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08-21-2007, 05:51 PM
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There has to be more to this than we know which is why I put the thread up in the first place.....How did this happen so many times at Toga?? Does this not come down to "TIMING" which seems to be lacking here.
You don't want to start the race too early and have the jocks not be seated but you also don't want to wait too long and have a skittish type flip out because they have been in the gate too long. Is this not what the problem has been or is there more going on here... 
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08-21-2007, 06:01 PM
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reading the whole article, it sounds like there was communication problems w/ the crew.
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08-21-2007, 10:08 PM
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The gate problem didn't just start at Saratoga...just got worse.
Belmont had a few non-starter problems this spring/summer; but every day at Belmont least one horse a race usually got loose before loading, broke through the gate, reared-up in the gate and was scratched, refused to load, broke sideways. I watch NYRA racing every day. This crew has had escalating gate problems for the last 18 months or so.
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08-22-2007, 12:49 PM
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I think it is more likely that somehow the process was being handled differently.....I agree that you can hear on the track audio over the
last year or so that there is far more "No No No.....and other meaningless screaming going on than I can remember...we'll see if the new guy in charge can get through the meet without additional after race refunds...
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