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Old 03-02-2008, 06:40 PM
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geldings on Thursday
Yes!! An all gelding day. Geldings on turf. Geldings sprinting. The Gelding Marathon Sponsored By Swiss Army Knife.

Then, ridgelings on Wednesday!

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Old 03-02-2008, 06:51 PM
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Can't wait to see the sponsors for "ladies" day at the races on Friday
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Old 03-02-2008, 06:56 PM
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gelding sprint brought to you by ginsu knives.
gelding turf brought to you by troy built
gelding classic brought to you by Viagra



ladies classic by what else...secret. strong enough for a man,..well you know the rest.
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a greys day

a white horse day...



hey, let's move the claiming crown to tuesday. enough filler, we can run for a week.
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Old 03-02-2008, 07:04 PM
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Breeders Cup Geldings Thursday: It's Gonna Be Nuts!!!
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sponsored by Planters...
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If you haven't read Lamarra's B-H piece linked above, you missed this gem:


" Peter Land, hired last October as chief marketing officer for Breeders’ Cup, said Feb. 29 the bolstered Friday program is attractive to ESPN and should help lure some local sponsors. Land, however, also said the decision to move the Ladies' Classic to Friday “was a racing decision first. The intent behind it was to create two separate but equal championship days.” "


Boy, that's a great choice of terms 'Pete'.. 'Separate but equal'.. rooted in the great American tradition of inequality and elitism! Congrats fellas! You did boffo! You showed everybody exactly how modern the thinking is around racing.
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“was a racing decision first. The intent behind it was to create two separate but equal championship days.” "
What? Separate but equal! Where I have I heard that before? Oh yeah...I think Klan politicians used to use that exact phrase in the 50s...in a different context of course. Poor choice of words. Arrogance plus ignorance equals BC marketing.
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What? Separate but equal! Where I have I heard that before? Oh yeah...I think Klan politicians used to use that exact phrase in the 50s...in a different context of course. Poor choice of words. Arrogance plus ignorance equals BC marketing.
Well, separate but equal was actually the US court systems' explanation for upholding segregation in the American school system, (see Plessy v. Ferguson, c. 1898), until the landmark reversal in Brown v. Board of Education in 1956. But you've got the right idea. As Steve Crist said, every woman remotely connected to racing has ridiculed this slapdash farce.
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Can't wait to see the sponsors for "ladies" day at the races on Friday
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Massengill filly and mare sprint. I think it has a nice ring to it.
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I've heard a rumor that the BC is going to have a dustpan giveaway on ladies day.

Any truth to that?
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I've heard a rumor that the BC is going to have a dustpan giveaway on ladies day.

Any truth to that?
This lady is holding out for a George Foreman Grill.
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I'm looking forward to putting on my best apron, and saving enough S & H grocery coupons to get a special half-priced "Female Friday" admission ticket!

Has anybody else bothered to e-mail the Breeders Cup with their thoughts?
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I'm looking forward to putting on my best apron, and saving enough S & H grocery coupons to get a special half-priced "Female Friday" admission ticket!

Has anybody else bothered to e-mail the Breeders Cup with their thoughts?
why, we don't matter, they would do it anyways. The only way it would go back to normal is if handle was down 10%, which it might be anyways given it is on a synthetic
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I'm looking forward to putting on my best apron, and saving enough S & H grocery coupons to get a special half-priced "Female Friday" admission ticket!

Has anybody else bothered to e-mail the Breeders Cup with their thoughts?
Look for special admission coupons on your next box of tampons!
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Yes!! An all gelding day. Geldings on turf. Geldings sprinting. The Gelding Marathon Sponsored By Swiss Army Knife.

Then, ridgelings on Wednesday!

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....that's not so far fetched.....
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