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Old 07-02-2008, 11:04 PM
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I was looking forward to doing a few lines with Hebert.

Your comedy routine keeps on getting better and better...
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Old 07-02-2008, 11:40 PM
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Your comedy routine keeps on getting better and better...
I admit it wasn't as funny as insinuating Mick Ruis had a career. Top shelf.
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Old 07-03-2008, 01:18 AM
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Ellis closing is sad. However, horseman have alternative. They have River Downs, Hoosier, Mountaineer, etc etc. I am also pretty sure that Kentucky will do something. It wouldnt be that hard for Churchill to extend their meet for a couple of months.
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Old 07-03-2008, 09:03 AM
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Ellis closing is sad. However, horseman have alternative. They have River Downs, Hoosier, Mountaineer, etc etc. I am also pretty sure that Kentucky will do something. It wouldnt be that hard for Churchill to extend their meet for a couple of months.
That would be some meet. The current meet has been pretty dismal. Imagine one with most of the top horseman at either Saratoga or Arlington.
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Old 07-03-2008, 09:42 AM
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Penn National Gaming just got $1.5 billion to annull an LBO and remain a public company.

Don't be surprised if they make a run at the facility. They have some of the best gaming lobbyists in the country and WOULD get slots in there if they wanted to.
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Old 07-03-2008, 10:04 AM
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I don't get this. What possible reason is there for the horsemen to block the signal for Ellis Park? Their feud is with CDI. Why bring Ellis into it?
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Old 07-03-2008, 10:25 AM
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I don't get this. What possible reason is there for the horsemen to block the signal for Ellis Park? Their feud is with CDI. Why bring Ellis into it?
I think we bet Ellis every day last year at Saratoga. A real shame.
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Old 07-03-2008, 09:23 PM
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I don't get this. What possible reason is there for the horsemen to block the signal for Ellis Park? Their feud is with CDI. Why bring Ellis into it?
The dispute is a national one not just with CDI. CDI has just made it worse than it needs to be by filing lawsuits as a delay tactic, refusing to negotiate, and cutting purses far beyond what was called for.
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Old 07-03-2008, 11:52 AM
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It wouldnt be that hard for Churchill to extend their meet for a couple of months.
The Churchill spring meet is basically over after the Derby. So it essentially is a 1 week meet, then it becomes bad horses running in 95 degree heat, for $5000 purses, that 90% of the country can't bet on.

KY horse racing has become absolute garbage. Keeneland races on the polytrack, nobody can bet on Churchill, and there is no Ellis Park. Thank goodness for Turfway.
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Old 07-03-2008, 02:11 AM
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I admit it wasn't as funny as insinuating Mick Ruis had a career. Top shelf.
Actually he had a couple of good years in So. Cal when he had his bug and did ok once he lost that....then he went downhill but he did contend for titles in So. Cal which is no easy task....but then again I don't think you ever have a positive thing to say about anyone or anything
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Old 07-03-2008, 10:56 AM
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Actually he had a couple of good years in So. Cal when he had his bug and did ok once he lost that....then he went downhill but he did contend for titles in So. Cal which is no easy task....but then again I don't think you ever have a positive thing to say about anyone or anything
Bug riders always do well. He lost the bug and faded away.

Yeah the Chicago bunch....nuff said.
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Old 07-03-2008, 10:58 AM
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Bug riders always do well. He lost the bug and faded away.

Yeah the Chicago bunch....nuff said.
Am I lumped into that?

Haber is good people though, although he has gotten internet aggressive lately.....
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Old 07-03-2008, 11:04 AM
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Am I lumped into that?

Haber is good people though, although he has gotten internet aggressive lately.....
I don't know. You're not going to start getting offended when I make fun of bad riders are ya?
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Old 07-03-2008, 11:05 AM
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I don't know. You're not going to start getting offended when I make fun of bad riders are ya?
Catalano is the best trainer in America

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Old 07-03-2008, 11:15 AM
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I don't know. You're not going to start getting offended when I make fun of bad riders are ya?
I am done with riders, unless they are french, or named Shane Laviolette......
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