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08-28-2007, 07:56 PM
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If Beyer writes a new book on synthetic surfaces.....
some possible titles are:
"1:16 and a cloud of Polydust" "Kickback and greenbacks" "The Winning Random Horseplayer" "Beyer on One-Paced" "The Magic Carpet ride" "The most exciting 2:07 in sports" "How to win on routes on the lead on Poly" (a VERY small book) 
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08-28-2007, 08:24 PM
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forget the books, I have figured out a solution for those that don't like polytrack. it really took a lot of thought, but i think i've got the answer. let me know what you think. it just might work.
Albuquerque Aqueduct Arapahoe Park Assiniboia Downs Atlantic City Bay Meadows Belmont Park Beulah Park Blue Ribbon Downs Calder Race Course Canterbury Park Charles Town Churchill Downs Colonial Downs Delta Downs Delaware Park Ellis Park Emerald Downs Evangeline Downs Fair Grounds Fair Meadows Fairmount Park Fairplex Park Ferndale Finger Lakes Fonner Park Fort Erie Fresno Fair Golden Gate Fields Great Lakes Downs Gulfstream Park Hastings Park Hawthorne Hollywood Park Hoosier Park Horsemen's Park Indiana Downs Kentucky Downs Les Bois Park Lone Star Park Los Alamitos Louisiana Downs Marquis Downs Meadowlands Monmouth Park Mountaineer Park Northlands Park Oaklawn Park Penn National Philadelphia Park Pimlico Playfair Pleasanton Portland Meadows Prairie Meadows Remington Park Retama Park Rillito Park River Downs Ruidoso Downs Sacramento Sam Houston Santa Anita Santa Rosa Saratoga Solano Stockton Suffolk Downs Sunland Park SunRay Park Tampa Bay Downs Thistledown Turf Paradise Woodlands Yavapai Downs
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#5
08-28-2007, 08:38 PM
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I totally agree that there are a lot of other options out there. But many casual players used to look forward to boutique meets like Del Mar and Keeneland. My handle this year at Del Mar has been 5% of what it has been in previous years. I know I can adjust or play elsewhere, but I'd rather not bet on a 3500 claimer at Yavapai, Ferndale or Finger Lakes and I am actually headed to Del Mar for the Labor Day weekend and I am sure I'll be betting almost as much as I did last year there. Sure there are other options.. but the best option would be to bet on Del Mar with a conventional dirt track. The CHRB rushed to a judgement and made a horrible decision.
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#6
08-28-2007, 08:56 PM
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not everyone is throwing in the towel. http://www.navycompass.com/news/newsview.asp?c=223739
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#7
08-28-2007, 08:40 PM
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Yeah vavy. Racing at its finest. The order they are in after the first 3f is basically the order of finish. Look out thar. 3.20 payouts rolling in. Dont need no rubber sand to create any possibilty of looking at a race in a new way. Might have to think differently and that hurts me head.
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#8
08-28-2007, 08:42 PM
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That takes out Hollywood, Golden Gate, Bay Meadows, Santa Anita not to mention Presque Isle. And how many wagering outlets take Blue Ribbon, Assiniboa, Playfair, Les Bois, Fair Meadows, Rilto, Woodlands et al? Horseman's Park, Atlantic City and KY Downs run a couple days a year. Then toss in the fact that CDI/Magna lock out their signal from other betting services and NYRA is locked out of a few others. That list certainly shrank awfully quick. I hope to God it doesn't keep on shrinking.
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#9
08-28-2007, 08:49 PM
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Brisbet's Saturday menu: It's ugly with Del Mar, ARL ( POLY ) and 'toga ( NYRA ) taken out of the equation.. making Calder the only playable track to me 12:25 PM Philadelphia Park* 12:45 PM Delaware Park* 12:45 PM Suffolk Downs 12:50 PM Calder (TO) 1:05 PM Ohio 7 & 7 1:05 PM Timonium 1:10 PM Woodbine - POLY 1:40 PM Ellis Park 2:00 PM Arlington Park - POLY 2:25 PM Louisiana Downs* 3:00 PM Northlands Park 3:00 PM Ruidoso Downs (TO)* 4:10 PM Yavapai Downs 4:25 PM Hastings Park* 4:45 PM Bay Meadows 5:00 PM Canterbury Park* 5:00 PM Del Mar (TO) - POLY 5:00 PM Emerald Downs (TO)* 5:30 PM Presque Isle* - POLY?? 6:30 PM Great Lakes Downs 7:00 PM Mountaineer Park* 7:00 PM Sam Houston 7:15 PM Charles Town* 7:30 PM Prairie Meadows* 7:30 PM Remington Park 8:00 PM Assiniboia 10:00 PM Australia
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08-28-2007, 11:35 PM
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The first of Douglas’s win quartet came in the fifth race of the afternoon when he rode Hugh Robertson and Ron Bandy’s Smack Daddy to a track-record performance of :56.51 for the five-furlong distance. That record was set over Arlington’s new Polytrack surface during a race that was originally scheduled for the grass but taken off due to turf conditions. However, the time also eclipsed Arlington’s old main track mark partially held by Shecky Greene – a nationally-known sprinter of another era.
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