Venue for 12/5

[cal828]

Aqueduct has the Cigar Mile and 3 other stakes this Saturday. 2 of those stakes are decent fields, but two of them are short 5 and 6 horse fields. The Cigar mile has a 9 horse field and the Demoiselle I think it's called has 8 so those are not too bad so I am proposing all ten races unless someone has a better idea. Looks like the only other possible venue would be the Claiming Crown races at Gulfstream. Thoughts anyone?

[RUFFIAN]

AQUEDUCT HAS 80% RAIN FORECAST

LADY CAT MEWSINGS

I SUGGEST GULFSTREAM PARK CLAIMING CROWN DAY
..... WITH CIGAR MILE BONUS

[cal828]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

AQUEDUCT HAS 80% RAIN FORECAST

LADY CAT MEWSINGS

I SUGGEST GULFSTREAM PARK CLAIMING CROWN DAY
..... WITH CIGAR MILE BONUS

I thought I read it might be storming up there. Yours might be the best idea. Let's see, If there are others that want to chime in. Also, I'll go back and see how many races we're talking about at GP.

[RUFFIAN]

Race # Purse Race Type Distance Surface Starters Est. Post Entries Plus

Race 1 $50,000 Maiden Special Weight 1 Mile Turf 15 12:00 PM FREE

Race 2 $80,000 Claiming Crown Glass Slipper S. 1 Mile Dirt 10 12:30 PM FREE

Race 3 $50,000 Maiden Special Weight 1 Mile Turf 16 1:00 PM FREE

Race 4 $75,000 Claiming Crown Express S. 6 Furlongs Dirt 9 1:30 PM FREE

Race 5 $90,000 Claiming Crown Distaff Dash S. 5 Furlongs Turf 13 2:00 PM FREE

Race 6 $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel S. 1 1/8 Miles Dirt 8 2:33 PM FREE

Race 7 $95,000 Claiming Crown Emerald S. 1 1/16 Miles Turf 15 3:03 PM FREE

Race 8 $85,000 Claiming Crown Rapid Transit S. 7 Furlongs Dirt 12 3:33 PM FREE

Race 9 $95,000 Claiming Crown Tiara S. 1 1/16 Miles Turf 11 4:04 PM FREE

Race 10 $90,000 Claiming Crown Canterbury S. 5 Furlongs Turf 14 4:35 PM FREE

Race 11 $75,000 Claiming Crown Iron Horse S. 1 1/16 Miles Dirt

[Alli]

Sounds good. I don't mind a little rain, though. There may be a lot of scratches, though.

[RUFFIAN]

(ALI)
“...Sounds good. I don't mind a little rain, though. “

*** = 80% is a “Little”

“There may be a lot of scratches”

MORE THAN LIKELY

[JolyB]

The field for the Remsen came up on the light side but a card that also includes the Cigar Mile the Go For Wand and the Demoiselle is worth considering. The AQ card only includes one turf race, and even that one has 5 MTO's in case it is taken off of the turf. Rain is predicted for Saturday, and there could be some scratches but I would suggest the overall quality of the racing might be better than the Claiming Crown. The Claiming Crown races are starter stakes that can range from matchups of hard knocking claimers from all over the country to races that get dominated by graded stakes runners who dominate their race because they happened to compete in a claiming race at the designated level sometime in the past two years. The purses are generous enough that some trainers who have a horse who might meet the qualifications plan far in advance for this program.

[Alli]

Originally Posted by RUFFIAN-333

(ALI)
“...Sounds good. I don't mind a little rain, though. “

*** = 80% is a “Little”

“There may be a lot of scratches”

MORE THAN LIKELY

I know....I like to see who can deal with change.

[cal828]

I think an acceptable compromise would be to do the last two races at Aqueduct(the Demoiselle and the Cigar Mile) which have 8 and 9 starters respectively) and start with Race 4 at Gulfstream and go through Race 11. That would be 10 races in all. So let's plan on doing that.

[NJ Stinks]

Originally Posted by cal828

I think an acceptable compromise would be to do the last two races at Aqueduct(the Demoiselle and the Cigar Mile) which have 8 and 9 starters respectively) and start with Race 4 at Gulfstream and go through Race 11. That would be 10 races in all. So let's plan on doing that.

Cut the baby in half! Well done, Solomon - I mean Cal.