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07-16-2008, 10:34 PM
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7/19 (PHA): Inaugural Greenwood Cup ($250k)
8th (3:22) Greenwood Cup S.
1 1/2 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $250,000 1 Barcola Carmouche K 122 L 2 Bureaucratic Bridgmohan S X 114 L 3 Three in the Bag Pino M G 117 L 4 Solemn Promise Carmouche K 114 L 5 Phil the Power Black A S 114 L 6 Evening Attire Espinoza J L 114 L
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07-18-2008, 10:46 PM
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Good luck, Attire.
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07-18-2008, 11:07 PM
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6 horses? That's a poor entertainment product. Doesn't this money come from the juice that the players have to pay? We don't want this 6 horse field bullshit.When will they finally get that through their stubborn heads? Are they this out of touch with the people paying for this? I shouldn't have to even write this. I don't get it. What do we have to do to wake these idiots up? Don't want that ****.
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07-19-2008, 05:51 AM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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07-19-2008, 06:30 AM
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Short fields for dirt stakes is a common facet of the game these days, even in races at shorter distances. How many ran in the Mother Goose? (4) How many in the Jersey Shore? (6) How many in the Triple Bend? (6). Don't see how you can beat up on this race for a short field and not on those others.
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07-19-2008, 01:12 PM
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Don't run races unless it's good entertainment. If you give out money for beating very few horses, then you can't expect people to be attracted to a boring sport. Customers don't like to have to wait a long time for their food, and they shouldn't have to wait 45 minutes for this stupid 6 horse race to be done. Give us a 8-12 horse allowance race. We are paying these purses, and it's about time they think about putting on a competitive event. Don't be giving out 250k for an event the majority of fans don't find appealing. The point you made has to do with making management, owners, and trainers happy. So, don't ever be surprised that we don't have the fan support they have in Japan or Hong Kong. In no way shape or manor is the same effort made to give the fans the same entertainment value as they give their fans. Most of us want nothing to do with the 4-betting-interest race today, or the 6 horse race today. I have no idea why they think fans give a crap about these situations. Most of us despise them for allowing people to get paid our money this easily. All we ask is full competitive fields. You could run 6 races a day, but make them competitive races with 8-12 horses. All of them(No exceptions.) How many times we gotta tell people this? It's important. It needs to be a friggin' top priority. They are too busy looking out for other people's interests. You wonder why people don't go to the track? It's pretty obvious they gotta stay home to piece together some way to get competitive entertainment value. Single tracks just can't get it done.
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07-19-2008, 03:59 PM
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Congrats 'Norfolk'.. Attire with 12f NTR.. Cup berth..
Congrats to DTer 'Norfolk' (Joe Grant), wife Mary, partner and Hall of Fame trainer T.J. Kelly, trainer Pat Kelly and the whole team on Evening Attire's huge effort today earning a BC Dirt Marathon berth and setting a PHA track record for 12f in winning the first Greenwood Cup... Unbelievable! And to Jose Espinoza on a superb ride!
Also to John Perrotta on Phil the Power's excellent 2nd!
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07-19-2008, 04:02 PM
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Many congratulations Joe and all connections, excellent run!!!
Very exciting, got all my dogs barking as I cheered him home!! I just love that old gray boy!!!!!! He looked great!  EDIT: Apparently I'm an idiot that can't add a sig, but that's Evening Attire at Belmont after the Brooklyn looking just great, he's a really cool horse. Last edited by FGFan : 07-19-2008 at 04:16 PM.
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07-19-2008, 04:03 PM
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Congratulations!
Thrilled for you all and for your grand old gentleman.
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07-19-2008, 04:04 PM
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Great race! Congrats on winning AND the BC berth...wow.
He actually broke..um..."well"..
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