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Old 10-24-2007, 03:14 PM
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I hear with the chance of rain this weekend they are off the turf!
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Old 10-24-2007, 03:15 PM
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..there goes another wasted t-shirt run.
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Old 10-24-2007, 03:16 PM
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It's mighty good!
naaaaah...she put me on ignore a long time ago...
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Old 10-24-2007, 03:23 PM
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naaaaah...she put me on ignore a long time ago...
Boy ...she excells at that. Really good.





Seriously...did a Bill Dallas ever post here?
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Old 10-24-2007, 03:38 PM
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..did a Bill Dallas ever post here?
Not that I recall...but I really don't know for sure
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Old 10-24-2007, 03:44 PM
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Thanks...it ain't gonna work then.
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Im serious guys just need some direction here. let me know
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Old 10-24-2007, 05:18 PM
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Relax. How often are weathermen wrong 48 or 72 hours out? IMO, weatherpeople tend to overpredict both rain and snow.
I'm really hoping for the same thing, but I'm being negative at the moment. It's been raining here for 6 days straight. A big front came through last Friday and Saturday, and looks to be the same one that will hit Jersey this weekend.

Boy I hope I'm dead wrong!!!
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Old 10-25-2007, 03:54 AM
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Although the chalk looks dominant in the juvenile F,I think a wet track would most help Irish Smoke.To me,Guilded Time horses like it,and Smoke Glackens as well.I'm no expert on the horse.I don't know the knock on her(distance question maybe,) but seems like has better chance getting 2 turns if it's wet.
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Old 10-25-2007, 07:35 AM
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I hear with the chance of rain this weekend they are off the turf!
Looks like its turning the whole show to a bust and a non betting event for me.
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Old 10-25-2007, 08:22 AM
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I hear with the chance of rain this weekend they are off the turf!
Has this ever happened before in the breeders cup? Anyone?

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Old 10-25-2007, 08:37 AM
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Has this ever happened before in the breeders cup? Anyone?

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are you seriously believing this?
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Old 10-25-2007, 08:54 AM
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So a week of rain and they still run?
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Old 10-25-2007, 08:58 AM
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So a week of rain and they still run?
they will still run if they had a month of rain. they will probably use the rail much more liberally however
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Old 10-25-2007, 09:18 AM
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So no amount of rain makes running multi $1,000,000+++ horses risky? I think there's a point when it becomes questionable and a point when its off. These aren't machines that can be replaced and jockey's will have a say if it's safe.

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Old 10-25-2007, 09:23 AM
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Taking races off the grass is more about protecting the grass than the horses. Euro's run every day on surfaces that our candy-ass jocks and trainers would refuse to use. The horses can handle it.
With a 4 daym meet and no racing til May, there is no reason to "protect the course."
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Old 10-25-2007, 09:43 AM
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Taking races off the grass is more about protecting the grass than the horses. Euro's run every day on surfaces that our candy-ass jocks and trainers would refuse to use. The horses can handle it.
With a 4 daym meet and no racing til May, there is no reason to "protect the course."
this is correct, its about protecting the course. they'll run these turf races come hell or high water. (rimshot)
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This just in!! They're off the turf!!!!!
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Old 10-25-2007, 02:50 PM
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To clarify, they are off the turf today and possibly for the ungraded stakes, but there is no way they take million dollar G1 races off the turf on Saturday. From what I read, they are keeping the rail good for the big ones.
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Old 10-25-2007, 04:25 PM
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It is sort of funny that the top Europeans are not coming over because they would chew up and spit out the American horses on a soft turf. In America they scratch on soft turf but in Europe they run on it all the time. Remember with the exception of one track they can't take the races off the turf to run on dirt. There is no dirt.
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