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08-26-2007, 02:18 PM
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Presque Isle, new track(poly), to open 9/1
Presque Isle Downs,located near Erie, PA, opens September 1st and will host Thoroughbred racing. It is a one mile main track using the Tapeta artificial surface. There will be 25-nights of racing in 2007 and they expect to ask for 100 race dates in 2008. Purses are expected to offer $40,000 for maidens plus a supplement from slots revenue making those races worth $50,000 or more. First post is 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) six nights each week with Tuesday the lone dark day. The inaugural meet ends September 29.
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08-26-2007, 02:20 PM
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What? When did this happen?!?!
Thanks for the breaking news, Mike!
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08-26-2007, 02:24 PM
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There are quite a few $100K stakes races this year and even a $400K stakes race for fillies and mares.
It is about 90 minutes south of Buffalo, NY. There are quite a few horseman and owners working on getting their PA license right now. Like all racing, it is about the money. Big purses get good horses. Andy Beyers article on it http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...082001530.html
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#6
08-26-2007, 02:42 PM
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08-26-2007, 02:46 PM
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received a work-out notice on a stable mail had put in from KEE last fall cause she liked the all-weather surface, don't know if she's still with A$$mussen or not, we shall see..
Workout Notification Tactical Your Comment: B.f. 2 Stravinsky/Dehere, 10.21.06, KEE 7F poly, Asmussen/Bridgmohan Date: August 24, 2007 Track: Presque Isle Downs Distance: Five Furlongs Time: 1.00:40 Track Condition: Fast Surface: All Weather Track Rank: 1/7
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08-26-2007, 03:26 PM
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This is going to be awesome. I now have something to do the day before my cousin's wedding in Erie in a few weeks. Erie is my dad's hometown and while it can seem dead, it does have a nice little romance about it, so I hope Presque Isle has some success.
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08-26-2007, 03:41 PM
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They include; Asmussen Bacon D. Baird J. Baird R. Beattie S. Beattie T. Beattie Bennett Biamonte Binder Jr. S. Brown Campitelli Capestro Chapman Cheeks Conner Correnti L. Cox Crane Scooter Davis Dickinson Englehart B. Flint Hunter D. Johnson G. Johnson Kasperski jr. Kintz S. Klesaris Lake Lauer Lawrence Madrigal Sr. Maker Markham McClelland McDonnell McGreevey Merryman H. G. Motion Newmann N. O'Callaghen Pappada Ben Perkins Prichard Radosevich L. Reed Reeder Reinstedler Rivelli Ross Russell Scherer Seeger John Servis Sharp M. Shuman Burton Sipp <-- Thought that choice was interesting Sowle Stites Thibodeau T. Tullock Jr. D. Vance G. Wismer
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08-26-2007, 03:56 PM
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One of the most notorious men to ever saddle a horse.
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_s...in_the_saddle/
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#13
08-26-2007, 04:15 PM
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Thanks for the link, DrugS, to an excellent find of an article.
Truly he must be a sick man, by his own admission: "''I never once used drugs, I don't drink, and I don't smoke," Sipp said. ''I'm in bed most every night by 9 o'clock."
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