stakes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3192
Re: 2019 Graded Stakes
Question for those, like me, who were horse racing fans in the 60-70s before the graded stakes system was implemented....was there something wrong with our sport back then that got corrected? 1. Europe did it. 2. Apparently American breeders are too stupid to be able to figure out a horse's quality...
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:19 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: 2019 Graded Stakes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3192
Re: 2019 Graded Stakes
The Breeding Industry no doubt likes using Graded Stakes races as a foundation for their industry, but what's the real downside to eliminating a whole bunch of 'em? If the breeding industry, already producing fewer foals every year, uses graded stakes as a foundation, will eliminating a bunch of th...
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 9:48 am
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Saratoga Good Idea!?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1645
Re: Saratoga Good Idea!?
Should have realized that, seeing as how the story was published on Thursday. OK, thanks for the clarification on that. But I'm still curious as to what aspect of the original story was inaccurate. I guess we'll just have to wait for the outcome of the meeting.
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:50 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Saratoga Good Idea!?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1645
Re: Saratoga Good Idea!?
I hope this is a one year exception to allow the hockey rink to be built. While Mondays are quiet, it is the one day of the week that allows leisurely activities like multiple trips to the paddock, or a trip to the rail to watch a race. It was an inaccurate report regardless. Meaning that it wasn't...
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: Racing
- Topic: Saratoga Good Idea!?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1645
Re: Saratoga Good Idea!?
Interested in this as well. It looks like construction of hockey arena at Belmont Park (?) is primary reason. As someone who's attended in the past, I may consider a shorter stay there ($) but not sure. I like it. A five-day week will help with field size, and taking some of Belmont's July days is ...