{Official} VENUE: July 20 = Monmouth R5--13

[RUFFIAN]

BARRING ANY OBJECTIONS
{{SEE THE TRACK SUPURRR-IN-TENDENT}}

WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THE FOLLOWING SUPURR SATURDAY CARD

MONMOUTH PARK BEGINNING WITH RACE #5 = OCEANPORT S @ 1:53 ET
ENDING THE DAY WITH LUCKY RACE 13 ON TURF

AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH MONMOUTH'S GENUINE CONCERN
FOR THE HORSES WELL BEING BY TAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF INTERFERENCE WITH TV BROADCAST!

WOULD THAT MORE TRACKS WOULD TAKE THE HINT!


=^,,^=

[Roamin42]

R5…1-4-2
R6…7-3-4
R7…2-8-6
R8…3-2-1
R9…5-4-3
R10..4-3-1
R11..6-3-2
R12..6-7-1
R13..8-5-6

[Real Quiet]

Before the news of the heat wave I looked at the entries for Haskell Day at Monmouth and thought it was pathetic that on the biggest thoroughbred day of racing in New Jersey that the fields were so small. Now with the heat there are quite a lot of scratches and smaller than small fields in a lot of races. I am rethinking my conviction that thoroughbred racing in New Jersey is viable. Why subsidize an inferior product that can't even draw decent fields on a big day.

[JolyB]

The small size of the fields on Monmouth's biggest day is certainly disappointing. There are two horses in the Molly Pitcher who were cross entered in tomorrow's Shuvee at the Spa; fortunately, both of them are running today; otherwise the Molly Pitcher would have been completely shattered.

For today's 9 contest races we have a total of only 60 entries. Worse yet, the 5 graded stakes races only have a total of 29 runners, despite the fact that they are running for a total of $1,650,000 in purse money plus another $150,000 in breeding fees for the top three finishers in the Matchmaker.

RQ, I don't think that this is just an indictment of New Jersey racing. In yesterday's feature race at Saratoga, there were only 3 runners after scratches, and all of them were trained by Chad Brown. This for a race that was NOT taken off of the turf.

[Real Quiet]

I saw that race at Saratoga yesterday. On the plus side my horse in the race Dogtag showed. Something has to give somewhere. Giving away money in races like these does nothing for the game.

[JolyB]

Houston, we may have a problem. First post was supposed to be 12:00 PM. It's 12:30 and race 1 has not been run. The horses for Race 1 are just being called to post. I suspect that there may be very short post parades and possibly other delays during the afternoon.

I just hope there are no incidents on this very hot and humid day.