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Old 08-23-2006, 08:55 AM
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Yeah it is for real. The purse was privately funded and with the interest and a 12 horse field, you gotta believe 1) they are thrilled and 2) they are probably going to continue this.

Arlington can even get a 12 horse stakes race on the dirt, sickening that Fairmount can..
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Old 08-23-2006, 08:57 AM
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Is Fairmont a half mile track sort of like Fairplex in LA? A bull ring?
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Old 08-23-2006, 12:26 PM
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Is Fairmont a half mile track sort of like Fairplex in LA? A bull ring?
Nope, one mile oval with chutes for 6f and 10f, according to the American Racing Manual. St. Louis area was a big racing venue back in the 1890s, but the anti-vice people got to it not long thereafter (about the same time racing killed in New York for 2 years and in California for a couple of decades).
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Old 08-23-2006, 03:12 PM
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Nope, one mile oval with chutes for 6f and 10f, according to the American Racing Manual. St. Louis area was a big racing venue back in the 1890s, but the anti-vice people got to it not long thereafter (about the same time racing killed in New York for 2 years and in California for a couple of decades).
Another cut-and-paste job ... but that's OK ... every forum needs a gopher to empty the wastebaskets.
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Old 08-23-2006, 03:15 PM
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Another cut-and-paste job ... but that's OK ... every forum needs a gopher to empty the wastebaskets.
You are quite rude, but I think you know that.
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