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VOL JACK 04-09-2011 07:01 AM

This is The worst Saturday card ever at Keeneland.....
 
Save the Ashland...which is a fantastic group and interesting betting race.

It almost looks as bad as the Illinois Derby under card today..

It is a very bad sign for racing in the blue grass, when the opening Saturday card at Keeneland in the Spring is this bad.

Btw, I thought yesterdays card was superior to this garbage.

MaTH716 04-09-2011 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by VOL JACK (Post 767435)
Save the Ashland...which is a fantastic group and interesting betting race.

It almost looks as bad as the Illinois Derby under card today..
It is a very bad sign for racing in the blue grass, when the opening Saturday card at Keeneland in the Spring is this bad.

Btw, I thought yesterdays card was superior to this garbage.

I don't follow Keenland enough to know what you are talking about or expecting from the Keenland Saturday card. But after watching alot of crappy, cheap, short fielded races this winter the Keenland card looks pretty good to me.

Aren't you being a little dramatic comparing it to the Hawthorne card that has 6 races for claimers worth 15k and less?

Come on Jack, there are plenty of days to complain about bad races/cards and between the Keenland card today (which I thought wasn't bad) and the rest of the days big races, isn't this just unnecessary griping?

Thunder Gulch 04-09-2011 08:15 AM

It's a backlash against polytrack. Trainers were trying to force dirt horses into lucrative spots for five years to get a purse, but they finally figured out that the two surfaces are so different that you can't count on running well on both. A well timed Gulfstream/Oaklawn/Fairgrounds to Churchill move could avoid the rubber track.

Gate Dancer 04-09-2011 08:47 AM

Still love the turf racing there..............

Bigsmc 04-09-2011 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MaTH716 (Post 767440)
I don't follow Keenland enough to know what you are talking about or expecting from the Keenland Saturday card. But after watching alot of crappy, cheap, short fielded races this winter the Keenland card looks pretty good to me.

Aren't you being a little dramatic comparing it to the Hawthorne card that has 6 races for claimers worth 15k and less?

Come on Jack, there are plenty of days to complain about bad races/cards and between the Keenland card today (which I thought wasn't bad) and the rest of the days big races, isn't this just unnecessary griping?

I don't get it either. The card is fine by me. The weather? Not so much.

Round Pen 04-09-2011 12:25 PM

I with the majority here not a thing in the world wrong with this card and to compare it to the under card for the Illinois Derby is absolutely absurd...
:zz::zz:

ateamstupid 04-09-2011 12:52 PM

A fine card.


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