Venue for Sep 11 . . .???

DonGuido · #1 09-09-2021, 09:44 AM

Well I'm thinking where the turf meets the turf, Kentucky Downs. Offering five graded stakes with two one million dollar purse Breeders Cup auto qualifying races. I used to love walking through the grass in my bare feet as a child. But you needed to watch out for the clover or you might get stung by a poor little honey bee.

Comments???

JolyB · #2 09-09-2021, 10:07 AM

Kentucky Downs seems to have the best racing in the USA this weekend. If you look at the entry list, it reads like a who's who of trainers and jockeys in the Eastern part of the country. No wonder, since they are offering slots-enhanced purses of as much as $135,000 for maiden races.

The track itself is unique; only turf races, undulations in the course and even a place where the horses have to make a right hand turn. It looks like a course through a farmer's field and it just might be.

Here's a link that tells you more about the track and its history as a place where "gentlemen" from Tennessee came to just across the Kentucky border to settle their differences.

https://www.americasbestracing.net/t...kentucky-downs

Real Quiet · #3 09-09-2021, 10:33 AM

Kentucky Downs looks like a good venue even though its all turf racing. Could we eliminate race 11? I hate to end a day with a maiden race (however $135,000 for a MSW is mighty impressive). However if Joly wants to play a Pick 11 I would have no issues scoring it

JolyB · #4 09-09-2021, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Real Quiet

Kentucky Downs looks like a good venue even though its all turf racing. Could we eliminate race 11? I hate to end a day with a maiden race (however $135,000 for a MSW is mighty impressive). However if Joly wants to play a Pick 11 I would have no issues scoring it

RQ, the fields at KY Downs are large and the races are very competitive. I'm playing a few of them this afternoon for a Twin Spires competition, and they are real bears. I would have difficulty hitting a Pick 1, so a Pick 11 would be out of the question.

But, thanks for thinking of horseplayers like me.

Real Quiet · #5 09-09-2021, 11:42 AM

Know what you mean JB. I started looking at Saturdays card and being it's all turf with a myriad of full fields and also eligibles I'm already scratching my head. Good luck in your contest picking.

RUFFIAN · #6 09-09-2021, 12:20 PM

KENTUCKY DOWNS!!! ===> DON'T FORGET IT'S IN CENTRAL TIME ZONE

A TURF FESTIVAL WITH FULL FIELDS

WHATS NOT TO LOVE