Arlington 2008 Stakes Schedule

[brianwspencer]

ps -- wtf, the Arlington Sprint is now a $200K turf sprint?!

[Scav]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

ps -- wtf, the Arlington Sprint is now a $200K turf sprint?!

That has to be focused toward the new BC race, they have to be trying to get new graded status becuase they are losing races left and right.

The morons should have put the Washington Park to 12f's for that new BC race, but they don't think, they just eliminate the race

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Scav

That has to be focused toward the new BC race, they have to be trying to get new graded status becuase they are losing races left and right.

The morons should have put the Washington Park to 12f's for that new BC race, but they don't think, they just eliminate the race

I mean, I figured out the rationale for the BC Sprint, but what a POS decision anyway when that race had drawn pretty damn good fields most of the time.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

I mean, I figured out the rationale for the BC Sprint, but what a POS decision anyway when that race had drawn pretty damn good fields most of the time.

Who knows what they are doing? What sense does it make to eliminate the Washington Park Handicap? I understand that it doesn't get the best fields, but place it correctly. NY already has its schedule out and you are owned by Churchill, you could easily put it somewhere where it meant something.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Scav

Who knows what they are doing? What sense does it make to eliminate the Washington Park Handicap? I understand that it doesn't get the best fields, but place it correctly. NY already has its schedule out and you are owned by Churchill, you could easily put it somewhere where it meant something.

You're exactly right, it's like they packed their stuff up and went home. Big deal if they can't run the Washington Park at the end of the meet. It attracted decent, though not exceptional, fields in the past. I don't think that for a place like Arlington Park, having Lewis Michael win your signature dirt race of the meet is such a bad thing. He's the sort that fits the AP stakes schedule outside of Million Day.

Yuck.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

ps -- wtf, the Arlington Sprint is now a $200K turf sprint?!

http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=43646

It is a "Win and your In" Race

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Scav

http://racing.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=43646

It is a "Win and your In" Race

More so, the race isn't even graded, so the BC is having a non-graded race as a "Win and Your In" race

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Scav

More so, the race isn't even graded, so the BC is having a non-graded race as a "Win and Your In" race

I'd much prefer they add ungraded stakes as "Win and You're In" for the turf sprint than adding G2 stakes as "Win and You're In" for the classic.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I'd much prefer they add ungraded stakes as "Win and You're In" for the turf sprint than adding G2 stakes as "Win and You're In" for the classic.

What is that, the mass cap?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by Scav

What is that, the mass cap?

Not sure if they have yet but they obviously want to expand the concept so I'd prefer they do it that way.