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07-13-2020, 09:54 PM
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Rumors of another jock testing positive on twitter. I won’t post until confirmed but if true, said jock rode race yesterday (that he won) with his face covering on his neck and spoke to people in winners circle without mask on. Has also been traveling around.
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#2
07-14-2020, 08:00 AM
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Quote:
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. Last edited by Kasept : 07-14-2020 at 09:31 AM.
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#3
07-14-2020, 09:02 AM
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Then after the race he’s talking to Miller’s assistant pretty close with the covering still on his neck and Miller’s assistant has his mask near his chin. And Geroux was at Belmont Saturday. I don’t get it.
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#4
07-14-2020, 12:32 PM
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Per Dave Grening on Twitter, NYRA mandating that if you ride at Saratoga starting Thursday and go to another track to ride you will not be allowed to return and ride at Saratoga. Also, if you ride at another track on Thursday, you will not be allowed to ride the entire meet at Saratoga.
Very smart IMO.
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#5
07-14-2020, 01:03 PM
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First, this edict prevents the jockeys themselves from being lured to another track (by an owner or trainer) and bringing the virus back with them. They are creating a jockey bubble effective now. Is it enough to guarantee safety? We will know over the next 14 days. I would like to see this go further and require the same for large scale trainers where if they cannot commit to NYRA safety protocols in their entirety, turn over local operations to someone who can. Second, NYRA is signaling that it will do anything necessary to avoid a shutdown for any reason during the Saratoga meeting. Can you imagine their leaving Belmont Park behind for the Summer to go to an empty Spa in order to generate additional handle only to have the whole plan implode? This is going to be a very long 8 weeks if there is an outbreak and you can be sure that the Governor will close things down in a heartbeat. Third, in a period where purse money is strained, this keeps the money circulating with the locals. This does avoid the west coast contingent (Baffert, Smith et al.) from coming in on big weekends to potentially scoop a big purse.
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#6
07-14-2020, 05:33 PM
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Following Indiana & NYRA's lead, Laurel & Gulfstream locking down jock colonies.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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#7
07-14-2020, 10:30 PM
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Why wouldn’t they also lockdown the trainer colony?
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