Breeders' Cups: 2015 - KEE, 2016 - SA, 2017 - DMR

[NTamm1215]

Louisville Courier-Journal reporting it:

http://www.courier-journal.com/story...land/10660883/

[freddymo]

Time for NYRA to stage their own show 4 weeks in advance of BC. Screw BC

[iamthelurker]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Time for NYRA to stage their own show 4 weeks in advance of BC. Screw BC

100% agree.

[Mike A]

Looks like this year Oct 18th already has few stakes races, maybe NYRA can add a few or change some dates ala Belmont Day, race wise that seemed to go very well

[tanner12oz]

assuming dates would be October 31 and November first correct?

[booner]

I have been there on Bluegrass Stakes Day with 27k and it was a madhouse. I realize that Keeneland will exhaust every resource to accommodate a larger crowd, but I'm going to stay home and watch this first one they will host. Hope all goes well and it is the first of many....

[booner]

Originally Posted by tanner12oz

assuming dates would be October 31 and November first correct?

October 30 & 31 are the Friday and Saturday dates in '15.

[tanner12oz]

this 100% confirmed? this works out much better then nov 6-7

[ne to socal]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Time for NYRA to stage their own show 4 weeks in advance of BC. Screw BC

Did NYRA submit a proposal/application? They didn't the last couple of years...

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by tanner12oz

this 100% confirmed? this works out much better then nov 6-7

I have not been able to confirm this anywhere.

[Aly-Sheba]

Repole should be coming out of the wood work soon on this one!

[booner]

Originally Posted by tanner12oz

assuming dates would be October 31 and November first correct?

Originally Posted by booner

October 30 & 31 are the Friday and Saturday dates in '15.

I stated this as being the dates for Friday and Saturday, not the official days for the BC. Personally, I would think they fit good right here. Make it the last weekend of the Keeneland fall meet, then CD picks up the following Thursday. Would make sense for all involved.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by booner

I have been there on Bluegrass Stakes Day with 27k and it was a madhouse. I realize that Keeneland will exhaust every resource to accommodate a larger crowd, but I'm going to stay home and watch this first one they will host. Hope all goes well and it is the first of many....

I do not see how they could possibly come close to accommodating 60,000 or more.

[ghartman02]

Unfortunately, I think they'll have to limit tickets, it's the only solution I see. If they put temporary seats on the apron, and beyond the Clubhouse, I don't think they should sell any General Admission. The other thing is I hope it doesn't rain. Most of the parking around Keeneland are grassy areas and a few years ago it rained a solid week, and it was tough to find parking. I think this could be a great event (more for TV than in person), so it'll be interesting.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Let us know when you can confirm this.

You bet.

[joeydb]

Still waiting for Parx to get a Breeders' Cup.

Kidding of course - won't happen. I would go though if it did.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Cardus

I thought that one of the criticisms of past Breeders' Cups at Belmont was the attendance.

Now that the Cup weekend will be at Keeneland, that criticism cannot be used again.

Not being a smart ass here... my favorite BC was at Belmont and I am sad every year when it's announced it won't be there again... but I'm curious as to what other criticisms there were as I thought the only one was (for some people with no spine) it's too cold.

[my miss storm cat]

Oh and I forgot to say this SUCKS.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Cardus

From the Breeders' Cup site, the reported temperatures for the four Belmont Park BC days were 43, 66, 50, and 46.

(I did not look at the Almanac for wind, which can be a factor, but I recall the last three days.)

The 50-degree day was comfortable enough, I thought, with abundant sunshine.

The last time was cold, no doubt.

Thank you for that.

I was more asking what the other criticisms were because of your wording...

Originally Posted by Cardus

I thought that one of the criticisms of past Breeders' Cups at Belmont was the attendance.

... but this was interesting.

[NTamm1215]

I've heard the attendance thing too with regard to Belmont, but that is ridiculous. There were more people at Belmont in 2001 and 2005 than there were on the Saturdays in 2003 (SA), 2004 (LS) and 2008 (SA). There were roughly the same amount there those days as there were in 2012 and 2013 at SA too.