god dang that looked bad

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by georgewashington

The maintenance crew this year didn't take care of the other tracks while they were away. They said they couldn't afford it. Belmont was taken care of by a skeleton crew while they were at Saratoga. Everyone knows this, atleast everyone that claims to know the game.

Woodbine is not having huge problems. Do you just make up things?

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35063

Why is Pletcher and other like Dutrow heading off to run on it?

There was an extensive article on DRF last week about the problems at Woodbine. It is no longer in their archives but I will reprint it momentarily.

Pletcher and Dutrow will be doing the bulk of their California racing on the dirt course at Santa Anita. The reaon Todd is going, and this is obvious to anybody without an agenda, is simply a numbers one. He has too many horses in all the conditions to only run at Aqueduct and Gulfstream.

Keep 'em coming.

[georgewashington]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

There was an extensive article on DRF last week about the problems at Woodbine. It is no longer in their archives but I will reprint it momentarily.

Pletcher and Dutrow will be doing the bulk of their California racing on the dirt course at Santa Anita. The reaon Todd is going, and this is obvious to anybody without an agenda, is simply a numbers one. He has too many horses in all the conditions to only run at Aqueduct and Gulfstream.

Keep 'em coming.

It is nice to know that you know why Pletcher is going. He said publicly he was going for the synthetic surface, not numbers.

"The main reason is Polytrack is out there," Pletcher said. "We thought about going out there before, but one of the concerns was always how safe the surfaces are out there. Obviously, the purses are good ... Mister [Michael] Tabor wants his horses training on Polytrack when possible."
http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=20159

[blackthroatedwind]

Then I guess he is shipping back East after Hollywood closes. I hadn't known that. Thanks for the info.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

There was an extensive article on DRF last week about the problems at Woodbine. It is no longer in their archives but I will reprint it momentarily.

Pletcher and Dutrow will be doing the bulk of their California racing on the dirt course at Santa Anita. The reaon Todd is going, and this is obvious to anybody without an agenda, is simply a numbers one. He has too many horses in all the conditions to only run at Aqueduct and Gulfstream.

Keep 'em coming.

Blackthroat,
Sumitas put a link to the blog from Woodbine. It's in the poly room.
Seems the stuff has problems once it's been frosted.
Anyway, I agree with just about all that you've said on this thread.
Hope the jocks are fine, and rip Mountain General.
At least a Flying Zee was the winner, though small consolation, considering.
DTS