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Old 09-26-2012, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cmorioles View Post
I guess some of those are sponsors, but why eliminate the old name entirely? All the great males that have run at Santa Anita and they rename the Goodwood after a horse that broke his maiden at Hollywood, left, and never raced farther west than Shreveport after that?
The end of the Oak Tree Association's run at SA is at the heart of the changes.

Read Hovdey's piece for a fuller treatment: http://www.drf.com/news/hovdey-some-...e-others-clang
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