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Old 07-08-2007, 08:40 PM
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Hate to break it to you, but hurdle races suck.
I second that. If I wanted to watch hurdles I'd go to Fair Hill in Jersey
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Old 07-08-2007, 09:33 PM
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Fair Hill is in MD. Spa hurdling is a tradition going back a century. There will be 2 sanctioned jump races on open house day. No betting though.
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Old 07-08-2007, 10:01 PM
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Fair Hill is in MD. Spa hurdling is a tradition going back a century. There will be 2 sanctioned jump races on open house day. No betting though.
Sorry, meant FAR Hill.

I'm aware of the tradition, and it's interesting in the right situation, but when the turf gets hard like it does sometimes up there it seems ripe for bad injuries.
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:09 AM
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Not a big fan either. In fact, I believe it was two or three years ago they began the whole meet with a jumper race and it turned out to be a lot of carnage in that race.
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:29 AM
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Years back all you usually needed to know about the jump races was the saddle cloth number for the J Sheppard entry...
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Old 07-09-2007, 11:43 AM
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Not a big fan either. In fact, I believe it was two or three years ago they began the whole meet with a jumper race and it turned out to be a lot of carnage in that race.
The key word here is...carnage
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Old 07-09-2007, 09:06 PM
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as they say, box the two longest shots in the jumps. they are impossible to handicap.
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:43 AM
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For a good while, this was all you needed to 'cap hoppers at Toga...

The indominable, fearless, BLYTHE MILLER!

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I second that. If I wanted to watch hurdles I'd go to Fair Hill in Jersey
Agreed, but I have to say that those jump jocks are some tough muthas. It's almost like they expect to fall down at least once a meet.
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