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Old 05-16-2008, 12:24 PM
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But don't they race over courses like this in Europe daily?
Sure, with 'daily' being the operative word... Horses there are raised with it and are 100% used to it in all its' forms as opposed to what passes for turf here. A firm U.S. turf course is like a furry main track to a Euro..
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Old 05-16-2008, 12:36 PM
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This is utterly ridiculous to give excuses. They've had, what, a half inch of rain?
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Old 05-16-2008, 01:18 PM
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Let me just say from looking out my window here about 30 miles away from Pimlico, it looks like the clouds are clear and the track should be, in theory, drying out over the next three or four hours.

I don't know the answer to this, but how early in the card do they need to make the announcement that a race is off the turf?
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Old 05-16-2008, 07:19 PM
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This is utterly ridiculous to give excuses. They've had, what, a half inch of rain?

Moses and the Ark went by earlier this AM Pants.....actually we saw 7 inches here in 4 days last week and haven't had a completely clear day since. Monsoon is now a new city just outside Baltimore with animals lining up 2 by 2for some reason.

The place (Pimlico) is living on borrowed time but it has been very very wet here this last 10 days!!
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