Saratoga Condition book is out

blackthroatedwind · #1 07-04-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Norfolk

The Saratoga condition book is out. The longest older horse race is an overnight stakes at one mile and three sixteenths on 8/9.
We were hoping to run Evening Attire in Saratoga this year but if I have my way we will run in Philadelphia and then Delaware and not Saratoga. I cannot believe that they can’t write a 10F older horse race for the Saratoga meet.

Whiner.

parsixfarms · #2 07-04-2008, 08:58 PM

Same juicy purses as last year. Hope the fields will be as full as last year.

freddymo · #3 07-04-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Same juicy purses as last year. Hope the fields will be as full as last year.

Yeah SRO in the NY Bred Races

geeker2 · #4 07-04-2008, 10:07 PM

is there a condition in there for a mare who flipped in saddle area last out and is owned by a bunch of insane mental patients?

blackthroatedwind · #5 07-04-2008, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by geeker2

is there a condition in there for a mare who flipped in saddle area last out and is owned by a bunch of insane mental patients?

The Ballerina?

parsixfarms · #6 07-05-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by freddymo

Yeah SRO in the NY Bred Races

Hopefully, full fields for all the races. That's what made last year's meet so enjoyable. With big purses and and a condition coming up once or twice a book, everyone had to run, and the Pletchers and Frankels couldn't sit in the barn and wait for a spot to come up where their horse was odds-on. Having full fields in the two-turn races last year was particularly encouraging.

I wonder what impact the issues at Calder and Churchill will have on the meet, particularly given the size of the purses here.

freddymo · #7 07-05-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Hopefully, full fields for all the races. That's what made last year's meet so enjoyable. With big purses and and a condition coming up once or twice a book, everyone had to run, and the Pletchers and Frankels couldn't sit in the barn and wait for a spot to come up where their horse was odds-on. Having full fields in the two-turn races last year was particularly encouraging.

I wonder what impact the issues at Calder and Churchill will have on the meet, particularly given the size of the purses here.

Pletcher, who is he, does he train anymore?

The Calder purses are absolutely terrible and the CD's aren't much either. Both states better get there she'at together or PID will become the Mecca of racing..And we all know what that means

Storm Cadet · #8 07-05-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by freddymo

Pletcher, who is he, does he train anymore?

Damn, I know...4th of July card at Belmont and NO entries and today a Saturday card with 10 races and he has only ONE. Is he in witness protection program or what?

freddymo · #9 07-05-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

Damn, I know...4th of July card at Belmont and NO entries and today a Saturday card with 10 races and he has only ONE. Is he in witness protection program or what?

Imagine having horses that injuries don't go away the next morning like everybody else. Hay and oats are a bitch baby.

Seriously evidentually Pletcher will be Pletcher again just in the form of a Mott. Great trainer who always will be great just not dominating every dam stake.

Norfolk · #10 07-04-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Whiner.

I was hoping he could hit the board in Sartaoga so I could buy a drink at Siro's

sumitas · #11 07-04-2008, 10:37 PM

I crawl around Caroline St. Now that is not a pretty condition in my book.

Heels1989 · #12 07-04-2008, 10:53 PM

Some attractive 2 yr old maiden filly spots in the second and third weeks.
62K purse.

pmacdaddy · #13 07-06-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Heels1989

Some attractive 2 yr old maiden filly spots in the second and third weeks.
62K purse.

What? Like the 5F race #2 on Friday Aug 1?

Unstable · #14 07-07-2008, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pmacdaddy

What? Like the 5F race #2 on Friday Aug 1?

I'm pulling for the 5 1/2F race #2 on Thursday Aug 7, or the 6F race #4 on Aug 10, or even the 5 1/2F on turf race # 2 on Aug 10... all which coincide with my trip to Saratoga this year.

How about it, Chuck? Is Aug 1 too soon for the first race? Is 5 1/2F or 6F too far?

Pedigree Ann · #15 07-07-2008, 04:53 AM

This seems like the time to bring back the Saratoga Cup, 1 3/4 miles, run first in 1865 at 2 1/4 miles, last run at a marathon distance in the 60s. Busanda, Buckpasser's mummy, won it twice, as did the tough as nails Stymie. Exterminator won it four times. Other stars on the winning list ar War Admial, Gallant Fox, Equipoise, Friar Rock, Roamer, Princequillo, Beldame, going back to Parole, Longfellow, and the first winner Kentucky.

Cannon Shell · #16 07-07-2008, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Unstable

I'm pulling for the 5 1/2F race #2 on Thursday Aug 7, or the 6F race #4 on Aug 10, or even the 5 1/2F on turf race # 2 on Aug 10... all which coincide with my trip to Saratoga this year.

How about it, Chuck? Is Aug 1 too soon for the first race? Is 5 1/2F or 6F too far?

Aug 10th is a possibility

Bigsmc · #17 07-07-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by pmacdaddy

What? Like the 5F race #2 on Friday Aug 1?

Linny · #18 07-04-2008, 10:54 PM

I'm too old for Caroline St. They have bouncers stationed at Broadway. No one over 40, strictly enforced!

geeker2 · #19 07-04-2008, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Linny

I'm too old for Caroline St. They have bouncers stationed at Broadway. No one over 40, strictly enforced!

No No No...just like high school.....you get a fake ID..

parsixfarms · #20 07-05-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Norfolk

I was hoping he could hit the board in Sartaoga so I could buy a drink at Siro's

There's a $100K stakes race at 9.5F on August 9. With the dearth of handicap horses, wouldn't EA fit well there? Isn't that the same distance of the Queens County?