Poly speed disaster at keeneland
 

If you are a trainer or an owner who owns or trains a horse who has speed(the trademark characteristic of good tbreds) then Keenelands new poly track is definitely not the place for you.

4 racing days so far, 29 "poly races" have yielded ONE wire to wire winner.
Sounds like a great deal to me!!! LOL!!!

Yeah speed is sucking bad. They did a little better today with a coulpe of seconds but still only 1 winner.

makes it easier for me to handicap.. chuck the speed. wow

As soon as I do that then speed will win.

lol.. me too!

The only disaster today is this crazy Cory Lidle story. I don't know the attraction these guys have to these little planes that are death traps. Very sad.

I bet Spanish Chestnut on Saturday. He looked very strong halfway through the race. I thought I had a winner, but he stopped very badly in the stretch.

I had him too. I thought he was the winner and then BANG he hits a wall and I throw my ticket in my pocket.

Randall in light of that crash, I'd like to change the title of this thread but it won't let me edit it, or I just don't know how to.
Could a moderator please assist here and change the thread title please? Its in exteremely poor taste with the plane crash occurring. I apologize wholeheartedly.

I had him too. I thought he was the winner and then BANG he hits a wall and I throw my ticket in my pocket.

I had a pretty significant bet on Spanish Chestnut. I havent been that confident coming into the far turn in a long time. Thought for sure I was cashing.

I think we are able to seperate the two. But I do know how you feel Oracle. It is sad to hear about the plane crash. My herat does go out to everyone.

I had $40 to win. Maybe next time we will catch him.

Mike I know you didn't mean to do it when you titled the thread. No need to change it. Not your fault.

.......glad you brought this up oracle, last sunday i had win plays on 2 horses.....cant remember the races, both horse looked home free gate to wire.......then both made a weird shift / stagger towards the rail its like they hit quicksand at the same point. hell with that stuff my friend...... i was home clear on an easy lead deep stretch both times and lose:confused:

The only wire to wire winner was a heavily favored huge dropdown in class horse who himself struggled to get home first.
In my life, I don't think I've ever seen a racetrack, at any level, under any circumstances where 29 dirt races were run over 4 days and onely one horse wired the field. Its unheard of.
So much for the "fair, honest, surface".

I don't know the attraction these guys have to these little planes that are death traps. Very sad.

Very tragic Randall and I dont begin to try and understand what guys do with millions of dollars and a need for excitement with something so dangerous. I remember the JFK jr tragedy and thought why would a guy like this do something this dangerous? My brother is a licensed pilot and no he doesnt do it for a living, its his hobby. I wish he wouldnt.

That one golfer is the one that got me - Payne Stewart. Didnt the whole crew pass out and the plane was flying until it ran out of gas?

It lost air pressure. They all lost consciousness so nobody felt anything.

Won't happen. Spanish Chestnut is not a winner. People kept saying he needs to be back in sprints. Well he has run exclusively in sprints since the Derby last year and has won but a single race. He's been overmatched in every stakes race he's run in.

Guys flying is not inherently dangerous contary to popular belief. The problem becomes when they fly into conditions that they don't have skills for.