GP successfully lures Uncle Mo to Timely Writer

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I guess this is GP's roundabout way of admitting they should never have moved the Florida Derby from its mid-March spot.

Now that the Tampa Bay Derby has gobbled up prestige and significance with a bullet, GP is seeking to destroy it by throwing in this banana peel. Should be good for racing.

Santa Anita did the same thing in the mid '90s, when they made the restricted Santa Catalina an open (and eventually graded) race in mid-January.

They were tired of seeing already established horses like Gate Dancer, Snow Chief, Tabasco Cat, and Tank's Prospect ship up to San Francisco to run in the El Camino Real Derby, especially after all of those later won the Preakness Stakes.

right on.......They moved the fla derby which was another dumb mistake...now they want to mess with tampa because its in the right time frame for key runners. the management of that track is probably the worst in history.......look at that place...its the poster child of how not to run a race track. if it were not for the good winter weather........