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Old 12-01-2006, 03:35 PM
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California will have 4 new Grade I races in 2007. I guess the theory that some races will have a down grade in status is out of the window. Anyway, the four are: Goodwood, Ladys Secret, Norfolk, Del Mar Futurity. The only other grade race to get a bump up in status is the Darley Alcibiades. So f races gets an upgrade and all 5 will be run on a synthetic surface in 2007 (I believe this is correct).

Two races were down graded. They are the Clark and Matron.

New York will have 38 Grade I races, Cali will have 37 and KY will have 21.

There is more information on other graded races in the below link. The article can be read on bloodhorse.com

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=36600
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Old 12-01-2006, 03:42 PM
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The Matron is such a historically important race... sad to see it downgraded.
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Old 12-01-2006, 03:45 PM
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The Matron is such a historically important race... sad to see it downgraded.
I was a bit surprised by both to be honest. I don't think either one of them should have been downgraded. The Clark is the highlight of the Churchill Fall meet and like you said, The Matron has had a historical impact.
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Old 12-01-2006, 03:58 PM
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The Matron is such a historically important race... sad to see it downgraded.
No offense intended as I really am just curious- what is the deal with you and your suggestive avatars? Am I entirely wrong about this place, it's actually an internet dating site?
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No offense intended as I really am just curious- what is the deal with you and your suggestive avatars? Am I entirely wrong about this place, it's actually an internet dating site?
HA HA...I thought you were talking about my avatar. I was thinking...what is so suggestive about the greatest singer in the world--NEIL DIAMOND.
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Old 12-01-2006, 04:03 PM
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I'd never say anything like that about the man who brought us Cracklin Rosie...
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Old 12-01-2006, 04:12 PM
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When are we getting the Ghostzapper Handicap? Mineshaft got a graded stake less than two years after he retired..
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I'd never say anything like that about the man who brought us Cracklin Rosie...
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HA HA...I thought you were talking about my avatar. I was thinking...what is so suggestive about the greatest singer in the world--NEIL DIAMOND.
THANK YOU...I could not for the life of me figure out who that was...it looked familiar but too small for me to tell for sure...
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Old 12-01-2006, 08:22 PM
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Ok... fully clothed inside a shark's mouth... is this acceptable???
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No offense intended as I really am just curious- what is the deal with you and your suggestive avatars? Am I entirely wrong about this place, it's actually an internet dating site?
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You figured it out... I set the site up as an elaborate scheme to get blackthroatwind married...
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good ones are hard to find...and harder to keep..lol just like a top claimer...lol
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Old 12-01-2006, 05:08 PM
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You figured it out... I set the site up as an elaborate scheme to get blackthroatwind married...
A brilliant however misquided scheme. His stud fee is just way too high for the regular internet poster.
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Old 12-01-2006, 05:15 PM
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A brilliant however misquided scheme. His stud fee is just way too high for the regular internet poster.
Well, in that case, I guess that leaves him available to pin hookers...
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Old 12-01-2006, 07:47 PM
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No offense intended as I really am just curious- what is the deal with you and your suggestive avatars? Am I entirely wrong about this place, it's actually an internet dating site?
That picture is suggestive? The picture before this one was of me doing something with my fingers while drunk. If you consider that "suggestive" then dont read any of the threads about "breeding" and "Studs"... you might make a mess...
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That picture is suggestive? The picture before this one was of me doing something with my fingers while drunk. If you consider that "suggestive" then dont read any of the threads about "breeding" and "Studs"... you might make a mess...
call me old fashioned, i think it's a tad suggestive. or maybe even more than a tad.
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Jeans and a top going out of a sliding glass door? You boys need to get out more.
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Old 12-02-2006, 12:20 PM
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That picture is suggestive? The picture before this one was of me doing something with my fingers while drunk. If you consider that "suggestive" then dont read any of the threads about "breeding" and "Studs"... you might make a mess...
No, you misunderstood me. I certainly won't be making "a mess."

It's the internet, feel free to portray yourself any way you want. Just seems to me that you are a knowledgeable poster with substantial contributions to make but the self-styled avatars become the focal point rather than what you have to say.
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Old 12-02-2006, 12:29 PM
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No, you misunderstood me. I certainly won't be making "a mess."

It's the internet, feel free to portray yourself any way you want. Just seems to me that you are a knowledgeable poster with substantial contributions to make but the self-styled avatars become the focal point rather than what you have to say.
just for the sake of contributing -- i didn't even notice them until people pointed them out.

the logic doesn't work -- the avatar becomes the focus only if YOU make it the focus. If she's got great contributions, and you're focusing on the avatar -- that's a commentary on you....

...not her.
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Old 12-01-2006, 05:30 PM
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California will have 4 new Grade I races in 2007. I guess the theory that some races will have a down grade in status is out of the window. Anyway, the four are: Goodwood, Ladys Secret, Norfolk, Del Mar Futurity. The only other grade race to get a bump up in status is the Darley Alcibiades. So f races gets an upgrade and all 5 will be run on a synthetic surface in 2007 (I believe this is correct).

Two races were down graded. They are the Clark and Matron.

New York will have 38 Grade I races, Cali will have 37 and KY will have 21.

There is more information on other graded races in the below link. The article can be read on bloodhorse.com

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=36600

Euro in your haste to try and prove a point, you ain't real bright.
Its been suggested that a few of these grade ones on the Poly will be donwgraded should they have weaker fields in the future.
Since none of the races you just mentioned have ever been run on poly, how exactly does that send anything out the window.
Thats pretty stupid.
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