NYSRWB Installs Strict Protocols for Belmont Stakes Horses

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by pointman

They were required to be on the Churchill grounds I believe the same 3 days prior to the Kentucky Derby, I don't recall anyone complaining then.

Really? I'd never heard that.

The difference there is that lots of trainers are based on places like New York or Maryland where shipping from places like Fair Hill even the day of a race is pretty commonplace.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Really? I'd never heard that.

The difference there is that lots of trainers are based on places like New York or Maryland where shipping from places like Fair Hill even the day of a race is pretty commonplace.

People don't ship to Churchill from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana and other places in the Northeast on the day of the race? It is not on the other side of the Rockies from those places you know.

[slotdirt]

Not on Derby day at least.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Really? I'd never heard that.

The difference there is that lots of trainers are based on places like New York or Maryland where shipping from places like Fair Hill even the day of a race is pretty commonplace.

I think was is new this year because they added AE's - if you weren't on the grounds for the draw - you were out and then the AE's could draw in, provided they were on the grounds... or something like that.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

I think was is new this year because they added AE's - if you weren't on the grounds for the draw - you were out and then the AE's could draw in, provided they were on the grounds... or something like that.

The Wednesday mandate wasn't new. Been that way awhile.