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Old 10-27-2007, 06:49 AM
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Probably the phrase that is screwed up the most in the US.

Still raining here.
Are you at Monmouth?
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Old 10-27-2007, 06:53 AM
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Don't know about him but just called up the radar...looks pretty ugly.
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Don't know about him but just called up the radar...looks pretty ugly.
Shame. My only hope now is that the turf drains very quickly. I know they said the drainage is very good, but is it good enough to take away what could be 3-4 inches in less than 24 hours.

Even though most of our horses (apart from Dylan) won't mind it, it doesn't make for good viewing.

How bad does it have to get before they take the racing off the turf? Is it close to getting that bad?
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Are you at Monmouth?
13 miles from MTH in a Holiday Inn wondering how the turf is holding up and if my shoes have dried from yesterday yet.
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13 miles from MTH in a Holiday Inn wondering how the turf is holding up and if my shoes have dried from yesterday yet.
Okay, thanks.

Try and stay as dry as you can if you're heading to the track today. Nothing worse than going racing when it does nothing but rain.
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jock who rode nownownow yesterday said that the turf wasn't bad at all.
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Old 10-27-2007, 09:09 AM
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jock who rode nownownow yesterday said that the turf wasn't bad at all.
Winning jocks will always say the ground is good.

Even the euro jocks said it was riding soft, which says quite a bit in my opinion. On our racing channel this morning, they spoke to Adrian Beaumont (from the IRB). He was at the track and he said there was standing water on the turf track after racing had finished yesterday, it had rained most of the night and was still raining there this morning.
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Winning jocks will always say the ground is good.

Even the euro jocks said it was riding soft, which says quite a bit in my opinion. On our racing channel this morning, they spoke to Adrian Beaumont (from the IRB). He was at the track and he said there was standing water on the turf track after racing had finished yesterday, it had rained most of the night and was still raining there this morning.
i left out the part where he said it was wet. i figured THAT went without saying!
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I'm 200 miles due west of Monmouth, and it turned beautifully sunny at 11am after a full night of rain. Maybe there's hope for the later dirt races at Monmouth.

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The turf looks very soft
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